Complex Weavers' Showcase 2003

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In the season in which many of us hope for "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All", we showcase this work by Ingrid Boesel titled Women of the World.
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This is the nineteenth item in our showcase of what members are working on.
This work was showcased in December, 2003.

This photo of a vintage stenciled silk kimono fabric was taken by Laurie Autio from her collection of Japanese textiles. The Katazome stencil technique uses a starch resist and washi paper stencils, one per color. If you would like to investigate the vast variety of Japanese textiles and textile techniques with us, please visit: Complex Weavers Study Group: Japanese Textiles
This is the eighteenth item in our showcase of what members are working on.
This work was showcased in November, 2003.

Kathleen Johnson shared with us some weaving experiences from Thailand in her article, "Weaving Postcard from Thailand" in Complex Weavers Journal, May 2003, page 46. Shown here is Figure 13, part of Ajan Isara's supplementary warp sampler.
The complete article, with pictures in color, is also available at http://www.travlinweaver.com/Thaitex.html
Photo by Lynn Heglar. Used by permission.
This is the seventeenth item in a our showcase of members' work.
This work was showcased in October, 2003.

Christine Gauthier is the winner of the Complex Weavers Award from the annual Congress of L'Association des Tisserands du Québec.The piece is a circular weave shoebag woven on a 16-shaft computer assisted dobby Leclerc loom.
She writes: "I started with 2 overshot patterns from Marguerite P. Davidson's A Handweaver's Pattern Book: Old Linen Weave, p.137 and Squares With Diamonds, p.134. I converted them in deflected double weave each on 8 shafts and put them together pick by pick, the odd picks being the first draft, and the even picks being the second draft. While the treadling is one pick of each draft alternately, the threading is one block (4 threads) of each draft alternately."
We hope to publish details of her work soon in Complex Weavers Journal.
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This is the sixteenth item in a our showcase of members' work.
This work was showcased in September, 2003.

Ingrid Boesel collected and studied maple leaves before she produced this four-tie unit weave representation of Canada's logo on 32 shafts. For details of her work, see her article in Complex Weavers Journal, May, 2003, page 34.
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This is the fourteenth item in a our showcase of members' work.
The work was showcased in July, 2003.

Doris Burgess made use of a dozen balls of single ply wools, and a lot of imagination, in designing and weaving this example of "Integrated Cell Weaves" or "False Double Weaves" for the Sixteens Study Group. For details of her method, including a drawdown, see see her article in Complex Weavers Journal, May, 2002, page 17
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This is the thirteenth item in a our showcase of members' work. The work was showcased in June 2003.

Denise Fréchette won the Complex Weavers Award for Coralie at the Association des Tisserand du Québec (AT) annual juried show, Association of Quebec Weavers Conference, June, 2001.
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This is the twelfth item in a our showcase of members' work. The work was showcased in May, 2003.

These are three of the ribbons woven by Jean Korus to be used for CW Awards in 2003.
For more information about CW awards, contact CW vice president, Carolyn Gritzmaker at awards@complex-weavers.org.
Or visit the awards section of this website at Complex Weavers Awards Page
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This is the eleventh item in a our showcase of members' work. The work was showcased in April, 2003.

Sarah Fortin won the CW Award at the New Hampshire Weavers Guild Exhibit, Newport, New Hampshire, in June 2001, for this entry. This is a detail of her two block double-woven scarf. For more information, see Complex Weavers Journal, January 2002, page 18. Used by permission.
This is the tenth item in a our showcase of members' work.
This work was showcased in March, 2003.

Deb McClintock won the Complex Weaver's award at the October 2002 Blue Ridge Handweaving Show for this "Lao Variation", a detail of which is shown here. For further information on what she did and how she did it, see her article in Complex Weavers Journal, January 2003, page 37. She includes a photo of the loom, diagrams of the process, and definitions of special terms.
Ninth in the series
Used by permission. This work was showcased in February, 2003

In the Northern Hemisphere's January's cold weather, let's put on Catherine Wilson's CW award-winning vest, "Dr. Seuss Goes Fishing". The half block summer and winter design utilized 16 shafts threaded with 8/2 Orlon Acrylic, black, at 20 epi. The pattern weft was 8/2 cotton (yellow, red, blue, and green) while the tabby was 16/2 Orlon Acrylic (black). For further details, see the article in Complex Weavers Journal, January 2002, page 17, as part of a feature on CW awards.
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Eighth in the series
This work was showcased in January, 2003