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I was the September 2010 Artist in Residence for Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim, & I am currently weaving a tapestry depicting a life size condor for the North Rim Visitor Center. This is a chronological image record of my creation process. For more details, click on each image.

grand canyon condor tapestry
11-2-10 condor canyon model
11-2-10 canyon sketch
11-17-10 me & my condor
11-17-10 myself & canyon background
11-23-10 completing the cartoon
11-23-10 completing the cartoon
12-11-10 inking the cartoon
12-24-10 getting warped
12-29-10 heddles & shed bars
12-30-10 the completed cartoon
1-12-11 header
2-11-11 detail
2-11-11 progress
3-1-11 progress
3-1-11 detail
3-15-11 detail
3-15-11 progress
3-20-11 detail
3-23-11 detail
3-23-11 detail
4-16-11 progress
4-16-11 progress
4-16-11 detail
4-17-11 progress
5-1-11 detail
5-1-11 detail
5-1-11 detail
5-22-11 progress (2 feet)
5-22-11 detail
5-22-11 detail
6-11-11 layered progress
6-19-11 detail
6-19-11 progress
6-19-11 detail
6-21-11 detail
6-21-11 progress
7-14-11
7-20-11 progress
7-20-11 detail
7-20-11 detail
7-20-11 detail
8-1-11 progress (3 feet)
8-2-11 warp & cartoon advance
8-15-11 detail
8-15-11 progress
8-15-11 layered progress
9-15-11 wing & gorge detail
10-3-11 at the loom
10-5-11 progress
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