Anne is a textile artist based in Peterborough, Ontario. Anne's textile work is an extension of her research in textile techniques of early Northern Europe. Her primary medium is wool and her works has covered all aspects of production from sheep fleece to finished garment. Anne's work has appeared in museums in southwestern Ontario, in a Parks Canada heritage project and on History Channel's 'Historylands' As a re-enactor of the Viking Age, she has been involved as an interpreter and demonstrator from Ontario to Newfoundland.
This warp-weighted loom is a composite piece based on looms in the Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen and the Norsk Folkemuseum, Bygdoy. This style of loom was common throughout Northern Europe at the time of the Conquest and remained in use in parts of Scandinavia until the last century. The work in progress is a 2/1 twill - a weaving pattern that creates an obvious diagonal effect on the cloth. This particular twill is well-suited to the warp-weighted loom and creates a 2-sided fabric. The "weft face" at the front principally shows home-dyed handspun wool. The "warp face" at the back shows the machine-spun gray weft fibres. (Loom constructed by David Cox.)