Weaving art on display at library

Weaving, a technique for creating fabric, was once thought to be a lost art, due to industrialization. But it has come back to life in ways that are both beautiful and remarkable. The proof can be seen in the Friends of the Sisters Library Art Committee's show, now on display in the Community Room of the library.

Linda Davis and Kay Flynn, leaders of Central Oregon Weavers, have hung five weaving masterpieces created by various people in the weaver's group. The pieces are associated with five beautiful color photographs by Tom Davis. Each weaver was challenged to complement and interpret Tom's art with shape and color of their own weaving.

Unlike quilters, who often begin a project and then go where their imagination takes them, weavers most often have the completed idea in their mind from the beginning. They are held to a mechanical and somewhat rigid design by the warp and weft of their chosen art form.

The 56 members of the Central Oregon Weavers, who come from the tri-county area and as far away as Wasco County, not only weave their beautiful work into practical art forms, some of them do spinning as well. Homemade baskets of the home-spun yarn will also be on display in the foyer of the library.