"The Warped Weaver"

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My work can be found at the following locations..... ("Pittsburgh Center for the Arts",..6300 Fifth Ave Pgh Pa 15213... 412 361 0873 shop) ... .Patricia Boutique 326 Bigham St ( entrance to Chatham VIllage) Mt Washington Pgh Pa 15211... The Artsmiths of Pittsburgh 1635 Mc Farland Road Pittsburgh , Pa 15216 (Mt Lebanon) ArtsmithsPGH.com

Monday, February 6, 2012

My Students Weaving...Im So Proud!

Posted by Vernie at 8:35 PM

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WepaFebruary 11, 2012 at 5:24 AM
How awesome is that when you're able to see the seeds you've sown actually sprout!
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About Me.....

.As an African American artist I draw inspiration from the world around me and weave in pieces of my culture such as the colors, patterns, textures and symbolism. I connect with my African culture through my fiber art and communicate its strength in my finished work. I create woven wearable art that is sold in stores and gallery shops, as well as quilts and felted pieces that are included in fine art shows.

Contact Information

Email. gypsygal5@aol.com
Phone. 412 758 5667
..Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry
...Facebook...https://www.facebook.com/laverne.kemp.1

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)

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Check Out These Other Websites

African American Museum Dallas Texas
Black Threads/Kyra Hicks
Black art in America
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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
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"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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