school tapestry project...

[tapestrybabe]

http://www.yellowworld.org/albums/album12/schoolproject.jpg

this is part of a project i'm working on... i just completed this one tonight... while its really a close up shot of a section of a flower.. it looks rather like an abstract design.. but anyways.. this is just one indiviudual project... out of a series of 6 i'm working on...


http://pstr-m02.ygpweb.aol.com/data2/00A/4C/4C/E5/00/YGdiSOaw9gr4yXaLlPdlllbkuY1US36y0180.jpg

this is just a view of the back side of the tapestry... the backside.. in which i actually work from...

[SunWuKong]

wow that looks really cool!


:D

[Shuriken]

T.J., are you influenced by Georgia O'Keeffe?

[karizma]

>> wow that looks really complicated...but very beautiful =)

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by karizma@Oct 20 2002, 10:12 PM
>> wow that looks really complicated...but very beautiful =)
Yeah, it looks complicated.. but its not really. I mean, anybody can go under and over alternate threads... and thats what the basics of weaving is all about... school children are able to learn... but yeah, when it comes to tapestry weaving... it takes A LOT of time and patience...

but like THANKS for the nice comment. The project is not completely finished yet tho... since i havent taken it off the loom yet... and when i do take it off... i have to decide how exactly i want to frame it... and this individual piece is only part of a series i'm doing...

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by Shuriken@Oct 20 2002, 09:26 PM
T.J., are you influenced by Georgia O'Keeffe?
omg, that's a good question...
me, i've always enjoyed her paintings...
and after i drew my design concept... my teacher.. she actually suggested that i look up Georgia O'keefe... so yeah, i have been studying more about her recently...

[Green_Jade]

oh wow... awesome

I took a craft class back in HS,..actually two..along with around 10 other art classes(i went to one kick ass HS with a kick ass art program....that forced me to be fine artsy*grumble*)

..and did a basic weaving... i took soo long, my design sucked, and the whole thing warped and turned in to a trapezoid instead of a rectangle..but my point..it took sooo long for this lil' thing i did. All the respect for you TB.

when i see stuff lik that, it makes me want to be a fine artist, but i think i make a sucky fine artist... the teachers i had in HS and in college for fine arts classes try to *change* me, like i'm a sell-out cause i'm a medical illustrator...*cringe*

[kimpossible]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Oct 21 2002, 03:59 PM
Yeah, it looks complicated.. but its not really. I mean, anybody can go under and over alternate threads... and thats what the basics of weaving is all about...
Oh TJ, I think you're selling yourself short. A lot of us here are floored by your talent and artistic ability.

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by artzygrrl@Oct 23 2002, 12:45 AM
oh wow... awesome

I took a craft class back in HS,..actually two..along with around 10 other art classes(i went to one kick ass HS with a kick ass art program....that forced me to be fine artsy*grumble*)

..and did a basic weaving... i took soo long, my design sucked, and the whole thing warped and turned in to a trapezoid instead of a rectangle..but my point..it took sooo long for this lil' thing i did. All the respect for you TB.

when i see stuff lik that, it makes me want to be a fine artist, but i think i make a sucky fine artist... the teachers i had in HS and in college for fine arts classes try to *change* me, like i'm a sell-out cause i'm a medical illustrator...*cringe*
Wow, Wow... this is so exciting.. bumping into someone else who knows where i'm coming from. Me, i feel the technical aspect of weaving is quite simple... cuz its all a matter of going under and over alternative threads... But NO ONE will ever truly understand the amount of TIME and PATIENCE that goes into a tapestry weaving if they never experienced the process before...

Anyways, thanks for your comment. i think anybody who dedicates themselves to being a fine artist.. has to be a little crazy.. i sometimes question.. what the hell am i doing... its not as if it feels like a concrete career like medical illustrator... but yeah, i eventually plan on developing a name and reputation for myself...



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[tapestrybabe]

http://pstr-m02.ygpweb.aol.com/data2/006/53/66/F3/75/TYxBoog66teYe4rqtlVtjHcIgnLs44iD0180.jpg

here's my second completed project.. i got 4 more to do.. and i still need to decide how i wanna frame them...

[ChinaLama]

looks good!

4 more years! ...oops, projects. def not years. :)

[Green_Jade]

dang it, i want a big ass loom

[tapestrybabe]

http://pstr-m02.ygpweb.aol.com/data2/00A/6A/B4/A9/CF/9Mll6Gk0j9hYe+eAV9wcSbgZasW9ir5r0180.jpg

this is my current tapestry i'm working on now.. i cant finish it today cuz school is closed cuz of the snow... :/

[applehead]

yeah i think it's a calla lily!!

:lol: :lol:

[Shuriken]

HEY, EVERYBODY, TAPESTRYBABE GOT AN "A" FROM HER TAPESTRY-WEAVING CLASS *pops cork*

[applehead]

well. OF COURSE she did!!!!!!!!!


congrats unni~

[tapestrybabe]

Hey, thanks guys for the good words...
and here's the link to my finished pieces..

http://www.geocities.com/tapestrybabe/fina...nalproject.html (http://www.geocities.com/tapestrybabe/finalproject.html)

and oh yeah, i'm gonna be participating in an art tapestry weaving competition... which has to deal with the concept of 9/11... and yeah, i'm thinking, it would look good on my resume... the link of the competition is down below..

http://www.tapestryart.org/MemorialTapestry/index.htm

[artsfartsyjanet]

wow, thanks for sharing. it's beautiful and very intricate.

[Monte]

Tapestrybabe! How ya' doing? Have you ever weaved a Navajo blanket?

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by Monte@Dec 20 2002, 01:52 AM
Have you ever weaved a Navajo blanket?
hey, here's some education for you...
when you're talking about the present tense... you say weave... but when you talk in the past tense... its not weaved... but you say wove or woven... and lol, i just actually learned this from my teacher this semester...

so, i think the proper way to ask this question is- have you ever woven a navaho blanket... or did you ever weave a navaho blanket??... but anyways, the answer is no... they do more like pattern type of weaving... and i do more like pictorial images instead.. but yeah, its something that i appreciate just the same... i actually took a weaving class at the Newark museum a couple of years ago... here in NJ... a class in Kente weaving.. an african type of weaving form... that children learn to do at a young age...

http://www.kente.net/weaving.html
it was interesting to learn.. but yeah... i'm more into my own thing.. tapestry weaving... and making pictorial images instead of patterns...

[Monte]

Thanks for the education on proper grammar usage. Your work certainly has a calming effect, and I do hope you'll never ever stop woving ( :P ) tapestry.