Despues Oaxaca, Original Tapestry by Rachel Brown, hand-dyed wool, 39.5″ x 39.5″, 2000
This weaving was done after I made a trip to Oaxaca with two weaver friends of mine. On that trip, we saw weavings by a certain artist. He had a special technique for doing curves, even vertical curves, which is very hard for a weaver to do without having all these stepping-stones. Using his techniques I made smooth, round curves and a design similar to one of his designs. –Rachel Brown
Ciao,
Teresa and all of us here at Weaving Southwest
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Hi Teresa,
I was wondering if your Grandmother ever wrote about how to weave those curves and verticals she learned about from that Oaxaca weaver?
Michele
Hi Teresa,
Yes, I am wondering about the technique too.
Is this technique used by contemporary Oaxaca weavers?
Keep cookin’ up a storm 🙂
Chris