A Small Piece
“Building the Oak Tree School” with six embroiderers during the January 2014 Wild and Scenic Film Festival Art Show at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, California. Yes, the pun is intended… Which makes this piece one of my favorites. This befuddled man’s face makes it hard to trace with yarn, and we […]
Jennifer Rain completes drawings for #9, #10
The artist of all the tapestries, Jennifer Rain, has completed the drawings for tapestries number 9 and 10. The 9th tapestry is of our much loved and appreciated volunteer fire department, the San Juan Fire Department. The main scene is of a fire near a home. The bottom border shows many of the department’s other […]
Building the Oak Tree School Tapestry #6 is finished
It has taken 13 months but the Building the Oak Tree School Tapestry #6 is finished. The tapestry will be unveiled at the annual Sierra Storytelling Festival held at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center July 17 to 19, 2015. The tapestry will be part of the finale for a larger Cultural Center Project funded […]
Tapestry stitchers at work
For an intimate look at some of the tapestry stitchers at work, watch our video. If you would like to support the project with a contribution, send your check to the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center 17894 Tyler Foote Road Nevada City CA 95959
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Digging through a drawer full of old T-Shirts can do no harm, and as it happens, it can do much good! As we did this very thing, we found a T-Shirt related to the Measure Q campaign, and thus connected to our current tapestry, “Don’t Mine Our Water”. For those who are not aware, Measure […]