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See a Video of Sigrid's recent jacquard handweaving, including the Grand Rapids Art Museum's Invitational Exhibit.
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standard and interfaced looms at ARTS, Sigrid welcomed
this incredible loom in Summer 2003. It has 6 modules and 1320 heddles,
each of which work independently. With no shafts this loom is able to
create thread-independent sheds making the weaving of almost any fabric a
possibility. For the student, the challenge is to understand
and use structure effectively with appropriate yarns and sett to
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equipment is in keeping with Sigrid's goals at ARTS of
working out of historic research of antique fabrics using
interlacements and inspiration from traditional sources, on the one
hand; on the other, she pushes the boundaries of the creation of handweavings
by use of the latest and most advanced "cutting edge" technology
in this new
century. Above she is weaving 8 end satins, rotating 4 shuttles
and inlaying a fifth color, to produce woven art. Below
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| Sigrid's Solo Exhibit from August to October 2007 at Westminster College in New Wilmington PA, entitled "THE CREATIVE EDGE: INNOVATIVE JACQUARD WORKS AND RETROSPECTIVE", included an exciting Opening Reception with Gallery Talk, Walk Through and Weaving Demonstration. Several dozen new works feature an intriguing look into a wide variety of imposing structures. |
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Butterflies Asleep |
Butterfly Asleep Closeup |
"The Grand Rapids Art
Museum (GRAM) features "Breaking Boundaries:
Weaving Digitally", an invitational exhibit of handwoven
jacquards using the TC-1 loom. Dates of June 14th through August 20th
coincide with Convergence 2006 in Grand Rapids. Eleven artists from
across the world showcase twenty-two exciting and diverse pieces. All
work on this loom can be produced with a wide variety of threads. This
is something unique that is not seen in mil! jacquard weavings because
this option is not available. My weavings are "To My Love, My
Love Fore ver More" and "Nights Silent Witness".
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My Love Forever More |
My Love Woven |
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My Love Closeup |
Night's Silent Witness |
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Night's Closeup |
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The Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts collabora tes with the Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design
Association for "Up Over Down Under",
a juried exhibition which was at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in
Shadyside through April 23rd, 2006. The exhibit then travelled to Sydney
Australia's Parliament House, Australia's oldest building. And
then to "The
Gap" in Brisbane Australia, returning to the USA in September 2006.
One is entitled "Sunset at Sea: Somewhere Between Time and Eternity" and
the other is "I can't Thank You Enough" (framed and close-up
as yardage).
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Sunset at Sea |
I Can't Thank You Enough |
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Thank You Close Up |
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"The Contemporary
Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) sponsors a juried exhibit "Game
Show Detroit", an interactive exhibit devoted to the art
of games and the game of art! Dates of June 10th through July 23rd. Exhibits
include new interactive games designed by artists, familiar and imagined,
that fuse the idea of play, games, art. My work is one playable by visitors,
entitled "A-MAZE-ING".
It was designed by Dave Phillips who is well-known in the games world,
having published thousands of mazes and designed "corn mazes" for
summer institutions." See www.gameshowdetroit.com and
www.gameshowdetroit.com/about.html .
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A-MAZE-ING |
Maze on the Loom |
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Sigrid Weaving Amazing Silks |
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These exciting images are
woven in fine silk and chenilles, hand-dyed: "Mountain Mist Enshrouds"
and "Sunset Transforms".
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Mountain Mist Image |
Mountain Mist Weaving |
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Mountain Mist Closeup |
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Sunset Image |
Sunset Transforms Weaving |
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Sunset Closeup |
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"Golden Opportunity" is an exhibit digitally projected at a Conference held by the Ethical
Metalsmiths in association with the Society of North American
Goldsmiths at their Conference in Chicago, Marx-Saunders Gallery, May 26th, 2006. From there it moved to London England and presented as part of the Conference sponsored by the Association
of Contemporary Jewelry. For an introduction see www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/index.html
My piece, "Threads of Gold", features a 24-shaft silk weaving couched
with 24K gold thread. For my weaving see http://www.ethicalmetalsmiths.org/GO/Piroch.html You may enjoy clicking through the Gallery for some interesting art work.
Fashion clothing is also
an exciting end product of the hand jacquard loom. The following
images show a variety of silk and tencel fabrics, mostly complex
twills, which are featured on Ingrid Boesel's Thrillinq Twills CD.
For more information on these designs, see the bottom of the page
of http://www.fiberworks-pcw.com/product.htm.
New work: "Water Sprite with Daffodil", "Fat Cats" and "Two Tu-lips".
Inquire re pricing for these images.
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Two Tu-lips |
Water Sprite with Daffodil |
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Fat Cats |
Sigrid's earlier exhibits
include complex weaving for the PA Council on Arts, regional guilds,
and in association with teaching at regional conferences in the USA,
Canada, 5 countries in Europe, SE Asia, New Zealand, and Australia/Tasmania.
At
Convergence 2004 my new jacquard work was shown in the Teacher's Exhibit, Bhatii
Ziek showed more in her Seminars and, at the Complex Weavers Seminars, Sheila
O'Hara showed addition of my new work in her Keynote
Address on "Contemporary Hand Jacquard Weaving -- One Thread at a Time". Vibeke
Vestby of Norway, developer of the TC-1 loom, showed slides of my newest work in Turkey at a conference in 2005.
These "tongue-in-cheek" images
of mine were seen being woven in the TC-1 Booth:
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"Where's
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Other earlier work on the TC-1 includes these angels, from miniature to
full size, woven in one, two, and three colors.
 
"Angel of Light", first weavings
2003: L --> (1) 7" x 15" twill angels on the cloth beam, and one finished;
moving R --> miniatures 4"x6": 2-color 1-shuttle and
4-color 2-shuttle satins.
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