madder root – Wendy Weiss Ikat and natural dye

LIAR Weavings, 2020. Edition of 4, two cotton and two silk.

LIAR Weavings, 2020. Warp ikat, madder root dye.

Defy Tyranny

Weaving ikat with natural dye! Summer 2014

I have been waiting to weave up the warp that I dyed in the summer of 2013. Finally, I have the time to put it on the loom and weave it up. Dyes are from madder and cosmos flowers. The weave structure requires 16 shafts and I am using 3 colors in the weft.

Against the Sky

Wendy Weiss and Jay Kreimer presented the installation Against the Sky at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney in the Spring of 2012. The show featured 5 weavings by Weiss made with cotton, wool, monofilament, all dyed with locally sourced natural dye. Kreimer built 7 wood sculptures, as well as a crow on aContinue reading “Against the Sky”