Process Information

The weavings are a combination of loom and hand controlled pattern creation. They have all been woven on a simple four harness loom. Those patterns that repeat throughout the work are threaded into the loom and are created by repetitive treadling sequences. Manipulating the warp manually for each weft insertion creates the freeform patterns and images. The images are sometimes planned in advance using sketches and graph paper, and are sometimes composed on the loom. Always there is an intuitive, responsive element at work, adjusting the various forms to what is around them as the work progresses.