Tehya at the loom. Photo credit Tom Story
We fell in love with multi-disciplinary artist Tehya Shea’s work while shooting Vanessa Dingwell’s home for The New Bohemians Handbook. (You can find her textile wall hanging on page 107!) Intrigued, we followed up to learn more about the artist behind the loom.
Photo credit Kat Alves.
Tehya moves to her own rhythm in her Nevada City studio – staying fresh with open windows and natural light. Fleetwood Mac and David Bowie play in the background. Submerging herself, (and the thread) in the depth of somatic meditation, she works on each of her several looms. She muses that they are “external reflections of (her) internal space.”
Yarn details. Photo credit Kat Alves.
Another loom, another woven story – photo credit Kat Alves.
Photo credit Tom Story.
Photo credit Simon Weller.
Her woven stories, made with the intention, do more than fill space on a wall. “Each piece is a woven expression from a place I can’t even fully name,” Tehya explains. Therefore, in the hope of carrying that sentiment, she smudges each piece with sage before sending it out into the world.
Tehya holds a deep reverence for creative pioneers and spiritual revolutionaries that came before her. A few of those included are Martha Graham, Vali Myers, Georgia O’Keefe and most noteworthy, Sheila Hicks.
Moreover, Tehya finds inspiration in the mountains and rivers she calls home. As a result of growing up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, she is a self-proclaimed “feral Yuba maid.” In addition to regular rainbow hikes, together with friends and family, she can be found along the river. She enjoys bathing in the water, climbing granite boulders and collecting driftwood for her wall hangings. Additionally, she follows her wanderlust up and down the coast and into the desert. As a result, she invites the wild and untamed to be her muses.
Additionally, she answers the call of the wild, and visits the Pacific Northwest for annual Spirit Weavers gatherings. It is the perfect environment for her to teach experimental nature weaving classes. She teaches how to make non-traditional looms made from driftwood, weaving the weft with found earth elements collected from the land.
Therefore, in essence, Tehya’s work is influenced by (all of) the spirit environments. What’s not to love?
With this in mind, find Tehya’s work on her website as well as CaliforniaFireHelp.com.
Photo credit Simon Weller.
Thank you Tehya for sharing your woven inspirations!
Also, unless otherwise noted, photos courtesy of Tehya Shea.
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