“A weaver who has to direct and to interweave a great many little threads has no time to philosophize about it, rather, he is so absorbed in his work that he doesn’t think, he acts: and it’s nothing he can explain, he just feels how things should go.”
-Vincent Van Gough
I am trying branch weaving. This is the technique of tying warp threads across the 'Y' of the branch, and weaving in between.
I find some madrone branches that have fallen over the winter, and tie two together to form a sort of triangular loop or circle.
Red warp looks good with the red madrone. It's a nice lap size, easy to work on, and portable.
My surface is not really flat, so I make lots of things stick out. A waterfall tumbles down!
I add the tree to the foreground....
And leaves, with an embroidery needle.
This kind of weaving could be fun to do out on the woods! This one took only a couple of days.
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