Immortalised by Weave

This is my latest Woven Portrait attempt, of one of my favourite people and fellow weaver Soukaina Aziz El Idrissi.

A Weft Ikat of my Aunt and Uncle's thatched cottage. More portraits to come!

A couple more experiments, bigger ones next!

Woven Portraits

Some initial trials of my woven portraits, more to follow once I have cracked the technique!

 recently cut off the loom...

 Still on the loom...

Puddle of Light will also be showing at iFabric European Talent, at the Audax Textile Museum in Tilburg, Holland from September 24th 2011 - January 29th 2012.

"Audax Textielmuseum Tilburg presents a young generation of highly promising designers from Europe who are active in the fields of fashion, interior textiles and design."

http://www.textielmuseum.nl/en/agenda?agid=882

Puddle of Light will be exhibited at SpinExpo Pulse, Shanghai, from 6th-8th September 2011.

"Organised by independent textile specialists, SPINEXPO^TMpresents a truly international top level offer in the field of fibres, yarns for knitting, circular knit and weaving (fabrics and upholstery), socks, laces, labels and technical textiles. It takes place twice yearly in Shanghai -China. "

http://www.spinexpo.com/shanghai/

New article on Sarah Podlesny's work on the Texprint website, titled 'Sarah Podlesny’s whirlwind year after Texprint'

http://www.texprint.org.uk/index.php/news#entry191