It is a small experimental piece 4 inches wide by 6 inches tall. It is the first piece in which I have tried shaping a tapestry with pulled warp. In the aqua weft, I would leave small rectangles every inch or so and used paper to hold my space. In the green grass section I just continued to weave. I did this piece on a small copper pipe loom. Once finished, I pulled the warp to form pleats in the grass. It supposed to be reminiscent of waving sea grass. Unfortunately, you cannot see the pleating in this photograph. I am not sure how to light it to see the pleating.
This piece was a study for a larger piece I was thinking of weaving, but I decided I did not like the results as it did not turn out as I had envisioned. So, rather than scaling up this piece, I am thinking of a new piece working from a photo I took on Lake Champlain while in Vermont.
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