Weaving is about texture. Structure. Miniature architecture. Each warp and weft is woven yarn by yarn deliberately, creating unity out of many.
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In 2011 Philadelphia’s ICA hosted a Sheila Hicks retrospective. The well-known textile designer creates massive installations of yarns and fibers. Giant woven tapestries like this hung from the gallery walls.
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Welsh weaving awoke my consciousness of pattern and textiles very early on. These “tapestry” patterns were used for blankets, upholstery, placemats and even 60s suits with boxy jackets, pencil skirts, jumpers, capes and coats.
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“All things are connected.
Whatever befalls the earth
Befalls the sons of the earth.
Man did not weave the web of life,
He is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web,
He does to himself.
All things are bound together. All things connect.”
― Chief Seattle
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