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Lisa Hageman Yahgulanaas
Lisa Hageman Yahgulanaas (also , ) is a Haida Weaving, weaver. Based in Masset, the artist has won multiple awards in British Columbia. Weaving style Yahgulanaas specializes in ''Yelth Koo'' (Raven's Tail), a traditional geometric weaving style. In 2014, ''ARTnews'' reported that Textile, textiles and regalia woven by her "have a distinctively modernist edge." Recognition In 2010, Yahgulanaas was one of six First Nations in Canada, First Nations artists to receive the BC Achievement Foundation, BC Creative Achievement Award for First Nations Art, awarded in recognition of an artist's entire body of work. She credited the award to the ''Hageman-7idansuu Robe'', a robe she created in 2009 which was the first Haida people, Haida robe in more than 150 years to use only the Z-twist technique. In 2016, when visiting Haida Gwaii, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess Kate wore scarves woven by Yahgulanaas. Also in 2010, Yahg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weaving
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft, woof, or filling. (''Weft'' is an Old English word meaning "that which is woven"; compare ''leave'' and ''left''.) The method in which these threads are interwoven affects the characteristics of the cloth. Cloth is usually woven on a loom, a device that holds the warp threads in place while filling threads are woven through them. A fabric band that meets this definition of cloth (warp threads with a weft thread winding between) can also be made using other methods, including tablet weaving, back strap loom, or other techniques that can be done without looms. The way the warp and filling threads interlace with each other is called the weave. The majority of woven products a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
