"The Warped Weaver"

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Holdin Back the Blues

Holdin Back the Blues

My work can be found at the following..... ("Pittsburgh Center for the Arts",..6300 Fifth Ave Pgh Pa 15213... 412 361 0873 shop) ... ("Society for Contemporary Crafts" ...2100 Smallman Street Pgh Pa 15222... 412 261 7003 )...("Ujamaa".. 1901 Center Avenue Pgh Pa 15219... 412 228 5160...next to the Hill House)...("Bourgeoise"... 208 6 th Street Pgh Pa 15222... across from Heinz Hall) ...("The Union Project"... 801 North Negley Avenue Pgh Pa 15206...corner of Stanton and Negley Avenues)

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Best of 2010

ELLEN NELSON GALLERY
Lima Ohio
OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN:
Traveling Exhibit

November 5-December 18

Opening Reception
Friday, November 5
6:30-8:30 pm

Posted by Vernie at 10:39 PM

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Contact Information

Email. gypsygal5@aol.com

Phone. 412 758 5667

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About Me

Vernie: Pittsburgh, Pa, United States; When I look at something first I see color,then texture and then pattern.Im told it shows in my work. I'm not sure I can even work in strictly white (boring) My art is my passion. My mother used to call me a mole because I wouldnt come out of my basement studio unless it was time to eat!Now thats dedication ( and true) I once heard a preacher say" If you follow your passion the money will follow , dont worry about it , just do what makes you happy. Well Im happy and have so much peace in my life. I cant imagine my life without my art and creativity.

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The Beginning of Weaving

"In the Beginning"

At sunrise on the appointed day the seventh ancestor Spirit spat out eighty threads of cotton: these he distributed between his upper teeth which acted as the teeth of a weavers reed (beater). In this way he made the uneven threads of the warp. He did the same with the lower teeth to make the even threads. By opening and shutting his jaws the Spirit caused the threads of the warp to make the movements required in weaving. His whole face took part in the work, his nose studs serving as the block, while the stud in his lower lip was the shuttle.As the threads crossed and uncrossed , the two tips of the Spirits forked tongue pushed the thread of the weft to and fro, and the web took shape from his mouth in the breadth of the ....Word...The words that the Spirit uttered filled all the interstices of the stuff: they were woven in the threads, and formed part and parcel of the cloth. They were the cloth, and the cloth was the Word.From a myth describing the origin of the world as recounted in 1946 by the Dogon elder, Ogotemmeli (Griaule 1965,27-28)

Check Out These Other Websites

African American Museum Dallas Texas
artbywepa
Black art in America
Black Threads/Kyra Hicks
Check Me Out on Facebook
Cultured Expressions...New jersey
New England Textile Alliance
Ohio Artist Registry
Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Passports: The Art Diversity Project
Pittsburgh Artist Registry
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Ravelry
Textile Art Alliance...Cleveland Ohio
The King Arts Complex...Columbus Ohio
The Textile Museum...Washington DC

"Kosan" ZIg Zag

"Kosan" ZIg Zag

Zig Zag....In life ..you have to know where you come from to get where you're going symbolic of the Sankofa bird

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