Handwoven tapestry

Using a cartoon for tapestry and other figurative weaving is a time-honored technique. Here's how Tommye McClure Scanlin does it.

Demoing tapestry in the @jbfletcherstore museum today for the Columbia Basin culture tour! This piece is inspired by Swedish folk art. Handspun warp and weft, blue is indigo I dyed. . . . . #tapestry #tapestryweaving #wovenwallhanging #woventapestry #fibreart #fibreartist #weaving #handwoven #handweaving #weaversofinstagram #textileart #handwoventapestry #handspun #handspinning #handspunyarn #handmadeyarn #yarnlovers #yarnaddict #yarnobsessed #yarn #spinning #handmadehome #modernmaker…

Art blog by Orkney artist, Jo Thomson.

Katie Strano on Instagram: "Hemstitching. 🪡 Watch until the end to see who’s making all the racket in the video. 🐶 Video ID:[My hands are seen using a tapestry needle to stitch an on-the-loom hemstitch on the end of a piece of handwoven textile. The cloth is of a few different weights of wool yarn. In the first clip I’m working left to right, in the second right to left. The third clip is of my dog Sabine sitting under the loom wanting to play. She’s a black lab mutt.] #handstitched…

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These handwoven tapestries have been woven over four decades. The oldest is from 1981, and a few have been woven in th last few years. There was a large gap of time when I concentrated solely on creating jewelry. Now, weaving has drawn me in again.

I appear to be on a weaving kick at the moment. For whatever reason it's working with my current sketches and ideas. The day after I cut down "bright and blustery" I warped up my next piece which is based on an oil pastel sketch of a horizon. It'll be approximately 70cm x 23cm (27.5" x 9") when completed. I have a much bigger piece planned after this one which I'm even more excited about. Although it feels incredibly strange to be closed and so quiet at this time of year I am making the most…