Posts by Pamela Penney
Day 11: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 11 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE my at home artist’s residency:
○ Friday was a “leave” day. As in I left to observe the weft of Currents 38: Christy Matson.
I went on a “field trip” with …
Read MoreDay 10: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 10 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE my at home artist’s residency:
○ Shifted gears today and took a break from basement clearing and weaving on the large pipe loom. (needed a day to think about the next steps)…
Read MoreDay 9: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 9 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE my at home artist’s residency:
○ Started the morning by tying the crocheted “WHEN?” to the loom. I like where this is going! I originally created this in response to the Parkland …
Read MoreDay 8: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 8 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE, my at home artist’s residency:
○ Started the day at the dermatologist. Removed 2 moles (TMI? Thankfully, no pictures!)
○ Across the street was Goodwill. I dropped 3 bags of donations! Of …
Read MoreDay 7: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 7 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE my at home artist’s residency:
○ Started the day out on the deck warping the large tapestry loom. I ran out of cotton twine, and it started raining. Hopefully, I can finish …
Read MoreDay 5 & 6: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 5 & 6 of LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE, my at home artist’s residency:
○ Yesterday I decided I wasn’t happy with the last quarter of my 1st weaving for the Summer of Tapestry with @rebeccamezofftapestry . It was …
Read MoreDay 4: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 4 of “LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE” my at home artist’s residency.
○ I started warping the large loom out on the deck. Temperatures were in the 70s and the humidity dropped as the day went on. A bit …
Read MoreDay 3: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 3 of “LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE”, my at home artist’s residency:
○ Despite it being hot and very humid I persevered and got my pipe loom assembled out on the deck! Detail shot shows the tensioning device and …
Read MoreDay Two: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Day 2 of “LEAVE, WEAVE, DISCARD or DONATE”, my at home artist’s residency:
○ I cleared my work table of everything but the items for this project (see yesterday’s “before” photo)
Prepped the large pipe loom, marking inch increments for …
Day One: Leave, Weave, Discard or Donate
Today is Day One of my self-proclaimed "at home artist's residency". I have always wanted to apply for a residency, dreaming of a period of time and a place devoted to creative exploration. A process or a project come to