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What I love about tapestry is the ability to put a thought, a feeling, an idea or the essence of something into a tangible and tactile (and yes, even textile) form.  I wanted to capture my week at Peters Valley in my first wedge weave. The lushness of the vegetation, the rustic rambling nature of the buildings and the green, verdant nature of the place.   How Green is My Valley This tape stry was woven at 10 ends per inch on my Cactus Flower loom.  The warp is wool and the weft is also a two ply wool I hand dyed last year. These are my wedge weave class samples from the week at Peters Valley with  Connie Lippert .  I am loving wedge weave.  In the above samples I tried some different appproaches, mixing the wedges with plain weave and eccentric weave to see what would happen. In How Green is My Valley I followed the diagonal path of traditional wedge weave.  You can see I am weaving diagonal stripes distorting the vertical orientation of the warp threa...

Almost immediately after becoming interested in tapestry  I became fascinated with Wedge Weave and the work of  Connie Lippert .  Despite Connie being from South Carolina I travelled to New Jersey to study with her. Peters Valley    School of Craft is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation, founded in 1970 in partnership with the National Park Service to promote and encourage education and excellence in craft.   I left North Carolina bright and early Thursday morning to travel to Sussex County NJ.  It was a pleasant drive through rural Virginia, Maryland and Pennslyvania.  The craft school is located in the Delaware River Water Gap and is beautiful.  The buildings are owned by the National Park Service and are quite rustic. Greek House Congleton House built in 1850 was my residence for the week along with five potters, a jewelry maker and two other weavers. A beautifully decrepit barn.  I wanted to venture inside and explore but didn't hav...