Ply Splitting Ply-Splitting involves placing one cord through the plies of another cord!  "Creature" Cotton 2009 2010 Handweavers Guild of America Small Expressions Exhibit, Albuquerque, NM  "Simultaneous Contrast Rainbow" Cotton, 2010  "Caregiver: Trio" View 1, 2009, cotton
   | Weaving  2007 Woven Tencel  Exhibited 2005, "Designing Weavers":Woodcrafters Design Gallery, Escondido, California  Exhibited 2005, "Designing Weavers: A 30 Year Perspective" Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, California Kumihimo Braiding and Coiling  "One Ring Circus" 2008, Coiled Kumihimo Vessel, Rayon and metal bead Exhibited 2008, Designing Weavers' "Sideshow", ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL. "The circus has both light and dark, positive and negative, as people come together forming community - both audience and circus people - yet differences are magnified and life is difficult. The salience of animal involvement is also paramount as it is both joyful and sad as some people relish seeing wild animals up close and personal yet life for the animal is often violent and bereft of a natural habitat and rhythm. Circus life has structure, hence the fully formed coiled kumihimo ring, yet it has its dark side, reflected by the black and red pattern. There is only one ring and one elephant as the others have escaped and gone on an adventure of their own, to live life not as a spectacle but as an adventure to be experienced." Kumihimo Braiding and Beading  Kumihimo Braiding  |
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