A Series Doesn't Have to be Serious!

I have always loved working in a series. If you go to my website Gallery page, you'll see that I have done a number of tapestry series. Working in a series, one thing just seems to easily lead to the next! I wrote more about working in a series here, if you are interested or curious about why I love working this way.

As a "cat mom" myself, I've been doing a little series of sketches of 'cat moms' this week. I love how the women look so in love, and the cats look, well, maybe tolerant at best. I know cats. They love us on their own terms, not on ours. But these little sketches in my sketchbook are amusing me, and giving me a few minutes of play, over my morning coffee.

 

I have also been trying to catch up with a bit of business work recently, along with some studio cleaning and organization. Finding a few small tapestries stuck here and there, I updated my Etsy shop. This particular tapestry was the first small tapestry I ever made! I was reminded of her when a lot of women, including me, put on our pearls on Inauguration Day to celebrate our first woman Vice President. If you see something on Etsy that feels like it was created just for you, but find the price unmanageable, please email me or contact me by leaving a message. I truly want my work to find homes.

And finally, I am still weaving this tapestry, but the end of the cartoon is now in sight. This tapestry actually is a part of a series that began with the Graffiti Tapestry. What makes them a series is more evident to me, as the weaver, than it will be to the viewer. All of the tapestries in this 'series' are woven with very small abstract bits of color, which come together to create the image. That is actually how all tapestries are woven, but in these pieces, I want those small abstract bits to be visible.

This 'series' of days just keeps going on and on for us. Yesterday was Groundhog Day in the US, but the last year has felt like every day is groundhog day (as in the movie.) I hope you are finding positive and comforting ways to cope. And I hope we will all soon find access to the vaccines that will help us move beyond this pandemic!