28th September 2013

On Saturday we had a family from Australia check out our community tapestry project.

 Terry Bowden, formerly from Whangarei moved to Brisbane in his early 20's where he meet his wife Barb. Terry's siblings still live in Whangarei so he periodically comes back to visit them. 

 Terry and Barb's daughter, Abbey working on the "Go it a Go" loom.

...while Naoko chats with Terry's wife, Barb. 

Terry's other two daughters, Sarah (in red) and Elizabeth watch their dad weaving.

It was lovely meeting the Bowden family and we hope they will come back to visit
Whangarei and work on the tapestry again soon!

 Shannon, also from Australia, is visiting friends in Whangarei.
Thanks for stopping by.

 Judy, from Whangarei weaves a few rows.

Sarianna and Holly spent some time on the tapestry as well.
Thank you to everyone who has worked on the tapestry so far!

Sunday 22nd September 2013

 Today we had several visitors from Germany come in to the Bach. 

Carolin and Johannes, from Dresden working on the tapestry.

Isn't it looking amazing!!

19 September 2013

Jen in black coat originally from Christchurch but moved after the earthquakes looks on as her friend Jenny visiting from Christchurch works on the tapestry.

Jenny from Christchurch..making her mark!

 This is Julie Dowland, from Warkworth

She enjoying chatting while weaving. Thanks ladies for stopping in!

Thursday 12th September 2013

Today we had a group of woman from The KeriKeri Embroiderers Guild visit. 

There are: (from left to right) Nancy,Sylvia, Joyce and Leigh

 Leigh gets a little help from the  our tapestry ladies, Nancy and Naoko

 Nancy took to weaving like water off a ducks back!

Thanks for stopping in ladies...We hope you enjoyed yourselves. Come back soon :o)

Sunday 8th September 2013

 How exciting!! We are now up to the "cartoon" (picture)..woohoo!

The word cartoon is derived from the Italian cartone; which describes a large sheet of paper used in preparation for a later painting or tapestry. Source: wikipedia

 As you can see, a line drawing of the cartoon has been placed behind the warps and then drawn on with  black pen in order to follow the shapes in the picture.

 Another view...

 This is Jasmin. She was visiting The Bach with her family and made a bee-line for the mini-loom!

 Jasmin (almost 6) her Mum and Dad live in Onerahi. They had brought in their friends visiting from the UK.
 From left to right; Lindsay, Sam, Kevin and Paul. Jasmin in the front. 

 Jasmin's Mum Sam had a go at weaving.

 Naoko helping Sam while Gerry and Paul, who are brothers look on.

 Gerry is from Warrington, in England and Paul from the U.K. Paul said their mother did a lot of tapestry when she was younger. It was a real pleasure to meet and chat with them!

 This is Angela. she is a local and said she really enjoyed her time working on the tapestry. She suffers from Depression and wants to come back regularly as she found it relaxing and therapeutic..

 More people coming to look at the tapestry progress...

 Naoko, our regular volunteer never seems to tire explaining how the tapestry process works to people who ask questions about it...

and a daddy and his daughter, check out the "bigness" of our project!