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Never More

 Certificate of Excellence for Never More Cartoon My cartoon/design for my upcoming tapestry Never More has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Circle Foundation of the Arts in Lyon, France. I submitted the cartoon to their Themed Contest: Art in the time of … Read more

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Designing The Never More Tapestry

Final version of cartoon for Never More tapestry

Falling down a rabbit hole can be a good thing when it comes to designing. I began my latest design with the desire to weave details of horses. My false starts took me from compartmentalized details, to a more integrated collection of imagery unified by … Read more

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Pas de Deux

Pas de Deux

Heallreaf 2 Award Pas de Deux has been awarded the Heallreaf Prize!  Many thanks to the jurors of Heallreaf. Along with the £500 prize goes the beautiful “Heallreaf Bobbin” made from 2000 year old bog oak and made by local craftsman Andrew Dickinson.   Heallreaf is a … Read more

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Revolution

Revolution

5th Triennial of Tapestry, Novi Sad, Serbia “Revolution’ by Barbara Burns has won the award for classical, traditional tapestry in the 5th triennial of Tapestry  Novi Sad 2014 in Serbia. The triennial of tapestry in the organization of the Institution for Tapestry Making “Atelier 61″ was founded … Read more

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Certificate of Commendation

Tice Quilt

 Preserving Past Fabrics for the Future from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Advisory Board 2009. This award was given for all the conservation and preservation work I performed at the Pascack Historical Society in Park Ridge, NJ as a member. My work there includes creating and … Read more

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Woman With Red Turban

Woman with Red Turban

 FIRST PLACE decorative, non-functional category, Blue Ridge Hand Weaving Show, Supported by the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild Inc. Asheville, NC, 2008       NICHE AWARDS finalist juried 2008     Both awards were given to Woman With Red Turban      Artist’s collection    

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Moonlight Seranade

Moonlight Seranade

Handweaver’s Guild of America Award for Excellence in Weaving, juried, 2003 This is a transparency weaving, a Finnish technique known as Kuulto kudo. I created several of these weavings before I started traditional tapestry weaving.

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Coquette

Coquette

Best in show at Creative Strands, juried, 2003 This is a transparency weaving, a Finnish technique known as Kuulto kudo. I created several of these weavings before I started traditional tapestry weaving.

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      • Shipping Tapestries Far and Wide
      • Labeling
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    • Warping
      • Dressing the loom
      • Warping
      • Spacing Warps
    • Leashes
      • Tyeing Leashes
      • Using Leashes
    • Weaving
      • Sewing Slits
      • Smooth Lines
      • Couching Cord
    • Finishing
      • Mounting Small Work
      • Mounting Large Work
      • Labeling
      • Storing Work