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Fruitful Ambiguity
By Barbara Heller
. . . . For me, creativity seems to occur with slow accretions onto the nub of an idea. Something bothers me, something hits me over the head and demands to be woven, something consistently nags me at odd moments. An idea forms, and then everything I come across seems to relate to this idea. Then I begin to explore, searching for images and ideas to enrich the original nub. A problem arises, then a solution occurs. There may be minutes or days between problem and solution or. . . years between the original idea and the perfect image that best embodies the emotion. . . .
The problem is not in sustaining creativity – the problem comes when the constant inventiveness of our minds is ignored. Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps the gods really do breathe it into us, but we also have to inhale. |
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Below: Barbara Heller, Future Reliquary #1, 24” x 37”, 2008; linen warp, wool, cotton, rayon, silk, metallic threads, some hand-dyed
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Below: Barbara Heller, Future Reliquary #2, 24” x 37”, 2008 linen warp, wool, cotton, rayon, silk, metallic threads, some hand-dyed
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Below: Barbara Heller, Future Reliquary #3, 24” x 37”, 2009; linen warp, wool, cotton, rayon, silk, metallic threads, some hand-dyed
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Below: Barbara Heller, Future Reliquary #3 (drawing for cartoon), 15” x 10”, 2008
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Below: Barbara Heller, Ozymandias, 5’2” x 5’6”, (158 x 168cm), 2004; linen warp, wool, cotton, rayon, silk, some hand-dyed and hand-spun; photo by Ted Clark, Image This Photography Inc.
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Below: Barbara Heller, The Patriot, 32 ½” x 49 ½”, (83x126cm), 2007; linen warp, wool, cotton, rayon, silk, some hand-dyed and hand-spun; photo by Ted Clark, Image This Photography Inc.
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 Tapestry Weavers West Members’ Showcase
By Tricia Goldberg
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The Tapestry Weavers West Members’ Showcase in July and August of 2008 was a curated exhibition of TWW members’ latest work, intended to show the variety of style and achievement from old and new members who are either emerging or established artists. The exhibition was held in the Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, in the atrium of the State of California Building in downtown Oakland. . .
Deborah Corsini, a member for many years and recent TWW president; Care Standley, a founding member and our slide librarian; and I curated the exhibition and were closely involved in all aspects of planning the show. . . member[s] could submit up to four tapestries. We chose what we considered was the best piece by each artist first. Additional work was chosen based on what would work best in the main gallery and in the display cases.
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Below: TWW Installation #1, far left: Marcia Ellis, Vertigo; Jan Langdon, Artful/Red, Artful/Pastel, MY Sunflowers; Sue Henegar, Where Cloud Shadows Walk; Jacquetta Nisbett, Navajo Code Talker; Maj Britt Mobrand, Boogie Woogie Blues. |
Below: TWW Installation #2, far left: Care Standley, Crone's Eggs; Kay Kent, Monet's Garden, Still Life; Jan Moore Simple Abundance; Michael Rohde, Prayer Flag’s - Earth.
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Below: TWW Installation #3: Erica Danzoni viewing Simple Abundance, Prayer Flag's – Earth, and next, Nancy Jackson, Olav, King of Norway. |
Below: TWW Installation #4, from left to right: Deborah Corsini, High Tide; Merna Strauch, Edge Series: Purple, Self Portrait, and Echoes; Alex Friedman, Bound; Jacquetta Nisbett, Horned Lizard; Sue Henegar, Where Cloud Shadows Walk. |
Below: TWW Installation #5: Visitor viewing Tricia Goldberg's California Poppies, on the left and her Sunflowers with Red Cloth on the right. |
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