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This shawl is a tribute to Harriet Tubman, inspired by a photograph of her late in life, wearing a shawl and seated outside her home in Auburn, NY, near where I live. Her accomplishments — simply put, leading slaves to freedom and leading Union troops in the Civil War — continue to amaze and challenge us. The patterns and colors in my weaving reflect the complexities of the world she had to negotiate: with dark colors, including black, representing forces she contended with, and with many bright colors representing her unbelievable courage and persistence, her hopes and dreams for her people.
Techniques:
Echo threading woven in a variety of tieups and treadlings including Echo, Jin, and doubleweave
Dimensions:
82″ long with fringe, 18.5″ wide (at widest point)
Materials:
24/3 cotton, hand-painted warps, wool/stainless-steel yarn, silk tram
Loom:
This is a 24-shaft design woven on a 32-shaft Louet Megado compudobby loom.
- Timothy Fuss
