Spring 2019 Great Competition of Weavers Entry

 

OOAK

4.6m plus 10" twisted fringe

Warp: Supima cotton

Weft: 10/2 ringspun cotton

Weave: Ralph Griswold crackle

 

Growing up wild among the trees, the moss and dirt and creepy crawlies

Little hands turning over stones, In search of small creatures and dinosaur bones

 

Bare feet balancing on an old fallen oak

Listening to the green frogs croak

 

Weaving flowers into crowns, while sticks become swords

A whole kingdom awaits you on the forest floor

 

Building memories in mushrooms and rich brown mud

Inhaling a tale of new growth, where past life once stood

 

Here among spider webs and morning dew drops

Worries fade away and time stops

 

These wild woods, enchanting and free

A world of your own, full of possibility