In recent years in her small Brooklyn studio, artist Erin M. Riley installed a decades-old, industrial-sized loom—bigger than a Smartcar and untouched by its previous owner. In coffee-fueled and often improvisational spurts, Riley weaves figurative tapestries with a lush, gradient color palette—prepping the yarn herself with up to forty hand-dyed colors. You may have seenIn recent years in her small Brooklyn studio, artist Erin M. Riley installed a decades-old, industrial-sized loom—bigger than a Smartcar and untouched by its previous owner. In coffee-fueled and often improvisational spurts, Riley weaves figurative tapestries with a lush, gradient color palette—prepping the yarn herself with up to forty hand-dyed colors. You may have seen