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Just finished this commission for a sister Silver Jews fan (and sister Laura!) @lanactrlaltdelrey , who requested a “Jagged Skyline of Car Keys” tapestry woven with colors from Silver Jews and Purple Mountains album covers- such a brilliant idea! Thanks for breaking me out of my usual color palette, Laura! This green is fantastic and I loved working with all these colors and weaving this for you! I used pearl cotton for this one, it gives the right amount of album cover shine. 8epi, 12/12 seine twine warp, weft bundle of 6 strands 10/2 pearl cotton. “Jagged Skyline of Car Keys- Album Cover Colors,” cotton warp and weft, 9.5” x 10”, 2021. #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweaving #silverjews #davidberman #weaversofinstagram #contemporarytapestry #richmondca #purplemountains (at Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMVWI8mJKIG/?igshid=in0yyny2rlpp

Just a few more chances to see my “Jagged Skylines of Car Keys”, Armenian Alphabet pieces, and other tapestries and textile works as my @richmondartcenter show comes to a close next week. Open Saturday 11/13, Thursday 11/18, and Saturday 11/20 from 10am to 2pm (and Fridays by appointment). I’m available all 3 days, so let me know if you are planning a visit, I’d love to come meet you and give you a tour! I will be forever grateful to RAC, @amydotspencer, @leslieplatosmith, and @smoralesphoto for having this show during this time of gradual reopening. It has been so lovely to catch up with friends and family after this long shutdown by making small intimate visits to the show (and a couple of larger ones!). This experience will be a very special memory for me. Thank you everyone who has come out. ❤️💕❤️ #richmondartcenter #reentry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #richmondca #armenianalphabet #silverjews (at Richmond Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLgMhRp4YY/?utm_medium=tumblr

My show “Opossum Magic” at the Richmond Art Center has been extended through Saturday 11/20, come out and see it! I’m 10 minutes away, let’s make a date! Gallery hours are Thursdays and Saturdays 10am to 2pm and Fridays by appointment. Opossum Magic is a 3 person show with me, @smoralesphoto and @leslieplatosmith #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #contemporarytapestry #richmondartcenter (at Richmond Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjjZMvpzLS/?utm_medium=tumblr

Here is the latest entry in my “Jagged Skyline of Car Keys” series, tapestries inspired by a line in a Silver Jews song. For this one I continued to look to the album covers for color inspiration (forever thankful to @lanactrlaltdelrey for this idea) and took some liberties with the Starlite Walker colors. I hit a milestone with this tapestry- it’s the first time I needed to put on my reading glasses to do the finishing. Don’t need em yet tho for the actual weaving! “Jagged Skyline of Car Keys- Sand”, cotton warp and weft, 11” x 10.25”, 2021. #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweaving #weaversofinstagram #contemporarytapestry #silverjews #davidberman #richmondca (at Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSXgGyVphFH/?utm_medium=tumblr

These mini tapestries are now listed for sale in my Etsy shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/laurakamian)! $75 each, free shipping. They are mounted on 6 inch square plain white canvas stretcher frames, ready to hang. Here is what you are looking at: 1. The Work Parking Lot: Reflections in a MiniVan. Designed from a sketch from my office cubicle days- I took a break sitting in my car and sketching the reflections in the General Manager's MiniVan. You do what you gotta do. Hang it in your office! 2. My Old Bedroom. An abstraction of my old bedroom in Emeryville. 3. Studio Ceiling (Turq). An abstraction of beams and air vents in an old studio. 4. Studio Ceiling (Dark Teal). An abstraction of beams and air vents in an old studio. #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #tapestryweaving #abstractart #richmondca (at Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIY6RzGpcO5/?igshid=gbt4cnqbxt29

New tapestry: “Tied-In,” 32” x 44”, cotton warp and weft, 2020. The design for this tapestry comes from a photo of an old part of my house, where the 1980’s addition met the 1940’s original. The connection was somewhat shoddy and slap-happy and we eventually rebuilt it. Here, an imperfect connection is celebrated and memorialized by brightly coloring its geometric shapes. Our connections and additions, however imperfect, can serve us well and hold a place of honor in our ongoing journeys. Weaving started 9/30/19, completed 4/13/20. Warp: 12/18 cotton swine twine Weft: bundle of 10 strands perle cotton Sett: 6epi #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweaverswest #weaversofinstagram #contemporarytapestry #abstractart #sfbayareaartist #richmondca #pearlcotton #perlecotton #color (at Richmond, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_K0KbqJAZS/?igshid=8qixwteamh0i

Super pleased to announce that this tapestry “Studio Ceiling: Giant Trade Center” on view at the Members Exhibition at the Richmond Art Center earned me a Spotlight Artist 2020 group show next summer with ceramicist Leslie Smith and painter Steven Morales! I love my local art center and so look forward to filling up some serious wall space! @richmondartctr #tapestry #tapestryweaving #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weaversofinstagram #weaving #textiles #fiberart #richmondca (at Richmond Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BygaF0QpYJL/?igshid=imdd1hwyge7q

And this is what it looks like as I face the loom. I weave from the back, with the image flipped on its side. #tapestryweaversofinstagram #weaving #weaversofinstagram #tapestry #tapestryweaving #fiberart https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYuFVNlC6V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jh8kqqrjmyav