There and Back Again. This weaving is my very first tapestry (aside from a tiny purple flames piece I didn't know was tapestry I wove in high school). I had watched other students weave tapestry in college and decided it looked like it took too long. I laugh now at that because everything I did and that I currently create takes a really really long time anyway.
When I moved from Colorado to Wisconsin there was a feeling of homecoming. Colorado wasn't quite for me and moving back to the Midwest was a breath of fresh air. One of the things I missed most living in Colorado was the fall. There was a lack of crispness to the air and little or no leaf color change in Colorado. It was a really strange feeling when we jumped right from summer to snow in Colorado, so I enjoyed every second Fall in Wisconsin. I needed to make a piece about my little jaunt to go chase the mountains, but then ending back in the Midwest.
I worked on this piece in my tiny studio apartment in Madison. It took me almost the whole year I was there to weave this. I used as many different types and textures of yarn I saw fit and played with striping along the way. There and Back Again is one of my larger pieces measuring 45.5 inches long by 28 inches wide.
It is currently on display at the Haslett Library resale book shop, The Bookend, through the end of September 2019.
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