Sunday 17 May 2009

And her Scarf Stopped the Traffic, by Meg Nakagawa



This scarf ended up being "funky" at 160EPI by accident. Because of several interruptions in my life this summer, a plan for an installation piece turned into a set of delicate stoles, which in turn turned into three very closely sett scarves because I had the wrong reed in the beater! I had to rethink and rework the draft several times because that sounded much easier than resleying 1530+ ends. But I also managed to include 25 colors in the warp, which was a challenge I had given myself.

I used 2/60 Nm mercerized cotton both ways for this piece. One scarf was in our recent Funky Fibre exhibition.

by Meg Nakagawa

2 comments:

Life Looms Large said...

So impressive....and I love those photos of it!!

Weave on!
Sue

Meg said...

Thank you, Sue. At the time I thought it was a once in a life time experience, but I don't think so. I'm itching to explore more of the fine/crammed hand.