Participants had an option to submit as a group focused around a theme. Sixteen different groups participated within this parameter. Topics ranged from environmental concerns to childhood tales and songs. Explore how each artist interpreted a particular theme in the images below!
Participating Groups
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As Catarinas: Metamorphosis
The theme for this group entry was the butterfly. The subject is ideal for tapestry weavers as it encourages exploration of color, line, and composition.
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
“Metamorphosis”
Central Coast Weavers
The tapestry weavers of this group were inspired by the landscape of the central Californian coast line.
“Monterey Pines at Sunset”
“Beach Birds at Sunset”
“The Sandpiper”
“The Vineyard”
Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild Tapestry Study Group
Color Me….was the jumping point of inspiration for this weaving group!
“Primary”
“Color Me Grand”
“Color Me Redhead”
“Color Me Monastic Light”
“Color Me By Number”
Damascus Fiber Arts School
Childhood Tales and Songs is the theme chosen for the 9th Rendition of the Damascus Fiber Arts School Group Challenge. We appreciate the meaning of rendition and decided to render our own versions of stories and songs enjoyed in childhood. This broad theme appealed to so many in our group, from tales they enjoyed in their own childhood to stories they told their children. Weavers also enjoyed telling these stories to each other, as some were not well-known to the group. Each time we do this we get better and enjoy it more.
“The Giving Tree: Ode to Shel Silverstein”
“The Piper Came to Town, a Child’s Memory”
“Interpretation of ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ by Jen Niles Art”
“Sleeping Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
“Some Pig”
“The Tortoise and the Hare”
“Will’s Mammoth”
“Icarus”
“Jemima Puddle Duck and the Fox”
“The Snow Queen”
“Princess and the Pea”
“Mr. McGregor’s Garden”
“All the Better to Eat You, My Dear”
“Aesop’s The Fox and the Raven”
“Jack and the Beanstalk”
“Peter Rabbit”
“3 Billy Goats”
“Oops!”
“Whodunnit?”
“Twinkle, Twinkle (for Teo)”
“Bremen Town Musicians”
Rebecca Mezoff’s Tapestry School
Rebecca Mezoff’s online tapestry school brings together tapestry weavers from all over the world to share our love of this medium. Rebecca challenged her students both online and from her workshops to submit a tapestry that reflects their story in some way, wherever they are from. There are weavers here from the USA, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Let’s help weave a global community through tapestry!
“No Walls, Only Open Doors”
“The Dancers”
“Currowan Fire”
“Alice and Anita 4”
“Landing in 3…2…”
“Vermont Barn”
“Untitled”
“NM Sunset”
“Searing”
“Time Travel”
“Birth of the Sun”
“18.8 Million People Displaced by Extreme Weather”
“Shoreline Textures”
“Flying Out of Formation”
“A Place to Rest”
“The Hot Tub’s in the Back”
“Mischief #1: Built on Stilts”
“Danny’s Sunset”
“Ode to Churro”
“Friendship”
“Taupō-nui-a-Tia”
“Love”
“Love From Colorado”
“Papier Feuilles”
“Learning to Fly”
“Two Pears”
“Save the Bees”
“Little Boxes on the Hillside”
“Near the Urban Forest”
“We are All Riding into the Future, Together”
“My Local CoOp Store”
“Untitled”
“The Real Thing”
“Do Not Oppress the Stranger”
“Italy, Atlantic Ocean, USA: Love Everyone”
“Day Lily”
“Scanian Rapefield, Poppies, and Cornflowers”
“Whosoever Will”
“Starry Starry Night”
“San Blas Sunset”
“Up, Up, and Away”
“Claude Monet Visits the Missouri Botanical Garden”
“Seeing Red”
“Making Waves”
“Recovering Environment”
“Ocean Flowers to Ease My Mother’s Journey”
San Diego Creative Weavers Guild
Color seems to be fun theme for many groups to explore. The San Diego Creative Weavers Guild asked the question, “What hue are you?”
“Zigzags of Life”
“Vapor”
“Great, Great, Great Grandma Lucy”
San Francisco Loominaries
In our beautiful city of San Francisco, we are surrounded by water – on the West by the amazing Pacific Ocean, and on the East by the San Francisco Bay. Anytime we travel east or west, we run into bodies of water. With such a beautiful backdrop, it is no surprise that we chose water as a theme for our tapestries. Water is the glue that connects all aspects of our lives. Without it, we would not survive. We pay homage and respect to this life-giving force with our weavings.
“A Day at the Beach”
“Blue Horizon”
“In Between”
“Deck View”
“Bayshore”
Seaside Weavers
The Seaside Weavers group chose to weave biographies. These interpretive tapestries act as windows into the spirits of the weavers.
“Biographies Woven #1”
“Biographies Woven #2”
“Biographies Woven #3”
“Biographies Woven #4”
“Biographies Woven #5”
“Biographies Woven #5”
Spanish Peaks Tapestry Group
Music often inspires weavers as balance, rhythm, and composition are all a part of a successful weaving. The Spanish Peaks Tapestry Group interpreted musical themes in several different ways as seen below.
