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.

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Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound

Blomberg_Birch Rolls

Cecilia Blomberg
Birch Rolls

Cotton Warp, Recycled Cotton Fabric Weft
10 pieces, each 118″×5.5″

$18,000

Blomberg_Hand Eye Coordination

Cecilia Blomberg
Hand-Eye Coordination

Cotton Warp, Wool Weft
9″ × 9.5″

$4,000

Blomberg_Kaos II

Cecilia Blomberg
Kaos II

Cotton Warp, Wool, Linen and Sewing Thread Weft
24″ x 25″

$4,000

Blomberg_Rising Tides II

Cecilia Blomberg
Rising Tides II

Cotton warp, Wool weft
36″×51″

$19,000

Cragg Golden Valley

Marion Cragg
Golden Valley

Wool warp, Handspun wool weft
30″ x 38″

$4,200

Cragg Still Standing

Marion Cragg
Still Standing

Wool warp, Wool weft
53″ x 35″

$5,800

Hayes-Essence #5 - Late Sky

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

Hayes-Essence #3-Succor River

Joyce Hayes
Succor River

Linen warp, natural dyed silk weft, rayon thread soumak
7.33” x 9” x 1.25”

$2,200

Hayes-Essence#7- Transitions, Phoenix Rising #3

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

Hayes-Essence#6-Turblence

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

Hayes-Essence #! - Wenatche River

Joyce Hayes
Wenatchee River

Linen warp, Natural dyed silk weft, Rayon thread soumak
6.75” x 9.25” x 1.25”

$2,200

Lane_Drift

Mary Lane
Drift

Cotton warp, Wool, Cotton & metallic weft
51” x 29.5”

$8,500

Lane_Lattice

Mary Lane
Lattice

Cotton warp, Wool weft
48.5” x 25.5” 

$6,700

Lane_Swift

Mary Lane
Swift

Cotton warp, Wool weft
50″ x 30.5″

$8,500

Lane_Wander

Mary Lane
Wander

Cotton warp, Wool weft
52″ x 30″

$8,500

Macdonald Hoquiam

Margo Macdonald
Hoquiam

Cotton warp, Wool weft
32” x 35”

$6,000

Macdonald Noosak

Margo Macdonald
Nooksack

Cotton warp, Wool weft
35” x 32”

$6,000

Macdonald-Upper Quinault

Margo Macdonald
Upper Quinault 

Cotton warp, Wool weft
32” x 33”

$6,000

Paroczi Ariadne in the Desert

Katia Paroczi
Ariadne in the Desert

Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
39″ x 47″

$22,000

Paroczi Kelp

Katia Paroczi
Kelp 1

Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
31″ x 55″

$20,000

Paroczi Surge

Katia Paroczi
Surge

Cotton warp, Handspun wool weft
23″ x 25″

$7,000

Pulos Pink Wave Rising

Liz Pulos
Pink Wave Rising

Cotton warp, Cotton and Silk weft
11″ x 14″

$400

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Liz Pulos
Runes

Cotton warp, Wool weft
26″ x 40″

$2,000

Pulos Witness Marks

Liz Pulos
Witness Marks

Cotton warp, Wool weft
35″ x 37″

$3,000

Ramsey_Lotus Lines

Ellen Ramsey
Lotus Lines

Cotton warp, Wool, Silk, Rayon and Cotton weft
42″ x 36″

NFS

Ramsey_Seismic Shift

Ellen Ramsey
Seismic Shift (Tipping Point)

Linen warp, Wool, Silk, Rayon and Cotton weft
14″ x 14″

$650

Ramsey_Ellen_Sudden Comprehension

Ellen Ramsey
Sudden Comprehension 

Cotton warp, Wool, Silk and Cotton weft
60″ x 60″

$15,000

Rapinoe, Croton

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

$350

Rapinoe_Low Tide

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

$625

Rapinoe_Passing Through

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

$4,800

Rapinoe_Rough Water

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

$1,100

Rapinoe, Snake Plant

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

$350

Pacific Rim Tapestries Beyond Pompeii

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

$15,000

Pacific Rim Tapestries Labyrinth

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

$15,000

TAPS_Currents

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

NFS