An Eye-and an Ear-for Detail

摘要

The word "writers" in the above Judy Blume quote could easily be replaced by "weavers," as each of us is governed to some degree by the colors and shapes we see, the textures we touch, or the sounds we hear. As weavers, we might be guided by flowers along the roadside, garments in a shop window, channels in the sand left as the tide recedes, the swish of a silk skirt, or even the project itself telling us what it wants to be. That was the case earlier this year. I'd said yes to participating in a local show, an event that would shine a spotlight on two artistic media: glass and fiber. While playing with ideas on paper, I was distracted by a couple of objects sitting off to the side on my desk. One was a card with birch trees on the front painted by a friend. Beside it sat a pair of birch leaves, collected on a morning walk. I decided to look no further for inspiration. With the birch tree as muse, I pulled out yarns in soft whites, muted greens, silvery grays, and black.