Entries from June 2007

June 29, 2007

searches….

I always find it interesting to look at the daily searches that lead people to my blog and thought you might too.
Here are the searches from the past day :
Search Views
shibori art
shibori artist today
shibori
shibori masterpieces
silk ribbon flowers
ribbon flowers
antique shibori
shibori girl
japanese ribbon flower making institute
Sometimes I’ll repeat an interesting or odd one and see what else comes [...]

June 28, 2007

NAII

Karren Brito wrote a post yesterday that introduced me to this group. NAII is the National Association of Independent Artists.
They have a survey you might be interested participating in concerning art & craft shows. I did the survey and then went back to discover a little about NAII. I came across this page which [...]

June 27, 2007

memes…

Heather ‘tagged” me with a meme yesterday and I looked it up on Wickpedia:
“a unit of cultural information, cultural evolution or diffusion — propagates from one mind to another analogously to the way in which a gene propagates from one organism to another as a unit of genetic information and of biological evolution. “
and:
“Internet meme, [...]

June 25, 2007

more garden inspiration….

It was such a grand weekend in Southern California and I spent more time outside….

watching the bees collect pollen on the poppies

making flowers from shibori ribbon

wondering what to do with the flowers….joined a milliners photo pool on flickr

put up a shibori flag to flutter in the breeze
cleaned the turtle pond and restacked the waterfall, then [...]

June 22, 2007

more shibori ribbon

Taking inspiration from the hydrangeas blooming in the yard, I dyed 80 yards of silk satin ribbon in two different pinks using the sabraset/lanaset dye set. One pink, a combination of polar red,iris and black- the other, scarlet red,iris and black. I think the resulting pinks represented the hydrangea pretty well.

can [...]

June 16, 2007

the value of making …part 2

Thanks to all of you who left your comments on the previous post on the value of making. Coincidentally, I received a message on my phone today from a mom whose son will be in next years 4th grade class imploring us to return to the same class next year so her son can benefit [...]

June 15, 2007

the value of making

I was following down a search that was done by someone that led them to my blog and I came across this quote by Eireann on her blog bara and design.
The post is entitled “beauty” .
“I once broke up with someone in part because he didn’t make anything. He didn’t understand the value of making, [...]

June 12, 2007

architectural shibori

“In shibori there is a right way to do things, but, at the same time, there hardly exists a wrong way. The traditional way gives contemporary artists a framework not only to explore shaping methods but also to modify the materials and tools.” I took this quote from the techniques link of the World [...]

June 11, 2007

the last monday…

Well, today was the last Monday in the 4th grade room. At least until September when we’ll get another class. Unfortunately, I had to call in sick today. Actually, I had Phil call in for me since I have completely lost my voice! Can’t talk above a whisper. We had planned a [...]

June 5, 2007

Shibori silk ribbon flowers

Tsumami kanzashi is the Japanese art of folded silk made for hair adornments when wearing kimono and dates back to the Edo period, over 200 years ago. I recently sent some shibori fabric to Gogce, who made these:

Gogce has an etsy shop and makes many styles and sizes. I found her work [...]