Today was about doing laundry, since I ran out of clean clothes while I wasn't looking, and making soup because I like a supply around
Then there was Textiles and Tea with Greek musician and weaver
A wonderful artist who weaves and uses the rhythm of the shuttle to sing to and set to music, some of it her own songs.
Now working in New Orleans via Canada, she revisits Greece most years, taking her loom everywhere with her.
She does live performance of singing and weaving with backup music and raffles off the woven piece at the end of the evening!
Bay Area blogistas, she's touring your area for two weeks in April. You might want to check her website and see if you can get there. She's a dynamo.
Usually working in cotton fiber and plain weave, she makes wall pieces and yardage, and her music is a big part of her process.
During this episode, participants made all kinds of excited plans for a loom orchestra, to rehearse on Zoom and perform at the next national gathering!
Everything from drums, a knitting section, an all age spool knitting section with spools doubling as percussion, the ideas went on and on, great fun. So watch this space!
She likes to literally connect people with fiber, where if she makes and gives several scarves from one warping, she'll tell the recipients about each other, a great way to create a fiber community.
She's a spontaneous weaver, once she's established the colors and fiber, she designs freeform.
This episode was like a party! Such a multi talented woman.
Happy day everyone. Do everything all at once! Without personal injury is best.
