Designing Weavers: Peggy Siders
Rug and photo by Peggy Siders. Rug made using and spun karakul wool from her own sheep. Ten shaft rep weave inspired by antique twenty...
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Sara Nordling
Feb 13, 20184 min read
Designing Weaver: Susie Taylor
Weaving and photo courtesy of Susie Taylor I first encountered Susie through her work. She was working on pleated elements on the...
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Sara Nordling
Feb 2, 20185 min read
Designing Weavers: Teena Tuenge
Towels woven by Teena Tuenge, photo courtesy of Teena. I first met Teena when I was a new weaver and joined my first guild. At show and...
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Sara Nordling
Jan 21, 20183 min read
Designing Weavers
I am beginning a new series, related to last year’s elements and principles of design series. This one will focus on designing weavers. ...
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Sara Nordling
Jan 7, 20181 min read
New Year, New Design
In the last weeks of the new year I designed and wove a series of scarves. I am presenting them to you all as a design challenge. It is...
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Sara Nordling
Nov 29, 20172 min read
Summary of the Elements and Principles
We have reached the end. We have reached the beginning. I have written on all the elements and principles of design, the end of the list...
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Sara Nordling
Nov 22, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Economy
In design economy is, as Mies Van der Rohe stated it, the principle of, “Less is more.” It is having just enough in the design and not...
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Sara Nordling
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Unity
Unity in design is where everything in the design is working together. No element is too dominant; none are distracting from the purpose...
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Sara Nordling
Nov 8, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Variety
Variety is adding a change, or several changes in the design to add interest. Sounds easy enough. In weaving challenging for two...
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Sara Nordling
Nov 1, 20173 min read
Principles of Design: Proportion
Proportion has to do with the size of the elements used with a particular format so that all elements work together and no one element...
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Sara Nordling
Oct 25, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Repetition
Repetition is an element of line, shape, hue, value or texture that is used, repeated, several times in the design. Repetition can occur...
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Sara Nordling
Oct 18, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Pattern
Pattern is a very easy one for weavers! Patterns come naturally in much of the weaving process they are, simply put, a repeated,...
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Sara Nordling
Oct 11, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Rhythm
All rhythm has movement but not all movement has rhythm. When it comes to rhythm, think of music. Does it have a beat? Is it fast or...
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Sara Nordling
Oct 4, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Movement
The principle of movement is concerned with the sense of flow or movement that your eye has as it travels over the work. Even a design...
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Sara Nordling
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Emphasis
Emphasis can also be described as an area of focus, a focal point, or some pop of interest. It is a bit of a change of pace in what is...
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Sara Nordling
Sep 20, 20172 min read
Principles of Design: Balance
The preceding blog posts have focused on the elements of design. These are the building blocks, the tools used, to create a design. I...
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Sara Nordling
Sep 12, 20172 min read
Why Study Design?
You may be asking yourself, so what? Where is this going? What is the point? You spend time and money weaving. Whether it is a hobby...
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Sara Nordling
Sep 6, 20173 min read
Elements of Design: Format
Format refers to the overall size and shape of an object. I would also add that it is when what you weave is designed appropriately for...
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Sara Nordling
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Elements of Design: Texture
When you think of texture, what comes to mind? The great novelty yarn you bought because you couldn’t live without it and now, don’t...
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Sara Nordling
Aug 23, 20173 min read
Elements of Design: Color
Color, also called hue, is your crayon box. It is the rainbow plus all those earthy tones and any other one you can imagine. I am not...
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