by: Amos
Overshot weaving, the symphony – Fiber arts news
When composer Chris Kincaid saw his wife’s overshot weaving pattern – he was struck by the similarities to music notation, and found the patterns alluring. His wife is an accomplished weaver, and on the board of a weaving and fiber arts non-profit in Kentucky. She was able to get Chris up to speed on weaving “notation”. What he’d seen was an overshot pattern, and that is what he used to inspire a wonderful creative endeavor: Overshot String Quartet and Electronics, which you can hear here. The upshot, overshot, or however you call it, is that weavers now have their own symphony – it’s a little complicated sounding at first, but once the rythm evolves, it’s a wonderful symphonic work (kinda like weaving, no?).
