MONDAY 16 AUGUST 010
Only tomorrow left to weave, so I wove and wove and wove today from one loom to the next. I wove a solid, perfect stretch of the red-warped iridescent as long as my forearm (or the length of my foot, whichever you prefer) and can't wait to cut it off of the loom! Producing that much silk in one sitting, as a novice, is a huge and wonderful accomplishment. "Alex is taking over!" Eva, our Italian instructor, exclaimed after I had switched looms and was beginning my fifth color way.
We ate a delicious lunch today for the occasion of Vittorio, Lisio's longest standing weaver visiting our studio. Barbara, our Eugene professor and Lisio program head, made spaghetti with sauce from scratch. Vittorio brought traditional salami made with no preservatives and whole peppercorns. It was mouth wateringly salty and delicious. Jean Paulo, the secretary's little brother (42 going on 24) and Lisio intern, teased me for picking out the salami's hunks of white fat. Vittorio also brought his home made raisin wine. Tradition dictates that one dips little biscotti into this sweet and very strong alcohol and consumes them with delight. I let the others try it while I snacked on the 85% cocoa chocolate bar that was floating around the table. Conversations were riddled with laughter and bursting with Italian gestures. The luncheon was a lovely break from the passing of shuttles.
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