Tapestry Meanderings blog by Kathe Todd-Hooker Tapestry and Optical blending
1st Announcement– Between & Etc. will now be open on Wednesdays (unless, I am traveling). My hopes are that tapestry weavers will drop in to talk about tapestry and tapestry technique and/or bring a loom and just sit and weave. Wednesday’s from 10 AM to 9 pm. 2nd Announcement I have created a face…
Read MoreThis and That and Continuity
Don’t Miss the Roy Gonna Bitsòò Kady Navajo weaving workshop and other important contents- Between & Etc’s new chapter, the missing year of weaving, Workshop deadline, Roy Gonna Bitsòò Kady Navajo weaving workshop, more about soumack and rya, and other things. A New Chapter… I have to admit life has been a tad bit chaotic in the last couple…
Read MoreSummer: What is it about summer?
Sunset Procrastination What is it about summer, especially, August that always leaves me feeling burnt out with a sense of ennui, jejune, and malaise? Which, as you can see, leads to the inevitable play with words to try and describe the almost indescribable ( that which cannot be described indescribable sensation>2: surpassing description <indescribable joy> or is it undescribale( do the opposite…
Read MoreBetween & Etc Workshop and Schedule
Between & Etc Workshop Schedule for 2017 January January 29, 2017 Panel Discussion and opening reception, Textile and quilt Museum, San Jose, CA February February 18-20, 2017 Tapestry, Soumak, and Friends, studio-Between & Etc, Albany, Oregon March MArch13-17, 2017 Colour and designing for Tapestry, studio-Between & Etc, Albany, Oregon April April 14-17, 2017 Small Format/…
Read MoreSoumack, Tapestry and Friends
This is a chance for preview class on the contents of my new book. Tapestry Soumak and Friends. For this workshop you need to be slightly more then a beginner, but not much. It’s al about enhancing the surface of a tapestry or fabric with additions of soumack, twining, rya, and many other techniques. It is…
Read MoreBeaters, Combs and all such things-I hope!-eventually!
Beaters and combs and grattoirs/ scrappers. FIRST Two Caveats 1. There is no right or wrong tool, if it works for your chosen purpose. THERE ARE NO TAPESTRY POLICE! No one is going to take your tools away from you, if you choose to use them in an odd or different way then someone else! The tool…
Read MoreStudio Classes Offered at Between & Etc. by Roy Kady
I am proud to announce that Roy Gonna Bitsòò Kady will be teaching 2 workshops at Between & Etc.’s classroom/studio in Albany, Oregon. The first class is August 28 2016-September 1, 2016 which will be a Basic Weaving class. A good time to learn new skills or polish old skills from an incredible instructo r. Roy will be…
Read MoreBlogging for luddites who just happen to be tapestry weavers
One of the hardest things I find for me to do is learn how to use new computer technology and programs. First, I am dyslexic, secondly, I don’t like change, third, I am a luddite in every sense of the word. fourth, fifth, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it and why do I need…
Read MoreCircling Around
As usual when we work on the outside of the house its decided to rain. But, the colours are right! The house is a light turquoise the studio darker both with plum coloured trim and and beautiful blue doors for luck. The metal gates will each be a different colour.I have so much to do…
Read MoreMy summer of reconstruction and other things!
This is about the 3 summer months that I decided to have a tune up. This is also the last of the reconstruction on the house. Gale is busily painting the house and the studio and hanging the last 3 doors. I have been spending a lot of time reorganizing the studio,painting floors and reorganizing…
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