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During this Autumn Equinox, we will weave a tapestry in response to walking in the woods that surround Wild Rice Retreat. What do you notice? What grabs your attention, makes you pause to look longer? Is it a particular tree, or bright green moss on rocks, or a glimpse of Lake Superior in between branches? Students will work on several designs based on their photos and sketches, then choose one to begin weaving. We will explore techniques that lend themselves to describing trees and forest, sunlight on leaves, water droplets on ferns, texture of bark. The response in tapestry can be representational, abstract or somewhere in between.
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Class description
During this Autumn Equinox, we will weave a tapestry in response to walking in the woods that surround Wild Rice Retreat. What do you notice? What grabs your attention, makes you pause to look longer? Is it a particular tree, or bright green moss on rocks, or a glimpse of Lake Superior in between branches? Students will work on several designs based on their photos and sketches, then choose one to begin weaving. We will explore techniques that lend themselves to describing trees and forest, sunlight on leaves, water droplets on ferns, texture of bark. The response in tapestry can be representational, abstract or somewhere in between.
Students can expect to go through the process of developing a design, making a cartoon, and beginning the weaving of a small tapestry, or a study of a larger design, which they will complete at home, after the workshop. All levels welcome. Students need to have a working knowledge of basic tapestry techniques and come with a warped loom.
biography
Elizabeth Buckley is a second-generation tapestry artist and teacher of over 50 years, who’s work evolved from using techniques of the Mexican and Rio Grande traditions to those of French tapestry. She further honed her skills in Aubusson, France at the atelier of Gisèle Brivet. With her degree in art, Elizabeth brings to the classroom her deep grounding in design principles and color theory that specifically apply to tapestry. She draws from multiple tapestry traditions to provide her students with the technique vocabulary for finding and expressing their own unique voice.
Elizabeth Buckley’s tapestries have a lengthy exhibition history, including national and Canadian juried and invitational shows, as well as in museum exhibitions. Her work is in numerous private collections, and was featured in the Fiber Art Now article on “An Artist’s Sense of Place,” Fall 2017 issue. Her publications include: FiberArts Design Book V and Carol K. Russell’s The Tapestry Handbook: the Next Generation, and Contemporary International Tapestry. In 2011, Elizabeth was awarded the American Tapestry Alliance Award for Excellence in Tapestry.
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Supply List
Materials fee of $30.00 is included in retreat tuition and will cover handouts, art supplies and wool weft yarns for a 6” x 8” project.
- Portable looms warped 8 inches wide, 8 - 9 epi with 12/9 or 12/6 cotton seine twine.
- It is best to have a loom with a shedding device, such as Mirrix or Hagen.
- two or three examples of your work
- sketches, your own photos of ideas you have for tapestry
- sketchpad and pencils
- A few colored pencils
- Notebook
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Black Sharpie markers, fine and ultra fine
- Yarn needle
- Awl
- Hand beater
- Bobbins, if you use them
- portable light
