Transparencies was the topic of Melissa's February program for the Divas. She presented several webs of multi-hued gossamer suspended in space transparencies.
The weave, characterized by an open tabby ground and colorful weaver-controlled inlay blew our socks off! Experimenting with 4/1 and 20/1 linen, she produced a great variety of exciting textiles.
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| Basically using this one book for reference, Melissa taught herself this technique. ("Sheer Delight" by Doramay Keasbey) |
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| Here is has worked on creating curves. |
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| She worked with a cartoon to to create her transpareccies. |
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| This shows the gossamer effect. |
She used positive and negative space and combined it creating effects to truly amaze. Just take a look at her examples.The hand on the left she used the negative space to inlay her yarn. The hand on the right she used the positive.
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