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I use the slow medium of tapestry weaving because I love the surface of flat woven tapestry, the intensity of color as interpreted in yarn, and the significance of each movement of the weaver's hands to the finished work. My tapestries are based upon ideas and images that are meaningful to me; the glorious natural world of north Georgia and western North Carolina provides many of those.
Tommye McClure Scanlin has been weaving for over twenty years, exploring many different techniques of creating images through the woven structure. In 1988 she began her journey in tapestry weaving and her tapestries have been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990.
Her work is currently on exhibit with other members of Southeast Fiber Educators Association in "Conversations", Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (until June 30, 2009) and St. Andrews-Sewanee, Sewanee, TN (throughout August, 2009). Exhibits in which her tapestries were shown in 2008 included "Land," Australian National University; "Back to Nature: Contemporary Botanical Art," Hambidge Center Gallery; "Woven Gems," TECO Plaza, Tampa; "Mining the Surface," Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta; Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville; and in the SHCG members exhibition at the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington, DC, 2008-2009.
Recent awards received include American Tapestry Alliance Award, 2008, for a tapestry in Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, as well as a Second Place award for another work in same show; the American Tapestry Award, 2007, for a piece in "Southern Yarns", exhibit of Tapestry Weavers South members; Judges Choice at the 2006 Blue Ridge Handweaving Show.
Her work is found at Allanstand, FAC, Asheville, and at Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC. She welcomes commissions of tapestry works.
In addition to her studio work, Scanlin teaches weaving in several venues, including John C. Campbell Folk School (August 2009 and March 2010), Penland School of Crafts (August 2010), and at her studio in Dahlonega, GA.
For more information about Tommye Scanlin's tapestry work, please visit her blog called Works in Progress or her website at this link.
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