Building Bridges 2020

Pat Holobaugh

Flora with Fauna

My pattern.

Base cloth is 16/2 linen, 6 shafts, various threading and treadling. Supplemented with fauna: Asian porcupine quills and feathers. Flora include pine needles, poppies, cypress pods, eucalyptus pods, and twigs.

Fiber artists routinely use plant and animal products. We find wonderful items in nature that complement our weaving. When you look closely you can see how spectacular a little twig or seed pod can be.

Since I could not wind the piece onto the front beam I had to build a tension system that used exercise weights, ropes, and the length of my living room.

Pat Holobaugh

Turtle Coming Up for Air

My pattern.

Inlay transparency using 16/2 linen, 2 shafts for ground cloth. Inlay threads include Harrisville Highland single wool, alpaca, and Zephyr merino/silk.

I wanted to see if I could represent an animal in a two-dimensional weaving.

I made this during Janice Knausenberger’s WGGB class in October 2019. I include my inspiration photo.

Rosemary Hubbard

A Bridge to Others

An 8-harness point twill in raffia and perle cotton.

Every year villagers weave the Q’eswachaka bridge over the Apurimac river in the Andean mountains of Peru, using native grasses the villagers on either side of the river gorge work together to join their lives together. I was inspired by both their amazing weaving and their efforts to work together.

The weave structure reminded me of the mountainous region and the raffia reminded me of the native grasses.

Erica Jacobs

Infant Kimonos

M’s and O’s weave on 4 harness loom with 10/2 cotton.

Our grandson Robin was born on July 7. I designed, wove and sewed these for him during the beginning months of the COVID-19 pandemic. His birth, and the creating of these for him, has helped me to begin to form a bridge from a despairing world to a hopeful future.

Janice G Knausenberger

Himalyan Blue Poppy

Original design.

The warp and weft are both 2/16 natural linen in this transparency, woven on my 4 shaft baby wolf loom. I painted the design on the warp prior to weaving. The inlay is all linen, including personally dyed 2/16 linen and commercially dyed 2/16, 1/12 and 2/20 linen. Finished dimensions 11.25″ x 18.5″

Beauty is a bridge that connects everyone and can bring peace. The fragile beauty of this poppy is woven as a transparency in an effort to convey its fragile beauty and transient nature. As I focus on this blue poppy, I am transported to peace, crossing a mental bridge to a place of peace.

I am deeply connected with nature and my surroundings, all of which inspire my weavings.

Louise Lawrence

Silk “Ice Crystals”

Treenway adaptation Carol Strickler #499- crackle pattern. 20/2 and 60/2 silk, crackle, 8-shaft.

I’ve been interested in trying my hand at weaving with silk for a few years and have repeatedly been attracted by crackle weave pattern #499 in Carol Strickler’s A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns. When I ordered my silk yarn it must have been the serendipity of finding the exact same crackle pattern adapted for use with Treenway silk yarns that “bridged” my procrastination.

Louise Lawrence

Echo Scarf

Advancing twill, 8/2 Tencel, 8 shafts.

COVID therapy.

Cheryl Migliarini

The Bridge Before the Fall

Tapestry, cotton warp, wool weft.

One of the challenges put forth to the WGGB Tapestry Study Group was to create a 3-D piece. Creating a bridge seemed appropriate.

Cheryl Migliarini

East Coast Autumn

Tapestry, cotton warp, wool weft.

This bridge between the seasons was inspired by daily walks along the Heritage Rail Trail.