Nancy Ebner

The Two Sides of Beauty

54″ x 14.25″

Cotton warp and weft

NFS

Bio: Nancy started weaving in earnest at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts in 2017 by taking classes offered by Traudi Bestler. She wanted to learn to weave independently prior to her retirement and has tried her hand at a multitude of four- to six-shaft weave structures. She continues to explore techniques via classes for the opportunity to learn and to connect with other makers. She is drawn to bright, vibrant colors and especially the color PINK! Nancy enjoys both the design and the technical aspects of completing a woven piece. As a bonus, textile-related travel has taken her to: New Mexico, Massachusetts, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, and most recently to the Peruvian Andes.

Description: In 2021, I had the chance to take a week-long class at Vävstuga weaving school in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. I chose to weave a Smålandsväv table runner designed by Becky Ashenden. While she taught a beginning-level class, I wove in an opposite corner of the barn on a loom (Glimåkra) that could accommodate the structure. It was an amazing setting and retreat. Take a look at the back of the piece to see a different, lovely color combination. This is the most complex piece I have woven in which the treadling pattern was not outlined in detail. It required that I continually observe the piece and noodle the next treadling sequence. I would like weave additional Smålandsväv designs and my next step is to modify my home loom to do so.

naebner@msn.com