Ambitious

 I am currently working on a tapestry. I have entered it for the Bendigo Wool Show (aka Australian Sheep and Wool Show). When I entered it, I had a vague idea for a tapestry. I have been lacking in enthusiasm for any art work, thought that entering might inspire me. 

So, now I am busily trying to find the time to get the actual weaving done!! I have decided to do a labyrinth. I think that I am influenced by the need to find some mental space. The world seems rather overwhelming at the moment - bad news wherever you look. 

The weaving is actually working like a labyrinth for me - all those little decisions about colours, texture, making the various sections synch with each other. Slow and steady (I wish!). But the focus is on it, not what else might be happening. 

Having done the texture workshop with Ema Shin recently, I am trying to incorporate some into the piece. It is going ok. I am using the texture to show that the path of the labyrinth can be encroached upon, that the going may not always be smooth - but the path is there. You just have to follow it carefully. 

Also, the texture is allowing me to have not perfect edges and corners. Makes life much easier. 

Image from a couple of days ago. 

The section on the left was yesterday's achievement. 

I did an hour of weaving today - only an hour!! I had to take a photo to prove to myself that I had actually done something, that it is progressing. That's it, the section on the right.

That one small section on the right has all these bobbins involved. No wonder I am going slowly. 

Fortunately, our dog has not worked out what to do with the hanging bobbins, they totally mystify her.