Earlier this month I had the good fortune of spending five days in Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Hondo. These are villages just north of Taos, New Mexico. Arroyo Seco is home to Taos Wools and I was teaching a three-day workshop on color gradation for them.
Taos Wools Chica yarn hand-dyed by Joe Barry.
We had a wonderful class of students in a beautiful light-filled studio. Joe Barry of Taos Wools dyed these amazing colors of singles wool in gradation. Having this kind of hand-dyed gradations available is a real treat for a tapestry weaver. There were three values of each hue plus a bunch of naturals.
I had a marvelous time with a great group from all over the USA. We talked a lot about color and experimented with all sorts of things. Jeri and Lisa had a bit of a collaboration going over their tapestries. Jeri wove a piece in a workshop she came to last summer minus a turtle she wanted to put in it. She left it out because the form was complicated for her back then. (I’m guessing she could weave it now!). So Lisa picked up the challenge and wove a turtle in her tapestry. Here they are.
Jeri and Lisa with Lisa’s turtle weaving in progress.
I made a video of the trip which includes more images from the workshop as well as some scenery and thoughts from my drive home through El Rito and Abiquiu, NM. I took a hike up Chimney Rock at Ghost Ranch intending to do some drawing at the top, but it was snowing! Check out the video for the whole adventure.
