tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post699638795012830666..comments2023-10-25T06:20:13.888-06:00Comments on Rebecca Mezoff, Tapestry Artist: Tapestry weaving differentlyRebecca Mezoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16138972934775842473noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-92164969607776932252013-07-24T04:44:02.670-06:002013-07-24T04:44:02.670-06:00Thank you for your response and for the video! I s...Thank you for your response and for the video! I struggle with attaching a cartoon on a vertical tapestry frame, so I appreciate all the advice :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563823601213711734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-60972271310309807242013-07-20T11:57:17.865-06:002013-07-20T11:57:17.865-06:00Nice post, Rebecca. I smiled at your opening sent...Nice post, Rebecca. I smiled at your opening sentence because "most people" don't weave tapestry. There are gaspers all over the weaving community which is a discouragement to bringing in new weavers. <br /><br />We all desperately need new weavers. If they never become tapestry weavers, they will at least appreciate what goes into a tapestry and will possibly become a customer. And if they weave at all, they will purchase materials and equipment that will keep the supplier that I have come to rely on in business.<br /><br />so never mind the gaspers....Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226371437929271405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-82392064317866506032013-07-20T08:15:11.610-06:002013-07-20T08:15:11.610-06:00Hi Janet! I do use a cartoon but I can't leave...Hi Janet! I do use a cartoon but I can't leave it on the loom. I have it rolled and I pin it onto the warp and trace it on periodically as I advance. I think this is a great question and maybe I'll do a little video about it this weekend. Then you can see for sure. I'll post it on the blog.Rebecca Mezoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138972934775842473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-41102138252729175432013-07-20T07:34:53.300-06:002013-07-20T07:34:53.300-06:00Hi Rebecca! I have been thinking about trying tape...Hi Rebecca! I have been thinking about trying tapestry on my floor loom, but I'm not sure what to do about the cartoon. Do you use a cartoon? How do you juggle it on the floor loom? Thanks :) -JanetAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11563823601213711734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-90034272045884329942013-07-19T13:22:02.737-06:002013-07-19T13:22:02.737-06:00Love this post, Rebecca!
I found the comments Su...Love this post, Rebecca! <br /><br />I found the comments Susan made about choosing a coarser sett extremely interesting. I was influenced to start weaving at a coarser sett during my studies with Silvia because she does (I was weaving at an epi of 10, then went to 7, now I'm using 5), but I soon realized a huge benefit-- it forced me to give up on rigidly trying to represent the subject & instead allows me to interpret it. Because of this I have begun to see there can be a big difference between representation & interpretation. And this has helped me to feel much more free & satisfied in my weaving.<br /><br />Early on, when I first started weaving, someone (maybe a gasper?) looked at a couple of my early pieces & said to my face, "You know, what you are doing isn't tapestry. You know why? Because your WARP is SHOWING". God, how humiliating... I felt like my butt crack was hanging out in public. But, later on, as I came to learn more about tapestry & see different weavers' styles... guess what? I saw warp showing, especially in the works of Helena Hernmarck & Silvia Heyden. Not sure that person would walk up to either of those weavers & say the same thing to their faces. Or to James either. If bits of warp show here & there, if someone weaves a pick straight across & beats every time... what is produced, as Kathe has pointed out, is still a weft faced textile. A tapestry produced by human hands, not a machine. Isn't that one of the reasons why we love our medium so dearly? I think that those folks who seem to have the time to nit pick & judge other's work in such a harsh manner may have a little too much time on their hands. Maybe they should spend more time weaving. lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680727252540559507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-41266522918877615402013-07-19T01:57:31.687-06:002013-07-19T01:57:31.687-06:00personally I don't think there is a right or w...personally I don't think there is a right or wrong way to weave a tapestry! there are so many different ways! Every individual tapestry weaver has their own idiosyncrasies of the way they work and it depends on the way you want your tapestry to look in the end product.emmajohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667426718817298585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-58272334817153385922013-07-18T21:43:04.105-06:002013-07-18T21:43:04.105-06:00What a lovely dip in your weaving!What a lovely dip in your weaving!Mary Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309077540313603033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-56581463804485120812013-07-18T11:26:50.204-06:002013-07-18T11:26:50.204-06:00Lovely to read! I'm all about the finished pi...Lovely to read! I'm all about the finished piece and how successful it is.<br />ConnieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452271025408611590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-47395163227157605252013-07-18T08:25:52.966-06:002013-07-18T08:25:52.966-06:00I am considering doing a piece like you describe w...I am considering doing a piece like you describe where there is a section I would want to weave from the front on my upright LeClerc Gobelin loom so that I can switch to the other side to weave for a little bit. A great advantage of that loom I suppose! I definitely can't do that on the floor loom.Rebecca Mezoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138972934775842473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-7502903243126513212013-07-17T17:49:14.292-06:002013-07-17T17:49:14.292-06:00Rebecca- I enjoyed your post and thoughts. Perhaps...Rebecca- I enjoyed your post and thoughts. Perhaps- you need to re-read the definition of tapestry before you say you are not weaving tapestry. Gaspers often times don't know what they are talking about and live in a preconcieved world in small boxes and aren't always accurate and should be ignored for the most part. The traditional definition of Tapestry is a weft faced weave structure, that covers the warp with the posssibility of not being woven from selvedge to selvedge or having a discontnuous weft. Aubusson weavers are also low warp tapestry weavers that weave from the back. Shelley's pieces could also have been woven straight across the fell line just as easily as being build up. We just choose not to. The imnportant thing about building up shapes is the continuity of thought you can achieve in weaving the shape up. It has the possibility of being more of a thought process allowing you to work on just that one design element when doing complex imagery that isn't necessarily even photo realistic. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602511849713822619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-77483293086588532372013-07-17T09:59:22.556-06:002013-07-17T09:59:22.556-06:00How dare you accuse yourself of not weaving tapest...How dare you accuse yourself of not weaving tapestry?! This was a very interesting and thought-provoking post, though. Thank you!<br />MaryMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71232803753868616.post-6786651588835466662013-07-17T09:15:32.304-06:002013-07-17T09:15:32.304-06:00I agree with you. The image desired should dictat...I agree with you. The image desired should dictate the technique. It should also dictate the loom used and whether bobbins or butterflies.... <br /><br />I always prefer to weave from the back but when weaving a face I simply must weave from the front to ensure each dot of color is in the right place for the eyes to sparkle and the mouth to convey the right feeling. I would normally work the piece from the back and switch to the front at those special spots then switch back again. <br /><br />NickiNotes from Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224252484135549032noreply@blogger.com