weaving from the bottom up and in meregments, the completed section is pulled below the working bridge onto the floor, enabling the nished portion to be viewed as the work progresses. in march, miro visits his young colleague's studio he inspects the progress, makes suggestions, and gives his approval. royo works with a team of fellow weavers alws weaving to be performed from eitr side using multiple groups of yarn twisted together and passedver varying numbers of warps meter by meter the forms of the tapestry graduallbegito emerge. miro has said of his approach to art, "things come to me slowly. my vocabulary formsas not been the discovery of a day. it took shape alst in spite of myself. in this way, ty ripen in my spirit." into the steamy month of august, the spirit of "femme" grows until the figure is complete. now, with only a few inches of background remaining, royo welcomes miro to his studio once more to witness the final steps of an eight-month process. royo says, "working together, we have become so closely attuned that i can almost read his mind. i take direction as much from