tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post185807820052225383..comments2023-07-02T07:26:45.065-07:00Comments on Talking about Weaving: LOOM IMPOSED ORDERPeg in South Carolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-64137548099443670792008-03-06T16:25:00.000-08:002008-03-06T16:25:00.000-08:00I had not thought of the pixel constraint in tapes...I had not thought of the pixel constraint in tapestry. I think were I to take tapestry seriously, I would want to sett it quite finely. And then I'd probably lose my eyesight weaving!<BR/>And I like the more geometric and the freer ikat work, though I much admire the technique of the more representational ikat.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-74731499499114894122008-03-06T14:38:00.000-08:002008-03-06T14:38:00.000-08:00I agree with Francis Bacon about the importance of...I agree with Francis Bacon about the importance of order in art. We need order / organisation of elements of some sort in order to understand anything of what we are seeing. <BR/><BR/>But there's also an element of culture and education - we don't necessarily understand the art of other cultures as well as we understand the "order" in art of the society we have grown up in. Ikat, in Japan, and Indonesia, exists within a very particular tradition and has significance and "order" within that tradition that we don't necessarily understand. Similarly, it is said that many people don't understand classical music without having been taught something what it is and how it works.<BR/><BR/>Must say, I don't like all Ikat, didn't see the point of it at all at first, but I'm getting more interested. I actually prefer the more abstract stuff, and pieces of warp only ikat, rather than ikat dyed warp and weft. I think you have to see some of it as an alternative to printed pattern.<BR/><BR/>I don't see tapestry as free, as I have learnt more about it I see it as tied to colour units of the dimension of warp & weft - so it turns into just another clumsy pixel image. I've done lots of editing of images on computers at pixel level to the point where I hate that type of organisation.<BR/><BR/>I do enjoy the complex interactions of colour and weave in your crackle weaving. I find that the possibilities go on and on - not too much restricted by reference to anything else.<BR/><BR/>Could say more, but it's late at night here and I should switch off. Thanks for provoking interesting thoughts again!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-30623922184559724492008-03-05T17:35:00.000-08:002008-03-05T17:35:00.000-08:00Leigh, I'm glad you found it thought provoking. T...Leigh, I'm glad you found it thought provoking. That, for me, is what is important.Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904270845559593827.post-31542231846215569852008-03-05T05:09:00.000-08:002008-03-05T05:09:00.000-08:00A thought provoking post. I've never thought of w...A thought provoking post. I've never thought of weaving that way, or has it ever occurred to me to try and change (or appear to change) what it essentially is; a particular interlacement of threads. But then, as weird as I am personally, I pretty much prefer the traditional forms of weaving. One thing I realize however, that it is color, that keeps it interesting for me.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com