Red Cedar
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Category: Textiles
Post #3317: Moving slowly
For the last ten days or so, I’ve had the most terrible flu which I can only liken to a combination of strep throat, norovirus, and bronchitis. I was off work all last week, and as of today (Monday), I am still not back… Continue Reading “Post #3317: Moving slowly”
Post #3316: On the loom again
I completed a piece of weaving this week, for the first time in about a year. It’s not that I haven’t had anything on one of my looms – I do have some tea towels I put on the smaller Julia loom ages ago.… Continue Reading “Post #3316: On the loom again”
Post #3292: Seeds and stuff
Here we are, right on the vernal equinox – and just like that the neighbourhood is full of bird and frog songs. The serenades started a couple of weeks ago, baby birds first, the frogs joining in about a week later. Such welcome sounds… Continue Reading “Post #3292: Seeds and stuff”
Post #3288: Cycles of creativity
I tend to flow between cycles of obsession when it comes to textile work. My sewing machine might sit untended for months with a project cut out beside it, my looms might be warped and left unwoven for as much as a year –… Continue Reading “Post #3288: Cycles of creativity”
Post #3286: Learning to Paint
I haven’t been writing much in the last month because I have been totally absorbed in a course I am taking through Maiwa which teaches how to turn natural (plant and insect-based) dye matter into paint. The amount of course work per week has… Continue Reading “Post #3286: Learning to Paint”
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