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April 26, 2012 · 10:29 am

A video showing the Woven Women Mermaids Song tapestry

I am working on a large series of woven and mixed fiber media pieces that I am calling: Woven Women.

I am almost done a fairly large piece, called: Mermaid’s Song: PLEASE DO NOT PIN THESE IMAGES

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She’s large- 6 ft by 2ft, and hard to photograph in my studio, so I figured that I would show a video of her.

I used small looms, knitting, crochet, tatting, spoolknitting and flower looms to make her, along with copper foil work.

Some of the looms were: 2 inch square vintage weave it loom, potholder loom, pinboard looms, Martha Stewart loom and flower looms.

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And, here’s the video:

Remember: The size of your loom doesn’t limit the size of your finished piece!

Happy weaving! :)

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March 9, 2012 · 11:51 am

Peg loom tapestry Dreaming the Well

PLEASE DO NOT PIN THE IMAGES OF MY WOVEN WOMEN SERIES

THANK YOU.

I am working on a series of woven piece, called, ‘Woven Women’.

Here is my most recent Woven Woman,  ‘Dreaming the Well’.

I wove her on a peg loom (Yay, etsy, once again! Bought  from: Suzanne’s etsy shop: LINK)

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Here she is, with the weaving complete, still on the pegs of the loom.

And, then, I got out my felting needles and spent many, many, many hours, felting the details onto her:

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And here are some closer looks.

She’s 27 inches tall by 17 inches wide (69 cm by 43 cm).

Unfortunately, my camera messes with the colors and makes the edges harsher… the felting does soften things up very nicely.

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The images are based on meditations, dreams and just whatever wanted to be woven at that moment.

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I keep promising to show more of the Woven Women pieces, so I will post more pics of them throughout the next few days, so stay tuned!

Mustn’t leave without giving credit to my daughter in law, for many of the handspun yarns in ‘Dreaming the Well’: LINK

And, as always…. go gently and with joy! :D

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February 28, 2012 · 12:30 pm

Woven Women-Butterfly Prayer

I am weaving a series that I am calling: ” Woven Women”. They are mixed media fiber art pieces that are a celebration of the Feminine Divine.

Please don’t pin the images of my Woven Women Series… thank you :)

I showed the Butterfly Prayer Woven Woman piece in a how to video today, so I figured that I should show a few more photos of her.

So, here she is:

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The Woven Women are all woven on many different small looms.

I wove Butterfly Prayer Woven Woman on inkle looms, tablets, a 4 harness Structo loom (8 inches wide), and a tapestry loom.

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In the photo above, you can see how I gathered the upper curved section by pulling up warp strands to ruffle the weaving.

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The lower curved sections were drawn up in more graduated curves to make a flatter arc and not a ruffle.

And, here’s the Butterfly at her heart and in her prayer…

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Butterfly Prayer Woven Woman is my prayer for wellness for all the creatures of this beautiful planet, no matter how small or large.

All images are copyright protected and are owned by Noreen Crone-Findlay.

(I  posted about one of the other Woven Women, and will post more photos of other Woven Women soon. LINK: Green Empress)

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