Weaving, day 8: Some results

[altivo]

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I decided to take some photos before the sampler is even finished and off the loom. The intermediate exercises appear here.

In this photo, starting from the bottom: Tertiary colors created by juxtaposing primary and secondary, first against black, then against white; followed by a value exercise repeated three times using first light values, then medium values, and finally dark values. The top band uses two complementary colors, in this case blue-violet and yellow-orange.

For another photo showing some simpler stuff using just one or two colors at a time, look here.

For a very brief video clip of the instructor, Margaret Roach Wheeler, check this link. (Under one minute, but very well done.) For anyone who doesn't recognize the word, the Chickasaw are a native American nation, one of the "civilized tribes" that were forcibly relocated to what is now Oklahoma and was then known as "Indian Territory," during the 19th century. Margaret has bloodlines from both the Chickasaw and the Choctaw, another nation that was similarly displaced at that time.

Comments

[alexsious.livejournal.com]

oooo pretty colors

[altivo.livejournal.com]

LOL. That's actually what the instructor said a couple of times when she looked over my shoulder. In the discussion at the end, a few people complained that her directions were not specific enough, especially with respect to colors. Her reply was that she wanted to make the participants choose for themselves, rather than imposing a model on them. And she's right. If she gave too many examples, then many would simply use the colors in the example in order to be "safe". There seemed to be considerable dithering over color choices when presented with instructions such as "Choose any three analogous colors (adjacent to each other on the color wheel) and weave the following draft. You may use just primary and secondary colors, or include the tertiary colors in your selection. Use a neutral color (black, white, ecru) for the background tie-down shots." I took advantage of the opportunity to choose and selected whatever I felt like using that seemed to fulfill the requirements.

[dlorn.livejournal.com]

Missed this post, glad to see the looming in progress, I loomed some art awhile back, but what your doing I find more appealing, it's full of history, the design elements are just lovely!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It is nice, I agree. More importantly, the exercises are inspiring me with ideas for practical applications other than the ones to which Margaret puts the techniques. She uses them to make beautiful one of a kind shirts, jackets, and blankets, which is certainly a worthy use, but I want to try them in some other places.

If you're interested and have time, there are quite a few related photos of fiber arts projects posted in my journal over the past couple of years, including not only weaving, but spinning and knitting. The process of warping the loom is documented, for instance. Just hit the appropriate tags in the left hand margin: weaving, spinning, knitting.

[goldenstallion.livejournal.com]

Dear Rider.

Beautiful. I have a rough idea as to what is involved because I took a fiber arts class years ago in college and did some weaving on the loom. Is challenging not only the doing but figuring out how it will look when choosing the colors. We made color charts like your story character, Argos was working on. But it never comes out quite as you think, well, as a beginner, anyway. You have enough experience to have a pretty good idea how it will turn out, whereas I have forgotten the terminology and mechanics of working a loom by now. I do remember enjoying it and got an A in the class (we also did macrame and various other things too).

Imperator

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, things can surprise you once in a while. When I'm not entirely confident of my results, I will take the time to make a small sample first. I can finish that by washing or whatever and make sure it will end up the way I expect. Also lets me predict the amount of shrinkage and see how fast the colors are and so forth.