“Kokopelli”
“All That Jazz”
“Freedom”
“Love of Music”
“Smooch”
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
The Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound explored the general theme of renditions, and created beautiful tapestries that pay homage to the painter, Frida Kahlo.
“Frida, a Rare Orchid”
“Frida’s Flower”
“Fulang Chang Meets Hunyuan Gong”
“For Frida: Self Portrait as Tehuana”
“Frida and La Dame, Monkey to Monkey”
“Afuera”
“In Frida’s Garden”
Tapestry Weavers of Vancouver Island
Members of our tapestry group represent a diverse range of skill levels and artistic training. We bring weavers together to work, to share ideas, to help one another and celebrate our love and enthusiasm for tapestry. Each piece refers to a subject that had meaning to us, reflecting
on the interpretation of “Renditions”. Our common goal for this challenge was to develop our individual styles and to explore the boundaries of tapestry.
“Shades of Time”
“Endurance”
“Hope Through Darkness – Tribute to Vincent van Gogh”
“Vincent”
“Many Ferns”
The Eccentrics of the Santa Cruz Textile Arts Guild
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is a federally protected marine area along 276 miles of California’s spectacular central coast. It is one of the largest national marine sanctuaries in the US and includes 36 species of marine mammals, more than 180 species of sea and shore birds and over 500 species of fish along with innumerable invertebrates and algae. The Eccentrics are a newly formed tapestry study group of the Santa Cruz area guild. We are beginning and intermediate tapestry weavers who meet at the beach on Monterey Bay as often as weather permits and coffee shops when it doesn’t. Weaving in public is a great way to share what we do and people love to stop and chat.
Some of us live in the mountain towns around the Bay and others closer to the shore, but we all love this area of California and chose to each weave our own “rendition” of our beautiful Monterey Bay.
“Bay Fog Sanctuary”
“Sun Glitter”
“Currently Playing in my Neighborhood”
“Monterey Bay Cypress”
“Monterey Morning”
“View from Asilomar Beach”
“Monterey Bay Beach Sunset”
Tucson Tapestry Group
Tucson seems to defy the idea of a desert. It is surrounded by “Sky Island” mountain ranges and located in a lush Sonoran Desert environment which is comprised of many low water native plants, lizards, javelina and other unique animals, adobe architecture, exciting summer monsoons, and an historic blend of Spanish and Native American cultures. THSG’s Tapestry Study Group’s challenge was for each weaver to depict an example of “Tucson/Desert Life” in order to showcase some of the elements that comprise this unique environment.
“Saguaro in Fruit”
“Slow Sam – A Regal Horned Lizard”
“Desert Ocotillo in Bloom”
“Mellow Globe Mallow”
“T is for Tucson”
“A Desert Medley”
“The Blue Window”
Tapestry Weavers in New England
TWiNE was formed in 1991 to support contemporary tapestry artists, and to preserve and promote the ancient art of hand woven tapestry. TWiNE members have studied around the country and the world, from New England to New Mexico, Israel to Mexico, so our styles and inspirations are diverse. We meet three times a year, wherever tapestry appears in New England, and sponsor lectures, exhibits and workshops when inspiration strikes. We are inclusive, with membership open to all.
“Giving Tree”
“Networking V”
“Beantown Blues”
“Wintersweet”
“Red, White and Blue For You America”
“Midnight Mingling”
“Blue Suede Shoe”
“New England Puffin with Sand Eels”
“At Land’s End”
“Sunrise”
“Blue Moon”
“Eastman Lake, NH”
“Blue Sky Trio”
“Stegosaurus”
“Red Moon Over the Kickimuit II”
“The Ebb Tide”
“Blue Corticelli Kitten”
“Sky Blue Sea”
“Wild Blueberries”
“Phroggy”
Weaver’s Guild of Rochester New York
Water, Water Everywhere is our group theme. Our group continues to be inspired by the beauty of the Western New York region, and how surrounded we are by water in many places and forms. From rivers to lakes (large and small) to bogs and wetlands…right through to the kitchen sink, we have an abundance of water to sustain us and inspire us. Each year we’ve chosen a specific color to be included in the piece; this year it’s a soft sea-green.
“Every Drop Makes a Difference”
“Dark Seas at Midnight”
“Big Bend NP”
“Trouble Waters”
“Acadia 1”
“Cranberry Bog”
Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore Tapestry Study Group
The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore Tapestry Study Group’s submission is in memory (and in honor) of Dorothy Szymanski who passed away shortly after her tapestry, “And the Beat Goes On”, was completed. How fitting that she is the last weaver featured in this exhibition as well as the title she chose for this work. The weavers of the GBTSG will miss her grace, enthusiasm and humor.
“Purple Pops”
“Dancin'”
“Striations in Three Colors”
“Indigo Triangles”
“Three Colors Christmas Way”
“My Way: All Buttoned Up”
“Three Colors Cheryl’s Way”
“Devil’s Nose, Ecuador”
“Three Color Mapping My Way”
“And the Beat Goes On”
