Month: August 2017

Post #3075: Big city textile inspirations

My trip to Toronto and New York has involved trips to the Textile Museum of Canada and the Met… Both of which have provided much fodder for inspiring textiles. A few shots I am leaving here for future reference. 

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Post 3074: Airport meditations

I am thirty minutes into a 4-hour layover in the Vancouver airport before flying out to Toronto. Long story short, when I checked in this morning, my original flight plan was all screwed up due to a delayed flight – but I was attended… Continue Reading “Post 3074: Airport meditations”

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Post 3073: Sketchy sketching

The smoke on the BC coast cleared this weekend. After two weeks of nicotine-coloured light and a smoke ceiling emanating from the interior fires – we can see blue sky with normal clouds passing over again, and we even had a bit of rain… Continue Reading “Post 3073: Sketchy sketching”

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Post #3072: The warping of Big-A

So! Eighteen months after purchasing the big, mysterious, countermarch loom (now nicknamed Big-A in contrast to my small loom Little-J) – I have a warp on and am weaving! I started sleying the reed before I went on holiday at the beginning of July,… Continue Reading “Post #3072: The warping of Big-A”

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Post #3071: Tis the season to put down some pickles….

Summer has been full of things thus far, and so has work – leaving me little extra-curricular time for posting on my blog. But I think I’m going to return to writing about food since we are in the season of bounty and the… Continue Reading “Post #3071: Tis the season to put down some pickles….”

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