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…

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…

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.

Art blog by Orkney artist, Jo Thomson.

"Bright and blustery" handwoven tapestry, woven at 8 warps per inch size: 41.5cm x 10.5cm (not including wooden frame) materials: cotton, linen, rayon and wool *SOLD* View from the front of our gallery, looking across Scapa Flow to Flotta and Hoy. detail As this was a small piece I decided to weave it on a small wooden frame attached to an easel. Orkney landscape colours on a row of bobbins.