Tapestry With Pulled Warp : Inspiration, Technique, and the Creative Process

Respected fiber artist Susan Iverson shares a technique that allows weavers to create shaped and three-dimensional tapestries, on any kind of loom.

Designed for adventurous weavers of all skill levels who love a new challenge, this is the first book on the intriguing pulled warp technique. Used through the decades by a handful of weavers to create 3-D tapestries, and also to make flat tapestries that bend and curve, pulled warp helps weavers achieve exciting results. 

Susan Iverson, a professional weaver who has spent years researching and using this technique, is known for her skillful teaching style. This book offers: 

 

• Clear, easy-to-follow instructions enable weavers to use pulled warp innovations in their own work

• The technical and designing details that creative weavers want

• Beautiful examples woven by Susan Iverson demonstrate what pulled warp has to offer

• Several ways to use it: as an intensive workshop-like experience, an inspiration for weavers at any level, and a source of technical ideas to try

•  Personal insight from Susan on how the technique has had an impact on different phases of her weaving career

“This book balances the practical with the vision and creative thought...a must-have.” —Elizabeth Buckley, The Artist’s Path

Susan Iverson began weaving in college. She has an MFA from Tyler School of Art at Temple University and a BFA from Colorado State University. She was a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of Craft/Material Studies for 40 years and has taught all levels of textile classes. She has held workshops on the pulled-warp technique, including at Penland School of Craft, and has used it widely in her work as a studio artist. Her art has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and in Canada, Italy, Poland, Australia, and Uzbekistan. Her tapestries are in many collections, including the Art in Embassies Program, Capital One, the Avenir Museum (CO), and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Iverson lives and works in rural Virginia.