Elaine Duncan

We have arrived in Puerto Vallarta on January 16 to stay for one week at the Hotel Rosita before our tapestry retreat starts in El Tuito with Jean Pierre Larochette and Yael Lurie.  The weather has been warm and sunny with blue skies.  On January 23rd, fellow tapestry weavers, Donna Millen from Denman Island and Christine Rivers from Parksville and I travelled to El Tuito.  We met with four others from the United States, Lynn Cosell from Virginia, Olga Neuts from Arizona, Jackie Wollenberg  and Mimi Heft from California.  We are very spoiled here at Casa Tejedoras where we are fed wonderful and tasty Mexican food and have gracious accommodation.  On the first full day, new tapestries woven over the past year have been shown.  Many of these pieces will be exhibited in Puerto Vallarta at the Museo de Naval on the Malecon during the ARTWALK on Wednesday, February 3 through to Saturday, February 6th.  Each weaver is working on individualized projects with great help from Jean Pierre and spend time designing with Yael.  We only have one day left of our retreat as I am writing this.  Small format tapestries are being completed and cut from looms as our deadline is approaching.  This evening Jean Pierre and Yael will present a talk about their work. The weather has changed the past two days with lots and lots of rain.  These are considered winter rains and the last time they occurred was about 20 years ago according to the locals.  I will photograph our exhibition tomorrow and get the images posted so you can see what our group has been up to.

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