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Grain elevators (our Prairie Icons) are being torn done
across the prairies.
I photographed and then wove these
Manitoba elevators. Of these three elevators, only one is still
standing. Woven as "transparencies" in linen, wool and handspun cotton. |
A demonstration of weaving
for the "Artist in the
Afternoon" series at Craftspace, the Manitoba Craft Council's storefront
Weaving an Angel Transparency
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elevator, Fort Whyte, MB |
Manitoba Pool Elevator,
Basswood,
MB |
Agricore elevator, Dugald, MB |
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"It's Crocus Time"
Depicts Manitoba's provincial flower - the Prairie Crocus |
Woven for
"Woven Together
- Fibre & Clay" a joint exhibition of weavers and
potters. |
Snowman Transparency |
Christmas Ornaments
Inkle weave |
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| Some of my handspun
yarns - wools, paper, some Kool-aid dyed |
Wine scarf is
handspun wool & silk
Blue/green scarf is alpaca, mohair, wool dyed and spun by Rovings |
My "Family" of tiny bears -
all from my handspun |
Spindle-spun (brown was dyed with
oak galls)
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Jo-Anne Tabachek's articles on weaving &
spinning:
"Spinning the Longest Thread on a
Spindle". Ontario Handweavers & Spinners' Fibre Focus,
Vol. 46 No. 3, Autumn 2003 p 21-22.
"Spinning and Weaving with Paper" Guild of Canadian
Weavers' The Bulletin, Vol. 46 Issue 1,
Spring 2003 p 5 .
"Holiday ornaments" (how to make folded handwoven ornaments similar
to those shown
above) Handwoven Sept/Oct 2001 p 26-27.
"The
Crackle Connection" (the connection between crackle and summer &
winter weaves)
Weaver's Spring 1997 p 22-24.
"Ruby Monds - Still weaving at 91 years of age".
Manitoba Society of Seniors, Vol. 18 No. 9,
Sept 1997 p 23.
"Our Weaving History" July 1997. Written for the
50th Anniversary of the Guild of Canadian
Weavers, Manitoba Branch. 18 p.
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