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Tapestry Topics Online
A Quarterly Review of Tapestry Art Today
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page 2
Spring 2005, Vol 31 No 1
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... Michelle Lester by Nell Znamierowski (continued) |
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Color was an important feature in making her tapestries easily understood and liked by all the clients she worked with. Michelle’s color palette played upon subtle nuances. . . Unusual color combinations and a large variety of colors were her trademarks. Although she maintained a reserve stock of commercially dyed wool, to get what she wanted she dyed most of the yarn. – TT p5
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above, Michelle Lester, Canyon Break
below, Michelle Lester, Blooming Pink
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She had begun to explore and study Chinese brushwork as a result of an earlier trip to Thailand. As she went further with this study, her painting flowed ever looser and this quick, sure stroke became evident in her tapestries. – TT p7
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above, Michelle Lester, Tulips Delicious
below, Michelle Lester, Pink Crocus, detail
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below, Michelle Lester, April Showers
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above, Michelle Lester, teaching
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