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Alice Schlein
Category: Brocading
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In my experiments with drafts for brocading, I wanted to explore new possibilities for combinations of ground and brocade. In the following picture, I have tried to force the twill lines to run in opposition to each other. In the lower blue lozenge, I used a single end of blue 8/2 cotton as the brocading…
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It’s not my usual way of working. I’m accustomed to days of planning before starting a project, sometimes too much planning. This time I’m just diving in, letting the warp tell me where to go as it unwinds. After a section is woven and wrapped on the cloth beam, it’s out of my line of…
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On the new red warp, a continued exploration of diagonal brocading. But boredom set in and I needed to do rectangles for a change. I worked out a draft with a plain weave ground and ties that will allow rectangular brocading shapes. Here are the first samples. As usual, I’m expecting everything to tighten up…
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Here are the latest samples, cut off the loom and wet finished. They’ve tightened up, and the ground cloth which looked somewhat sleazy on the loom is now closer to what I was looking for. From right to left in the above picture, I tried plain weave grounds in fine silk, then several in cotton,…
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