THE FIRE AT THE HEART OF WINTER Wool warp and weft 38 by 53 inches                              For a series of rugs evoking the seasons, winter came first, being for me in Northern California the season when the rains come, with new growth and new beginnings. I envisioned this rug in red, black and white, colors that form a sort of triangulation of opposites--and yet not, for red and black are often interchangeable, having similar value in the range from light to dark. I  found inspiration for the design in the magnificent Navajo “chief’s blankets.” When my sketches of various alternatives also revealed an echo of the hexagrams of the I Ching, I was pleased to find this connection to yet another arena of pattern that fasincates me. BACK HOME CLICK HERE FOR DETAIL VIEW