For a long time I didn't post anything. I moved to a new place and that involved packing and with it getting rid of things and then unpacking and reorganizing, almost three monts in the new house and didn't finish yet. Yesterday I was reviewing old pictures in the computer and decided to put them here. Some of the works in those pictures are still there, some others don't because, either they were just experimentation or too fragile to survive their making. They are not all tapestries in the traditional sense, but, involve textile materials and techniques and reveal my growing interest in sculpture. Hope my viewers will enjoy watching as much as I do. I also added pictures of my woven pendants. I am very happy to say that they were accepted for sale in the Textile Museum of Toronto's Shop. In the future I will add pictures of my new studio. It is quite smaller than the other one and I doesn't have big windows. I went down from the second floor in the other house to the basement in this one. I expect my inspiration will not go down too.

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My Studio

I added pictures showing my studio. For my tapestries I allways prefer to use frames in different sizes, I can also use any kind of objects as a frame; the Jack Loom is small and I use it for scarves and other small weavings. You will also see a big Leclerc Counterbalance loom. That's the last addittion and it's an antique, made in the early 1900s, it was disassembled and I had to figure out how to put it together because it came without any instructions and they doesn't exist anymore, it's of course very simple but easy to use. I plan to weave carpets on it and I started with a small one. If it works, I will make bigger ones (!!!). You will also see a miniature table loom, that's a jewel found in a garage sale for just $10! it is also I believe from the 1930's and I am not using it , it's just seating there to admire it's beauty.
I feel very lucky as I came to NAmerica in 1996 with just a bunch of frames, an easel, some tools and a box of yarns and in the last years I received amazing gifts: the two floor looms came from the Ontario Crafts Council as a response to an application for a grant to buy just one and they gave me the real thing instead and not only one but two! and the knitting machine came from my Guild and I am still learning how to use it. God gave me the chance to restart at an age when many people think in retirement.
There is also a found object, a press that seems very good to make paper. Also on top of my storage shelving I put a small sculpture I created with paper pulp.

more studio pictures

my studio

This are some pictures of my studio

Fridge magnet
4" x 4" - wool, silk, synthetic yarns on clear plastic square

Small pendant
2" x 1,18" -silk, cotton, wool, on clear acrylic base w/ silky cord

Pendant
3" x 3,5" - chenille, golden cord, leather on rubber ring

Pendant
2"x 2" - wood, metal, copper wire on blue acrylich square w/ cord

Multicolour scarf
wool, synthetic yarns

Fabric basket
Height 15" x 7" width and 6" depth - fabric, wool, cotton, synthetic yarns

qumram

Small tapestry in shadow box
10" x 10" x 2" depth - wool, silk, cotton, synthetics, canvas, wood

A while back I read an article about the manuscripts found in the Qumram caves
in Israel and that’s how I found the inspiration for this project.
I closed my eyes and saw the old manuscripts decomposing in the humid caves. They remained hidden there for centuries inside clay vessels. On the interior side
of the scrolls, the humidity made the ink bleed and stained them in shades of black
and grey over their off white surface.
On the outside, the proximity to the clay’s red tones stained them in shades of red, orange, pink and yellow over their beige tones.
They are now kept in showcases for the enjoyment of generations to come.

Tryptich

Tapestry
40" x 50" all kinds of yarns, wood

This is a very old work I've done while I was still learning
20" x 22" - wool, sisal, wood

Medley

Small tapestry
10" x 10" - wool, silk, cotton, mounted on wooden frame

Small basket

Small knotted basket
10" x 5" x 4" depth - cotton, metal

I used macrame technique for this piece

Mixed Media

This is a mixed media work, I wove it on a purse handle that had 4 rings attached in a corner. I used sisal, cotton and synthetic yarns. Each ring is a different layer of weaving and I've used also basketry techniques. It seats on a wooden base inside a clear acrylic case.
9" x 9"

Mixed Media

Woven on a ring I've used sisal, and synthetic yarns in basketry and netting techniques. Seats on a wooden base inside a clear acrylic case.
9" x 9"

Mixed Media

I'd woven this piece in a purse handle that had three rings attached in a corner, I've had several of these that I used for different projects. This was made using weaving and basketry techniques in all sorts of yarns and is worked in layers, their transparency allows to see all of them. It seats on a wooden base inside a clear acrylic case.
9" x 9"

Small tapestry in acrylic box

Left in its frame I was adding warps one on top of the other all along the way and it ended being a "multi-warp" small tapestry
. I put it in a clear acrylic case to protect it.
12" x 9"