Tapestry thinking (4): endings…and more beginnings…
Good bye, lovely tapestry studio…
So, my month-long artist residency at Australian Tapestry Workshop has come to an end.
I’m sad that I won’t be working in that creative, energetic and beautiful space anymore (with those wonderful weavers and ATW people).
But, I also feel like I have reached a saturation point. I am FULL of new tapestry information.
When I began the residency I had the immediate and distinct feeling that I had been (unknowingly) starving for this. My response was instinctive; I inhaled and absorbed as much as I could in the time I had there. I ate it ALL UP.
But now (like a snake after eating a goat) I need time to process and digest.
And to figure out (that question again) - what do I want to do with it?
How does tapestry work for my work?
This question is open, on the table (loom) and will take time to consider. Finding an answer, or answers to this question is something I can think about in my brain, and consider through looking at other work and through research.
But, ultimately, it is something that can only be answered through the making. Then once a thing is made, looking at that, taking what works, leaving what doesn’t, then making some more.
In preparation for leaving; in my last week, I purchased my first (of many, I’m sure…) selection of tapestry yarn colours to take home with me - the beginnings of my own stash…
And, for my last tapestry exploration at the residency I brought in an old canvas stretcher frame to warp up as a loom so I could take it home with me.
It is not ideal (no control over the tension, and I warped this one too tight…learning, learning…) but it is a LOOM.
And it is mine.
Have loom (and thread): WILL tapestry…
Watch this space…
