Description
Jean Pierre Larochette says, “Can we feel solidarity, “a sense of unity, agreement, or close connection” with an object, namely tapestry? I think yes, but if you don’t agree, replace the word solidarity with the word love. Many people tell me they love tapestry. Solidarity entails appreciation and a feeling of kinship and enduring loyalty as well.
In this our upside-down world, in its many reincarnations, tapestry is still here. It is, in itself, a document of transcendental creativity expressed in the most transparent way, with the simplest materials. The rich, text-tured image of the tapestry weave has no parallel. Its visual impact has the power to transmit the profound emotion of a poem. Imagine, in our robotically-charged age, an object entirely constructed by hand! And often just dictated by the heart.
I have been at it for over seventy years and I am still mesmerized by the magic of a process that gifted me self-employment, cherished relations and fundamental teachings.”
Your registration acknowledgement will include the Zoom link. The program is also recorded, with a video link that will be sent on Sunday or Monday. The recording is available to watch for 2 months.
About the Speaker: Jean Pierre Larochette was raised in Patagonia, Argentina, in a family of tapestry weavers from Aubusson, France. In 1963-64 he studied and worked under the direction of internationally known tapestry artist Jean Lurçat. He was co-founder and director of the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop and teacher at the San Francisco State University textile program in the 1970s and 80s. Larochette is the author of The largest Tapestry of the Americas (2006), Water Song Tapestries, Notes on Designing and Weaving (2008), The Tree of Lives (2014) and Anatomy of a Tapestry (2020) co-authored with Yadin Larochette.
He has collaborated for over half a century with designer Yael Lurie, exhibiting, holding workshops and organizing tapestry events internationally. They are based in Berkeley, California and El Tuito, Jalisco, Mexico.www.lurie-larochettetapestries.com
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