Tapestries by Tita Costa

A Rug

2011-05-20T05:24:00.000-07:00

I made this rug for a contest, with it´s specifications. As it happens that it did not make it, at present it is most prized by me in my room. It is all wool, and indeed very soft...

Latch Hook

2010-12-14T05:19:00.000-08:00

Latch Hook enables us doing big wall pieces. In Portugal there is very good Arraiolos rug wool in beautiful colours, but one can use all kind of other materials.

These wall pieces mesure 90cmx90cm each.

I am willing to take commitions.

"Passages"

2010-10-25T02:24:00.000-07:00

This tapestry is called "Bread and Wine". I see a lot of potential in small tapestries...(42cmx14cm)

Paz - Peace

2010-09-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

This tapestry measures 38cmx22cm and was woven for a commition. It had to depict the word peace, or, "Paz" as we say either in Portuguese or in Spanish. Apart from that I could do the image that I wanted. Somehow, I felt peace while weaving, and I loved to weave this tapestry.

Street in "old" Porto

2010-06-29T20:08:00.000-07:00

This picture shows the tapestry that I have recentry finished. It mesures 45cmx95cm and I want it to depict the feel of a gentle old street in my home town, Porto, Portugal, seen from within a shop. The tiles, in the old houses still exhiste, and the blue and white tiles were quite comum. Porto is changing a lot and many of these old houses are now derelect.

Enchanted Pathways

2010-05-19T05:54:00.000-07:00

Convergence this year is in Albuquerque USA. A Tapestry exhibition will be held, and the theme is "Enchanted Pathways". I called the tapestry that I made for participating "Love, Joy, Gratitude and Wonder".
My tapestry measures 25cmx25cm.

Icone

2010-05-11T02:18:00.000-07:00

Very fine woven tapestry that I did recently as a commission for a good friend. It measures 19cmx18cm. This cartoon is an image that I have painted while in the art school around 1982.

"Portraits in a Landscape"

2010-02-14T08:52:00.000-08:00

Being an artist with an eye for colour, I carry in dying the wool in pursuit of the right shade. The tapestries are woven with the wool that I "design", often also home spun.

"Wish you were here"

2010-01-09T06:04:00.000-08:00

"Wish you were here"

Fiber art postcard exhibit

Sep10 - Nov16, 2009

Tohono Chul Park Gallery

Arizona - U.S.A.

"Arizona is known for its cactus. I imagined the giant cactus flowers blooming by day, with the sun rays, and retracting at night. Is it so?"

wool, tapestry, synthetic yarn (the white yarn of the flowers turn into colour when in sunshine).

In "The Wheel" Magazine

2009-10-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

"The Wheel" is Ashford´s Fibrecraft Magazine (New Zealand).

2009 is a Jubilee year for Ashford Handicrafts, and the spinning wheels that Ashford produces really show a wealth of skill. I surely love my Traditional and my Joy. By now, I couldn´t do without a reliable spinning wheel, not only to produce dedicated wool for the tapestries, but also as a daily routine. Time spent Spinning is pure meditation.

Perfect Gifts

2009-08-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Ashford, from Ashford Handicrafts New Zealand challenged me to write an article about the bracelets and the book-marks that I weave. "The Wheel" magazine will be out in October, and it states:

" I design and produce my own textiles, often from fleece, but also from tops or dog hair, using plant or commercial dyes, and this means that over the years I have collected yarn ends, spun loose wool, ends of other projects, experiments, ...I tend to not throw anything away. These two projects are perfect for using up my collection and make lovely gifts."

A warm thanks to Mis Elizabeth and to Ashford Handicrafts.

Indiga - The Indigo Lady

2009-07-16T03:37:00.000-07:00

Fish Shuttles

2009-07-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

This is a photo of the shuttles that I use for weaving tapestry. I cut them myself from discarded plastic. I do not recommend cardboard.

Courtship

2009-06-10T03:59:00.001-07:00

15cmx25cm

Small "Presences"

2009-05-25T10:36:00.001-07:00

Vernissage

2009-05-02T02:31:00.000-07:00

More Tapestries:

2009-04-12T04:50:00.000-07:00

The Mermaid

Union

The Rooster

Tapestries "debut"

2009-04-08T08:31:00.000-07:00

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