Red Rocks
After finishing Road to Mamers it was time to plan the next tapestry. Fortunately or unfortunately depending on your perspective I have more tapestry ideas and enthusiasm at this point than skills. I admire the work of tapestry weavers who also draw, sketch and paint, like Tommye Scanlon , Sarah Swett and Janette Meetze . Alas, I do not draw or paint. I did take a gazillion pictures when Rachel and I were in Arizona though. Each day we were surrounded by gorgeous vistas that took my breath away. I blogged about it here. So I went through all the photos, chose one and played with enlarging it and isolating an interesting piece of the picture. The view from our room at Sky Ranch Lodge. With some computer manipulation I isolated the part I wished to weave and used the cartoon effect to edit the image. I pulled out my Navajo weaving books for inspiration. Should I border this with some stripes or Navajo motifs to honor the re...