Entries Tagged as 'shibori'

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 [...]

April 26, 2008

just a reminder…

If you want to receive email notices of Shibori Girl events you have to sign up in the sidebar. I mention this because I am getting ready to send out a notice with lots of good info on the event and trunk show I’m doing next Saturday May 3rd 11AM to 6:00PM at a great [...]

April 25, 2008

Wow, that was FAST!

This is another swatch done with the Colorhue dyes. This dye attaches quickly. Color mixing is a little tricky and I’m
still practicing.
What I was referring to however, was how quickly I received my orders from the LA Textile show! My order of trims from a Japanese textile company arrived this [...]

April 23, 2008

AZ shibori artist needed

I recently received a request for a referral for an AZ shibori artist. Here’s the details:
Hello! I am looking for a shibori artist in Arizona. I chair the program committee for an organization (Prescott Art Docents, an affiliate of Phoenix Art Museum) that offers art education in the local schools. In [...]

April 22, 2008

One of Japan’s most enduring national symbols, the cherry flower, is set to travel into space.

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April 21, 2008

i read somewhere…

that Andy Warhol once said that “Business art is the step that comes after art.”
Today I’m attending to business art.
I also spent some time reading this excellent article on “Being an Artist” by photographer Alain Briot. I’m not sure why it is but some of the best realistic and practical advice I have read [...]

April 19, 2008

indigo day

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cotton,linen,rayon knit recycled

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