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"Weaving Basra," Orion, The Orion Society and The Myrin Institute, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, November, 2003. Threading together a holy city even as violence tears it apart, a weaver finds the spirit of a Sufi poet amidst the rubble. |
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"Ancient Footprints: Anasazi Sandals," Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Handweavers Guild of America, Atlanta, GA, Vol xxvii No 3, Summer 1996. For kids of all ages who enjoy digging up the past, this article shows how sandals were made from yucca plants in the American Southwest. Includes instructions for weaving patterns like the ancient sandal makers. |
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"Brew Me A Rainbow," Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Handweavers Guild of America, Atlanta, GA, Vol xxix no 3, summer 1998. For kids who like color, this article explains where dyes came from for our clothing, flags, and quilts before the invention of chemical dyes in the 19th century. An exploration of natural dye plants in our own backyards and other sources of red, yellow and blue colorants-- such as cochineal and madder root, dyers broom, and indigo-- used for centuries by people all around the world. |
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"Tapestries Wed To The Soil: A Profile of Sarah Swett," Spin Off. Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, Winter 1997. Tapestry Weaver, Sarah Swett, of Moscow, Idaho, lived in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness as a ranch hand, forty miles from the nearest road--an inspiring setting for her handmade yarns, sweaters and tapestries. |
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"Tierra Wools," Spin Off. Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, Summer 1999. This New Mexico weaving cooperative contributes to the preservation of regional cultural in the Chama Valley. Using mostly the wool from Navajo-Churro sheep, now a rare breed and one that their ancestors had brought to the area from Spain through Mexico, the weavers at Tierra Wools make garments, rugs, pillows and Rio-Grande style blankets, while providing sustainable employment in Los Ojos. |
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"Conversations in Donegal," New Hibernia Review, St. Thomas University. Vol.5 No 3, Fall 2001. Prologue and essays from the forthcoming book, Taipeis Gael: Weaving a Future From Our Past, a collection of oral histories, tapestry and photographs from contemporary artists, hand knitters and retired tweed weavers in Donegal, Ireland. |
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"Taipeis Gael: An Ancestral landscape," Ireland of the Welcomes. Bord Failte, Dublin, Vol.45 No 6, December 1996. Breathing new life into an ancient craft,Taipeis Gael tapestry weavers' mission is to weave a future from their rich cultural heritage in Gleanncolmcille, Ireland. |
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"Something Given: A Child's Sense of Ireland," Ireland of the Welcomes. Bord Failte, Dublin, Vol 47 No 4, August 1998. How often did your great, great, grandmother skip school? The author's family returns to Westmeath in search of their roots, and stumble upon the answer to this question. Illustrated by children, this essay brings to life a visit to the two-room school of their ancestors and get a glimpse at century old, leather bound attendance books. |
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"Irish Tapestry Weavers Find A Bit Of Home In The American Southwest," Spin Off, Interweave Press, Loveland CO. Fall 1997. Taipeis Gael weavers visit with tapestry weavers Sarah Swett, Rebecca Bluestone, Rachel Brown, Tierra Wools, and SOAR, an annual spinning conference sponsored by Interweave Press. |
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"James Shiels: The Last Master Spinning Wheelwright in Ireland." Spin Off, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, Winter 2000. An glimpse of the late James Shiels, Irish wheelwright, at work in his Donegal workshop. Photographs by Laurence Boland of Dublin. |
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"Ancestral Landscape," Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Handweavers Guild of America, Atlanta, GA, Vol xxvii No 4, Fall 1996. Breathing new life into an ancient craft, Taipeis Gael tapestry weavers' mission is to weave a future from their rich cultural heritage in Donegal, Ireland. (An article similar to that listed above in Ireland of the Welcomes.) |
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"Turkish Supriz," Spin Off, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, Fall 1999. A journey along the Silk Route in central Turkey to Sultanhani where the family of Hasan Solak weaves and repairs ancient kilims and pile carpets. |
To order any of these articles please visit the publishers' websites: New Hibernia Review www.stthomas.edu/irishstudies/nhr.htm |
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