Afternoon (1PM): “Photographing & Styling Handwovens”
We photograph our handwovens for many reasons: to catalog our personal work, for submission to juried shows, to post on our websites, and for printed publications. This talk discusses design and technical considerations when photographing and styling handwovens for different media. The talk includes discussion of studio lighting, outline vs. simple environment, and styling techniques Elaine used when photographing handwovens for the Weavers’ Guild of Boston’s 90th Anniversary book, Interlaced. There will be a short demo of the lighting technique and styling at the end of the presentation.
About Elaine:
Elaine Palmer has a BFA in Graphic Design from Kent State University. She was an on-figure and product Photo Art Director/Product Stylist/Producer during her professional career art directing on-location and in-studio advertisements and catalogues for 30 years for companies such as Eddie Bauer, Hang Ten, and Nordstrom. As Sr. Producer managing all flat photography for the in-house photo studio for Nordstrom.com, she produced the first Nordstrom Style Guide for freelance stylists to ensure proper and consistent Nordstrom branding.
Elaine moved to Amherst, MA, in July 2008 after living and raising a family in Seattle for 27 years. In 2013 she completed a four-year weaving course at Hill Institute. She enjoys weaving tea towels on her computerized 16S Toika and graphic images on her Ideal Glimakra converted to a single-unit drawloom. She and her husband relocated back to Seattle in the View Ridge neighborhood in 2021.
Her professional experience as a Photo Art Director working in the fashion industry was an asset in photographing and styling handwovens for the Weavers’ Guild of Boston’s 90th Anniversary book, Interlaced.