Nat Dye: Island Weaving Kids Books by Lane Walkup

by Lane Walkup

Photography by John Bigelow Taylor and Nicholas Walster

By Robin Held

mentoring Rebirth Youth Poetry Ensemble and performing with his band

Nat Dye: Island Weaving Kids Books by Lane Walkupby Hannah Ruth Levi The design of this weaving is dependent on the threading structure, similar to the American Symbol craft and the grid referenced in the artists Ellen Lesperance and Diane Simpson work. It is also based on Summer Winter weavings, a style which includes threading two blocks which create a double sided fabric with inverted colors. Summer and Winter weave structure is often seen in coverlets made in Scandinavia and by the Pennsylvania