Images of the process:
The idea for our project is a smaller version of Terry Helwig’s ‘The Thread Project’, her response to 9/11, “Some say the world is hanging by a thread-I say a thread is all we need.”-Terry Helwig, Founder.
I took this idea of community and thought of having Farmin Stidwell Elementary students and family share stories with a piece of ‘something’ to be woven into one of three wall hangings.
the beginning:
measuring and warping the looms:
weaving:
taking the three pieces off the loom:
woven textures:
hanging the finished piece:
Stories: These pages are printed from a former website and now in a PDF. I do have the original hand written pieces of paper taped into a journal. Enjoy the read . . .
Sharing art mediums with students of all ages 