'Shadow Me' by Yvonne Eade

'Shadow Me' is my tapestry for the AuNZTapestryProject 2010 'Is This Me?'. This is an annual project which invites tapestry weavers from Australia and New Zealand to participate. The project is open to all and unjuried. The 2010 topic was a self portrait and the size was limited to a maximum size of 20 x 20cm. The resulting 38 tapestries will be exhibited during June, July and August, 2010, in WA, SA, SWTAFE Warrnambool, Vic, and Dept Textiles, ANU, Canberra. Previous venues were the Creative Fibre Festival, NZ and Dence Park, Epping, NSW, Aust.

My tapestry is based on a photo I took of myself as a shadow. The photo's background was spiky tree leaves and cones so this became the surface texture with supplementary weft of soumak and half hitches. To make it more of a portrait I added the eyes and lips to the background. The size is 15 x 20cm and the weft is ymmyarns wool & silk on a warp of seine cotton.