I am planning to create a square tapestry, which I've divided into 16 20cmx20cm squares. Each square will be woven separately but hung together - a bit like a jigsaw - to create the finished product.
I am doing this because:
a) Each tapestry becomes an abstract work in its own right. Only by linking the squares together in a certain order, will be complete moth become visible.
b) It is easier to weave on my smaller loom which is portable, meaning I will not be confined to my studio to weave.
c) As I finish each tapestry I will mount it and be able to show it. Weaving tapestries is a long, slow process and this sense of achievement gives me the satisfaction of finishing something while allowing people to see the work as it progresses.
d) It enables me to hang the tapestry in a variety of ways, not necessarily relating to the original design concept. For example, it could become a long horizontal line of 16 works or grouped in different ways relating to the colours or shapes of each abstact tapestry, rather than being confined to hanging as the 'moth' tapestry.
[Just an aside - moths are the enemy of tapestries. The wool I use is from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop which has already been moth-proofed. Luckily this little blighter eats roots not wool.]
I plan to exhibit the work as an ongoing project, filling in the completed squares as I go.
Today I have completed the full-sized black and white line drawing (pictured) - called a cartoon - from which I will weave.
I am doing this because:
a) Each tapestry becomes an abstract work in its own right. Only by linking the squares together in a certain order, will be complete moth become visible.
b) It is easier to weave on my smaller loom which is portable, meaning I will not be confined to my studio to weave.
c) As I finish each tapestry I will mount it and be able to show it. Weaving tapestries is a long, slow process and this sense of achievement gives me the satisfaction of finishing something while allowing people to see the work as it progresses.
d) It enables me to hang the tapestry in a variety of ways, not necessarily relating to the original design concept. For example, it could become a long horizontal line of 16 works or grouped in different ways relating to the colours or shapes of each abstact tapestry, rather than being confined to hanging as the 'moth' tapestry.
[Just an aside - moths are the enemy of tapestries. The wool I use is from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop which has already been moth-proofed. Luckily this little blighter eats roots not wool.]
I plan to exhibit the work as an ongoing project, filling in the completed squares as I go.
Today I have completed the full-sized black and white line drawing (pictured) - called a cartoon - from which I will weave.
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