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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.The Technique of Split-Shed Weaving
Author: Deborah Silver
Now in it’s third edition! More pages with more tied weaves, double weave, extended taquet,and piqu!
Break out of blocks with split-shed weaving. This technique gives any weaver with a 4-shaft loom the ability to weave pictorial imagery using continuous wefts without the need for special equipment. You can weave structures that include variations of twills, tied weaves, double weft-faced weaves, taquet, samitum, Bronson, double weave, lampas, piqu, waffle and more! Every pattern is accompanied by color images with detailed enlargements. Easy-to-understand drafts include drawdowns that illustrate all possible pattern combinations, as well as tie-up and treadling diagrams for rising shaft, and countermarch looms.NOTEthat many structures may be difficult to weave oncounterbalancelooms, depending on theloom type.
Highlights ofThe Technique of Split-Shed Weaving:
Deborah Silveris a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She discovered her love of weaving while attending the Cleveland Institute of Art, attaining a BFA as a Fiber major and Drawing minor. After a weaving internship, Deborah learned the craft of antique furniture upholstery. She then combined her skills to open her own fiber art business, working closely with interior designers, creating site-specific fiber commissions for private residences, businesses, and religious institutions. Deborah’s weavings employ the split-shed technique, transforming traditional pattern structures into a signature method of hand-weaving using only four shafts. This process allows her to blend weft colors and create curved designs in multiple weave structures with no need for graphed pick-up designs or special equipment. All weft yarns travel from selvedge to selvedge, differentiating this cloth from tapestry. Her past works have focused on how technology has facilitated increased cross-culturalism. Her recent art is drawn from American women’s history and from memorials found in old cemeteries. Deborah teaches split-shed weaving workshops internationally. Her articles have been published in Complex Weavers magazine. Deborah’s weavings have been shown in numerous local and international juried exhibitions, receiving many awards, including the Complex Weavers Award and First Place at “Complexity 2018: Innovations in Weaving”. She received a Cleveland Jewish Arts and Culture Fellowship award in 2015, and an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in 2019.
