Tapestry Topics
A Quarterly Review of Tapestry Art Today
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Fall 2003 Vol 29 No 4
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full of luscious fruit and vegetables animated by women vendors and shoppers. (Ed. Note. Readers may recall this tapestry from an earlier ATA exhibition catalog “Tapestry Today”)

Jan Moore’s weaving, "The Spinster," depicted a mythic woman/animal spinning yarn on a drop spindle. It exhibited a masterful treatment of the irregular edge, which follows the spinster’s leg down to perfectly cutout toes.
TWW member Care Standley, Grouper, 22" x 32", 1992
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"TAPESTRY TODAY"

Review by Rose Kelly

The love of process and materials shone through in the summertime exhibit, TAPESTRY TODAY at Soundscape. Nineteen accomplished members of Tapestry Weavers West displayed over 60 pieces in the cavernous audio store in downtown Santa Rosa. Materials and size varied widely as did choices for imagery. However, a narrative thread wove throughout the show.

The first tapestry one encountered upon entering the
exhibit was "Market Women" by Tricia Goldberg. It is
a very ambitious weaving of a Latin American market
Jan Moore, The Spinster, 61" x 60"
Less influenced by Southwest imagery, Moore’s "Nebraska Patchwork" and "Inland Interlock" are very evocative of aerial views of farmland, combining beautiful colors and a rich variety of textures. Nature was a reoccurring theme for the exhibit. Bobbi Chamberlain’s "Harvest Moon" was paired with "Emerging", Sonja Miremont’s rendering of a starlit night. Both weavings strove to capture the deep blanket of night.

A few artists explored abstract themes. Work by Michael Rohde incorporated grids in strong colors and Betty Hilton-Nash used irregular shape to create tapestries very much like the masculine audio equipment on display. "57 Jazz" by Deborah Corsini resembles the arc of music being emitted from gigantic speakers. Jeff Weiss’ 5-inch square "Abstracts" and the
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