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2 - Dorothy Libes

LIEBES(cont) is just like composing a painting... There's a definite law of balance, rhythm and composition.. YET THERE ARE NO SET rules to go by.

CRAIG: Being such an advocate for the use of more color in dress and in homes, I've often wondered why so many people seem to be fearful of definite colors... They like color, but they usually select drab monotonous colors for their walls and furnishings.

LIEBES: That's because they feel insecure about color... But we are becoming more color conscious. While the effect of colors on human beings cannot as yet be accurately measured, we do know that color has the power to lift the spirit and dispel gloom. And during wartime and these postwar days, people need gay, cheerful, pure color around them....not too subtle... and definitely clear.

CRAIG: You certainly are [[strikethrough]]past naster[[strikethrough]] at combining colors...and you get such unusual textures too... What kind of a loom do you use - anything new or different?

LIEBES: No - I use the four-harness loom almost exclusively. The simpler the mechanics of weaving, you know, the greater the freedom for one's imagination to play and improvise with color and texture and design. You spoke of the unusual textures... and I always remember watching the Guatemalan weavers...the calm way in which they suddenly stop throwing the shutttle [[shuttle]], to enrich the stretched newly woven cloth with needlework or drawn work... They do beautiful things.

CR RAIG [[CRAIG]]: It's too bad more people don't take up weaving as a hobby. It must be an enormously satisfying one....