AN ARCHIVE OF TAPESTRIES WOVEN SINCE 1981.
Beginning in 1980, I wove tapestries for about 15 years. Most of these pieces are from that time, in no specific order. After creating jewelry for many years, I began weaving again in 2019. My most recent tapestries are shown first. Hover for tapestry details.
available, 35.75" h x 28.5" w., $4400. This is the second tapestry based on my trip to Morocco. I found the alleyways in the medinas and souks to be intriguing and mysterious.
PORTALS 1
16.5" x 23", This tapestry is inspired by a 2022 trip to Morocco. The medinas and souks have labyrinths of alleys and doorways, often giving peeks into hidden mysteries.
Available $2800. Contact for details. 23.5" x 33" This tapestry is an interpretation of one of my mixed media collages.
A Moment's Rest
available, $2800. Contact for details.
24 3/4" x 24 1/4" , This tapestry is mostly wool,with a bit of shimmery threads in the hummingbird throat. The hummingbird flies so quickly that the garden below changes while the bird in flight appears essentially the same.
20” x 18”. Available $1250.Echoes combines wedge weave with traditionally woven tapestry, giving it the scalloped edges that are characteristic of most wedge weave rugs and tapestries.
15” x 23”, This view is from a walk I take with my dog, near Mendocino, California. The path meanders along the ocean near my home.
27” x 32”. Allusion is a wedge weave tapestry. By weaving the weft yarns at an angle, the warp yarn is distorted, creating scalloped selvages. This piece has added soumak lines which give textural interest.
37” x 18”. Blue herons are a large and stately bird whether wading in the water, or soaring overhead.
42” x 30”. Crevasses is one of two tapestries woven to show the unique rock formations located at Salt Point State Park on the Sonoma County northern California coast.
26” x 22”, I wove this tapestry after growing some particularly frilly tulips.
22” x 32”, Poppies set against California’s coastal hills at sunset.
Changing Light, detail
One of my favorite fuchsias from my garden.
30” x 50”, As Koi move through the water, their images undulate with the movement at the water’s surface. The side panels on this tapestry are woven in an undulating twill pattern.
19.5” x 15.5”, I wove and named this tapestry before I knew that the plant genus Brugmansia have down facing blossoms, and the genus Datura have up facing blossoms. Commonly called Angel’s Trumpets, either way the trumpet blossoms are lovely flowers.
31.5” x 21.5”. Jitterbug Waltz combines both wedge weave and 5 diamonds woven in traditional tapestry weave. It uses both natural wool colors and yarns dyed with mushrooms. The diamonds are woven with chenille and boucle´ yarns for surface texture in those areas.
27” x 37”, Light and dark, sand and shadows create a peaceful scene.
This small tapestry is an abstraction of rock formations. The piece is mounted on fabric over stretcher bars. A variety of yarns create a subtle surface texture.
29” x 29”. This tapestry focuses on a succulent in bloom. The geometric border echoes the shape of the image framing while the square-on-point is repeated subtly in the upper quadrant.
18” x 24”. The close up of a butterfly wing is woven with a combination of natural colored wool, and wool yarns dyed with mushrooms.
33” x 46”. This tapestry is another example of my interest in combining natural images with geometric design.
16” x 20.5”/ 22” x 26” mounted on fabric over stretcher bars. Eccentric weft yarns accentuate the linear movement in this design.
42.5” x 37”. Windows of Time was influenced by southwest travels. Ancient rock walls, mountains and traces of wedge weave create a combined memory of time and place.
23” x 27”. Meander is a wedge weave tapestry. By weaving the weft yarns at an angle, the warp yarn is distorted, creating scalloped selvages. In this piece, instead of weaving with even yarn passes, I created irregular stripes which give a fluid effect. The yarns are all either natural wool colors or are naturally dyed with mushrooms.
42” x 31”. This tapestry was woven after a visit to New Mexico. The design was created after visiting several Native American ruins. Navajo rug design elements are merged into the sun’s rays and the cave interior.
23.5” x 15”. This small tapestry hangs from a hardwood header created for the piece by a local woodworker.
27” x 32”. By weaving wedge weave solely at the edges, a dynamic shape is formed in the center. Living near the ocean, I am always delighted with the beauty of our sunsets. Soumak lines help to define the shapes.
21.5” x 15”. The contours of butterfly wings create interesting positive and negative shapes.
24” x 27”. Osprey are a sea hawk that grace us with their soaring over the sea and hills. The tapestry is primarily wool, with some metallic and shimmery cotton in the water.
37” x 27”. Poppies is an early tapestry with a bold, simple design.
49” x 49”. This tapestry is one of two that I designed from photos I took at Salt Point State Park on the Sonoma County, CA coast. The stunning rock formations include formations known as tafoni. The coastal sun and wind create the tafoni in soft sandstone, interspersed with harder rock.
17” x 17” / 22” x 22” This wedge weave tapestry is mounted on fabric over stretcher bars. Small diamonds break up the zig zag pattern adding a lively feel to the design, like a party at night.
36.5” x 27”. Sand and Shells is the first tapestry I wove after learning this art form. I was still in school (1981) at the Mendocino Art Center Textile Apprenticeship Program, in Mendocino, CA.
38” x 28.5. While in New Mexico, I visited the Puye´ Cliff Dwellings. I took a photo while sitting inside one of the caves. In the photo, the cave interior is black, but I made an imaginary scene. The border at the bottom is from a Native basket design.
20” x 20” with a 4” beaded fringe. Mounted the piece is 32” x 28”. Undulating wedge weave is combined with stages of a setting sun. The fringe is made with assorted beads and ends with local abalone shells found on the beach.
30” x 36”. It is a joy to watch the sun going down over the ocean. There is that final lingering bit of sun before it seems to sink into the water.
44” x 40”. Dividing the abstract landscape background and staggering the panels, accentuates the flight of the monarch butterfly.
11.25” x 7.75”. This small tapestry shows a Brugmansia blossom with in and out of focus lush surroundings.
18” x 24.5”. A sunset over Puget Sound, Washington, emerges from behind wedge weave at the borders.
22” x 32”. Lilies have a lovely structure to the blossoms, here set against a softly out of focus background.
30” x 21”. Wedge weave can be woven with the angled weft yarns going all of the way across, or as in this piece, just at the edges. The characteristic scalloping is attained in either instance. This tapestry uses both natural color wool, and those dyed with mushrooms.
This small tapestry is 5” x 7”, and is mounted on fabric covered stretcher bars. The mounted dimensions are 8” x 10”.