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The Depth of Color

Posted by Melanie | Filed Under: Maximo Laura | 1 min read

When Maximo weaves a tapestry, hand plying the yarn for the specific design is a very important step. To achieve the painterly quality of the tapestries, there can be a dozen different colors of alpaca yarn, plied together, taking hours or days, to prepare enough yarn for a tapestry. The...

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