Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
October 26 – December 22, 2023
Opening reception Thursday, October 26 from 6-8pm
In recent decades, as artists have embraced an increasing array of materials and methods in their practices, fiber and fiber processes have emerged as central players. Textiles’ strong materiality – texture, color, physicality – and their associative power – personal, cultural, and political – make them a potent resource in the contemporary maker’s toolkit. Within the wide and deep river of contemporary textiles, tapestry occupies a unique position. It possesses a robust physical materiality, a unique richness of color, and a long history as a vehicle of communication in cultures throughout the world. A woven tapestry makes visible the time and labor involved in its making. Each pass of yarn across the structural warp, each crossing of the horizontal and vertical threads, is a record of the artist’s decisions and physical work.
In this context, the members of Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound (TAPS) are exploring the medium, each embracing an individual approach, all having developed a distinctive and mature body of work ranging in size from miniature to mural sized. The collection of tapestries exhibited in Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound at the Jansen Art Center offers an overview of nine members’ work.
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound

Cecilia Blomberg
Birch Rolls
Cotton Warp, Recycled Cotton Fabric Weft
10 pieces, each 118″×5.5″
$18,000

Cecilia Blomberg
Hand-Eye Coordination
Cotton Warp, Wool Weft
9″ × 9.5″
$4,000

Cecilia Blomberg
Kaos II
Cotton Warp, Wool, Linen and Sewing Thread Weft
24″ x 25″
$4,000

Cecilia Blomberg
Rising Tides II
Cotton warp, Wool weft
36″×51″
$19,000

Marion Cragg
Golden Valley
Wool warp, Handspun wool weft
30″ x 38″
$4,200

Marion Cragg
Still Standing
Wool warp, Wool weft
53″ x 35″
$5,800

Joyce Hayes
Late Sky
Linen warp, Natural dyed silk, and Indigo dyed cotton weft, Rayon thread soumak
7.5” x 9.75” x 1.25”
$2,400

Joyce Hayes
Succor River
Linen warp, natural dyed silk weft, rayon thread soumak
7.33” x 9” x 1.25”
$2,200

Joyce Hayes
Transitions, Phoenix Rising #3
Linen warp, Natural dyed silk and Indigo dyed cotton weft, Rayon thread soumak
9’’ x 11″ x 1.25’’
$2,400

Joyce Hayes
Turbulence
Linen warp, Natural dyed silk and Indigo dyed cotton weft, Rayon thread soumak
5.5” x 12’’ x 1.25’’
$2,400

Joyce Hayes
Wenatchee River
Linen warp, Natural dyed silk weft, Rayon thread soumak
6.75” x 9.25” x 1.25”
$2,200

Mary Lane
Drift
Cotton warp, Wool, Cotton & metallic weft
51” x 29.5”
$8,500

Mary Lane
Lattice
Cotton warp, Wool weft
48.5” x 25.5”
$6,700

Mary Lane
Swift
Cotton warp, Wool weft
50″ x 30.5″
$8,500

Mary Lane
Wander
Cotton warp, Wool weft
52″ x 30″
$8,500

Margo Macdonald
Hoquiam
Cotton warp, Wool weft
32” x 35”
$6,000

Margo Macdonald
Nooksack
Cotton warp, Wool weft
35” x 32”
$6,000

Margo Macdonald
Upper Quinault
Cotton warp, Wool weft
32” x 33”
$6,000

Katia Paroczi
Ariadne in the Desert
Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
39″ x 47″
$22,000

Katia Paroczi
Kelp 1
Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
31″ x 55″
$20,000

Katia Paroczi
Surge
Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
23″ x 25″
$7,000

Liz Pulos
Pink Wave Rising
Cotton warp, Cotton and Silk weft
11″ x 14″
$400

Liz Pulos
Runes
Cotton warp, Wool weft
26″ x 40″
$2,000

Liz Pulos
Witness Marks
Cotton warp, Wool weft
35″ x 37″
$3,000

Ellen Ramsey
Lotus Lines
Cotton warp, Wool, Silk, Rayon and Cotton weft
42″ x 36″
NFS

Ellen Ramsey
Seismic Shift (Tipping Point)
Linen warp, Wool, Silk, Rayon and Cotton weft
14″ x 14″
$650

Ellen Ramsey
Sudden Comprehension
Cotton warp, Wool, Silk and Cotton weft
60″ x 60″
$15,000

Julia Rapinoe
Croton
Linen warp, Silk and Wool weft
11″ x 11″
$350

Julia Rapinoe
Low Tide
Linen warp, Silk, Cotton and Wool weft
12.25” x 10.75”
$625

Julia Rapinoe
Passing Through
Cotton warp, Wool and Silk weft
24” x 45”
$4,800

Julia Rapinoe
Rough Water
Linen warp, Silk, Cotton and Wool weft
10” x 19.5”
$1,100

Julia Rapinoe
Snake Plant
Linen warp, Silk, Cotton and Wool weft
11″ x 11″
$350

Pacific Rim Tapestries
Beyond Pompeii
Cotton warp, Wool weft
48″ x 60″
$15,000

Pacific Rim Tapestries
Labyrinth
Cotton warp, Wool weft
60″ x 60″
$15,000

Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
Currents
Cotton warp, Various weft materials
50″ x 60″
NFS