Plant fibre weaving

Ode to Plantain 🌱 . An experimental weaving from I idea I had when wandering around the meadows here. The stems are so strong and over a meter long I thought ‘I bet I could weave with these!’. Sure enough they worked beautifully on my hand made rigid heddle loom. The weaving is 100 x 70cm, warped with British white wool yarn. Wondering what other plant stems and fibre I can weave on this loom! I also don’t know much about plantain but have been drawn to them a lot recently, if anyone has…

woven plant materials

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