Teaching sample, 2023. Cotton warp and wool weft. 7” x 18”. Woven during two week-long tapestry classes to demonstrate techniques to students in class.
Teaching sample (detail)
Stairways, 2022. Cotton warp and wool weft. 5.5” x 12”. Woven as a demonstration piece while teaching.
Keystone, 2021. Cotton warp and wool weft. 6.25” x 6.75”. Woven using eccentric weft techniques.
Keystone (detail)
Doorway, 2021. Cotton warp and wool weft. 5.5” x 7.25”. Woven using eccentric weft tapestry techniques.
Doorway (detail)
Lake of Fire, 2021. Cotton warp and wool weft. 7.5” x 9”. Finalist for the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s 2021 Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award.
Lake of Fire (detail).
Alice Tipton Landscapes: Two Ways, 2020. Cotton warp and naturally dyed wool singles weft. 8.75” x 9.75” each. These pieces are based on the tapestries of Alice Tipton, a weaver who worked at John C. Campbell during the 20th c. The left piece is woven in her style, using single weft interlock. The right piece uses the same materials and cartoon but is woven using inlay.
Inlay detail
Defrag, 2020. Cotton warp, wool and rayon chenille weft. 5” x 7.25”.
Rattlesnake I, 2019. Cotton warp, wool weft. 7” x 8.5”.
Roses, 2019. Cotton warp and wool weft. 10.5” x 13”.
Roses (detail)
Penland Face, 2019. Cotton warp, wool weft. Photo by Chris Dant.
Enclosing a Space, 2019. Linen warp, wool & metal weft. 5" x 7.25". Shaped four-selvedge tapestry.
Enclosing a Space (detail)
Night Woods, 2019. Cotton warp, wool weft. 2” x 5”. Woven using a four-selvedge tapestry technique. Finalist for the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s 2019 Irene Davies Emerging Artist Award.
Transparency Sample II, 2019. Linen warp, wool weft. 4.5” x 10”.
Transparency Sample I, 2019. Linen warp, wool weft. 5” x 13.5”.
Blooming Leaf, 2018. Linen, wool, and cotton. 6” x 7.25”. Featured in Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge.
Eccentric Rya, 2018. Linen warp, wool weft. 7” x 7.5” x 1”. Photo by Chris Dant.
Eccentric Rya (reverse). Photo by Chris Dant.
Overshot Sample I, 2018. Linen warp, wool weft. 3.5” x 21”.
Overshot Sample I (detail)
Desert Hearts I & II, 2018. Linen, wool, and cotton. 7” x 15”. Featured in Warp and Weft: An Exhibit of Tapestry at Webster Arts in 2018.
City of Angels, 2018. Linen warp, wool & cotton weft. 3.5” x 6”.
Hillside, 2018. Wool, cotton, and linen. 4.5” x 6”.
Tapestry for BJ, 2018. Various handspun and commercial yarns. 7 1/2” x 18”.
Tapestry for BJ (detail)
Dowsing Rod, 2017. Wood, various handspun and commercial yarns.
Dowsing Rod (detail)
Landscape Tapestry, 2017. Various handspun and commercial yarns. 9” x 29”.