I am a member of an artist cooperative, VIVA Gallery, in a town called Viroqua in southwest Wisconsin. In January we hold a member show. The theme this year is 'Art Inspires Art'. My Inspiration is Sonia Delaunay, painter and textile artist. I am in love with her work. She is most known for her bold pattern and color. Her textiles, big geometrics and an amazing color sense is the reason I choose her as my inspiration. I ventured into Doubleweave with this project. I have been reading and looking at it, trying to figure it out and get brave enough to try this weave method and so to begin this new year I dove into it. I can read all about it but until I get it onto the loom and actually weaving it I don't begin to understand how it works. There is a lot here to try.
First - a bow to my muse with a minute sampling of the prodigious work of the awesome Sonia Delaunay.
The doubleweave off loom and after trepidatious cutting. I love it!
Woven in 100% cotton, 1200 ends. A big, intimidating project that a couple of times I was sure it was not going to work and would have to be "whacked" (words of my friend Barb).
Now that I've done it once, I can do it again.
