The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver

Tommye McClure Scanlin (Author) Philis Alvic (Foreword by)

Description

The Nature of Things weaves together a life full of happiness and sorrow. In these fourteen collected essays, Tommye McClure Scanlin reflects on her artistic journey and how crafting and life are interwoven, two threads that comprise a larger picture. Readers will find themselves lost in Scanlin's full-color tapestries and comforting writing style as they explore the natural fields and woods of southern Appalachia.

A final part of the book gives an overview of tapestry weaving basics with diagrams and descriptions for setting up a simple pipe loom and weaving a small tapestry sampler. Glossary, simple pipe loom illustrations, and a resource list are included for reference.

Product Details

Price

$32.99

Publisher

University of North Georgia

Publish Date

September 15, 2020

Pages

232

Dimensions

8.0 X 10.0 X 0.63 inches | 1.38 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9781940771724

BISAC Categories:

Personal Memoirs

Weaving & Spinning

Nature Crafts

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About the Author

Tommye McClure Scanlin weaves and educates. She is professor emerita, University of North Georgia, where she founded the weaving program in the 1970s. Her tapestries are widely exhibited and she maintains an active studio practice. Scanlin has been active in organizations including the American Tapestry Alliance, British Tapestry Group, and Handweavers Guild of America. She has served on the Board of Directors of John C. Campbell Folk School and of the Lillian E. Smith Center. Her other books include The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver and Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence. She has created tapestry diaries as part of her daily practice since 2008.

Philis Alvic is an artist, weaver, and writer. She has exhibited her complex woven wall textiles in over 300 juried and invitational exhibitions. Alvic has written Weavers of the Southern Highlands (University of Kentucky Press, 2003), Crafts of Armenia (USAID/IESC Armenia, 2003), and over 100 magazine articles. As a short-term consultant for crafts development and marketing, she has worked on projects in fourteen different countries. Alvic is a founding member of the Kentucky Craft History and Education Association and is the on the Board of Weave A Real Place.

Reviews

"If you have ever appreciated a work of art, please read The Nature of Things by Tommye McClure Scanlin. Scanlin, a skilled tapestry weaver, is an equally skilled writer. In writing about her personal journey to art, she manages to capture the universal journey-the highs, the lows, and the intimacy of all who create things, no matter what the medium."

-Nancy Peacock, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson

"Tommye McClure Scanlin invites us into her artist's life-her walks in the woods, her doubts and decisions, the colors and threads of her days. This is a book to savor-and return to again and again."

-Carol Polsgrove, It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun: Esquire in the Sixties

"What a welcoming and generous book-every essay a gentle invitation to walk in Tommy's tapestry footsteps, to see the world with her discerning weaver's eye and share how, with warp, weft, words and images, she twines her life and beliefs with the natural world she loves so well. It leaves me feeling hopeful and freshly energetic as I tread my own path."

-Sarah C. Swett, author and artist

"Tommye McClure Scanlin is a consummate and accomplished artist; The Nature of Things demonstrates how she has finely crafted and continues to craft her well-lived life as an artist and teacher."

-Virginia Gardner Troy, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, Berry College

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