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My designs typically feature expressive vertical progressions, but this scarf marks a deliberate departure when I designed a horizontal flow instead. Playing with the idea of a river’s movement, waves, and currents, the design shifts across the width rather than down the length. A hand-painted warp further captures the river’s fluid, ever-changing motion, bringing the concept to life through color and texture.
Techniques:
Hand painted warp
Fancy, advancing and point twills
Dimensions:
10¾” x 71″
Materials:
30/2 silk in warp and weft
rayon ribbons in warp
Loom:
AVL V series, 32 shafts
Carol Wooten
Carol L Wooten has been weaving for about 25 years after retiring from a career of 27 years at Brown University, where she was VP for Physical Planning and Construction. She has earned master’s degrees in both Psychology and Architecture.
Carol enjoys creating fashion pieces, going through all the steps involved in the process from warp painting, weave structure, design, weaving, to finishing.
She has exhibited at Convergence, Complex Weavers’ Complexity shows, and the New England Weavers Seminar, where she was awarded the Weaver of Distinction designation in both fashion and gallery.
She weaves on an AVL 32 shaft V series loom. She paints most of her warps.
