Silvia Heyden

Notice from Site Administrator:

This guest book will be removed on April 7th, 2015. Please use Silvia's official online memorial guest book, which will remain online indefinitely, and can be found at www.RememberingSilvia.com.

Silvia's "Celebration of a Life Well-lived" will take place at her house, 3101 Pleasant Green Road, Durham, NC this Saturday afternoon, March 21st. We are planning to have an open house around 2 to allow people to mingle and see her unfinished piece on the loom, wander through the house to see more tapestries, look at the draft of her new book and "A Weaverly Path" dvd, enjoy some childhood photos and such like. We'll ask people to take a seat by 3 to start the official part of our program...

For Silvia...
http://www.desertsongstudio.com/2015/03/for-silvia.html

What a wonderful life, sharing her giftedness through giving in tapestry and music. Sylvia will live on and continue to grace the world.

From a tapestry weaver in England UK

To Silvia,
a weaverly path has ended. Now that you have left your green home so perfectly designed around your loom you are eventually united with your beloved husband Siegfried. Your tapestries will transform into wings which carry you on your road to eternity. You found your patterns in the flow of the Eno. You remain unforgotten in our hearts and thoughts. Always yous Gisela and Peter L.

Dear Silvia, I wish Durham wasn t so far away. I would love to sit around your loom, together with my German Tapestryweaverfriends . We would hear your voice telling us about your vivid and strong tapestries and hear your laugh. I thank you so much for whatI learned by you and hope, that I can carry it on in my further weavings.
Anniette from Passau

Dear Sylvia, you have inspired so many including me, a newbie to tapestry. Thank you for sharing the basics that could also be woven using higher levels of creativity. And for sharing your beloved Eno River to show us that the smallest things in front of our eyes, can inspire us to weave it on canvas.

It was the greatest honor that for some of us, we were able to work with you, both at Mendocino and your home in Durham.

We love you, Sylvia.

It is with great sadness I say goodbye to you Silvia. It was a memorable day when Lou Proctor brought you into my restaurant in New Bern, and introduced us for the first time. Your kindness made it possible for me to be the proud owner of two of your tapestries. I have the privilege of sleeping under one of them every night as it is hung on the wall above my head. With condolences to your family, I remain ever your friend.