Today has mostly been spent weaving, or in weaving-related activities. I have two projects on the go for which I have been sampling - a large seascape which I have been working up to for over a year since we went on the Balmoral from Penarth to Padstow, and I had several hours to muse on the varying shades of blue, aqua and grey in the sea and sky; and an 'all seasons' stole for my partner, who is a priest, and has commissioned a stole to wear with his robes which includes the four colours of the church's seasons: red, green, purple and gold or yellow. I have uploaded a pic of me at the loom, sampling for the stole - the sample for the tapestry can be seen on the underside of the loom too.
The other thing I did today was just a bit of fun - I have been toying with the idea of making miniature tapestry pictures, and the recent trip to Cornwall (and especially the seascapes by Sally Bassett www.sallybassett.co.uk which I saw at the Art House Gallery at St Ives and the Mill Gallery in Coverack) have inspired me to try it - here's a picture of the tiny seascape, just 3 inches by 4 and a half. Of course, a photograph can't really do justice to the texture, especially the yarns I used to evoke the breaking wave, and the colours in real life are a little more muted - the flash seems to have made them more intense.
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