August

01.08.25

And the year is racing away. Doing these daily weaves makes me more aware of it - or certainly each new month has an impact.

Todays weave is using some paper that I have found that contains 30% seaweed - Norpla. Paper is such an environmental disaster - not only the trees that are cut down but the amount of water that it takes to process it. This Norpla uses significantly less of of both, and seaweed is a much more sustainable and abundant product. Although I wonder, if it becomes used on a big scale what effect that will have on marine life. Thinking about the seagrass projects here in Falmouth, and wondering about farming of seaweed. There is never a simple answer.

So my response is to do what I can - and use up all the offcuts from my current project to eliminate whatever waste I can.

02.08.25

And another weave using more offcuts - this time also using the paper that I have dyed with coffee. The dye softens some of the seaweed marks (I assume that they are from the seaweed) which I prefer, and certainly when I have printed onto the paper it makes it easier to read. 

I am enjoying the slight irregularities to the weave that the different thicknesses of paper offer.

03.08.25

Back to the woolen yarns - simple in colour and concept.

Space and density - the contrast is interesting and hopefully I get this in the multiple layers that I am weaving on the big loom.

The neutral colours keep the focus on the weave and the design I think - there is nothing to distract the eye.

04.08.25

Just a weave today - staying with the simple, neutral colours but the changes in colour are what I focus on. Do we want too many visual disturbances - thinking about what this would have looked like if I had added other design elements in, such as the gaps in yesterday’s weave - it would not have been restful. However this weave doesn’t allow any space for curiosity - in yesterday’s weave I find myself wanting to look through it, see what is round the back - I have no desire to do this with this weave. It is what it is.

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Loving this sari silk weave with jute/wool warp. 

The threads in the sari silk give a great texture, and the colour variations in the weft yarn provide lots of visual interest without becoming too distracting.

07.08.25

Using up scraps of paper from the big weave….there is a tiny bit of orange in the alternate wefts of this weave - it is quite subtle given the colour due to the fine nature of the yarn compared with the paper strips.

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12.08.25

Using the dyed seaweed paper in thicker strips, with the contrast of the warp threads.

10.08.25

Using some new raffia that I have bought - I thought that I might want to use it in the large weave, but it doesn’t have the qualities that I was looking for. However I like the variation in thickness as it unravels and I weave it.

11.08.25

And this really is the scraps of paper left over from cutting up the printed sections of the seaweed paper that I am using - but makes for an interesting weave.

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Back on the frame loom - not the most exciting weave that I have done!

I do these weaves when I have run out of energy and just need to finish them - they need to be fairly quick and simple, thick weft yarns, a scribble sketch.

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