At present I am taking part in the Pics 2 Picks weaving challenge organised by Meg who lives in New Zealand. Nineteen weavers around the world are taking part in the challenge. Each participant has to send six images or photos to a fellow participant to inspire them. From these images we produce a woven design. How far we take the challenge is left to our own choice.
I have sent six images to Shirley in Australia, she in turn has sent her images to Cindy in the American Mid-West. Cindy sent me six wonderful photographs taken by her friend Derrald-Farnsworth-Livingston
All the images inspire me in different ways. It is so difficult to select just one to work from.
Here they are;
This picture of a bullfrog is my favourite image at the moment. Words that come to my mind are; wet, green, sinister, glinting gold, purples, weed, shiny, vivid. I am thinking fine silks or cottons. Perhaps even a double weave as the frog appears and disappears from the surface.
This image is so rich and I love how the water drops magnify the veins. Autumn obviously springs to mind as does decay, time passing, richness and seasons.
There is so much more than a sunset to this picture. Look at the land, reflections, textures and the isolation. I think this is my second favourite so far.
This swan is so fluffy and soft. The feathers almost look lime green behind it's beak. I also like how the light shimmers through the feathers. I'm not sure how I would translate this into a weaving though.
Another watery image. I love how the colour graduates from a bright yellow/orange through to pinks purples and rich blue/blacks.
My next task is to work with these images to see which appeals to me most and which I think will make the most interesting woven design. I will report my findings in my next post.
Welcome to this time-consuming but fun world of blogging, Julie. I love your idea of the frog popping up and disappearing in your double-weave cloth, but I'm surprised you didn't think of "prince"!! :->
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in the two leaf photos, as I love leaves. I like them both, as, like you, I love historical textiles, most notably anything with oak-leaf patterns. I see the bottom one not as brown but silver, and more nuanced than the red/purple, (as if there is more story to it in the background.) I also love it when people see things differently to me; it's an eye-opener, as I would have never thought of this as a brown picture. Do you think it's because I don't like browns in general?
These are gorgeous pictures. I am particularly taken with the translucence of the swan's feathers. They seem to be harbouring a light deep within them. In prosaic weaving terms though... would that be a fluffy white lampshade??
ReplyDeleteJulie replies;
ReplyDeleteHi Meg and Cally, I agree it is interesting how we all see images and colours differently. The leaf does look lighter on the computer screen. I am not keen on browns or surprisingly greens but I am drawn to bullfrog.
I like the idea of a fluffy lampshade Cally, but not sure how we would weave it!
Julie
17 August 2011 21:39