Entries from May 2008

May 12, 2008

video-mokume repro first attempt

video-mokume repro first attempt

Originally uploaded by glennisd

as you can see, there is still a ways to go as far as replicating the original but this challenge is making wheels turn….
too many wheels
my head is spinning with shibori designs
mokume and more….

May 9, 2008

love and happiness

The day’s duty always: the thing that lies nearest your hand. It isn’t so much our business to be happy - as it is to do the things we are meant to do.
Love in itself is not joy. It is always service and it may be sacrifice. It means giving not receiving: asking not answering. [...]

May 9, 2008

Shibori challenge…

We have been having a little fun over at the all things shibori photo pool on flickr. Narablog posted an image recently of a shibori textile that really was intriguing and we’ve set out on a quest to see how close we can come to reproducing it.

Homespun, handwoven cotton
Unknown resist technique
Late 19C/Early 20C
So [...]

May 1, 2008

off the poles today…

busy getting ready for Saturday’s trunk show at Pudgy Beads and these are the final pieces off the poles today-

still have to sew beads on the tops tonight but these colors were needed to round out the color selection.

and a few more ribbon colors as well….
even had a little time to make some more [...]