Transparent Tapestry

www.xlibris.com/TransparentTapestry.html<BR><P>Tapestry is one of the world's oldest art forms; in the Renaissance it represented art considered as fine as painting. As a professional artist Jeanne Walker creates pictures in this tradition of the past.</P><P>She weaves exhibits and sells a specialized version of handwoven pictures known as Transparent Tapestry. When displayed in windows or back lighted see-through areas contrast with opaque segments of the pictures and give them a unique mystical quality. She often frames them between two pieces of UV-protected plexiglass or in free standing room dividers. Created on large tapestry looms the pictures are one of a kind. Despite the fuzzy nature of fiber she weaves portraits that reveal the demeanor of a subject: a haughty lift of the head a compressed mouth a wrinkle-weary forehead the coy turn of an ankle. Because no threads clutter the back pictures are equally smooth seen from both sides.</P><P><I>Transparent Tapestry: Ancient Art Modern Method</I> weaves together threads of the <I>history</I> of tapestry weaving strings of instruction about <I>technique</I> and yarns about the fine art of handwoven pictures.</P>