'tis about weaving this time

This project was furiously woven in June before my guest arrived.We have been invited to a wedding ceremony in northen Spain which promises to be the bash of the season. So the girl wanted to be stylish,yet unconventional.
The loom was set in a very open wavy twill using organzine for warp at 12 ends x centimeter and woven with silk crepe weft and the fabric was going to be used for a top.I was aiming for collapse because I wanted texture,
but as ever with collapse, it has its own rules and life and it collapsed over50%.
The top had to be quickly rethought and converted at least in my mind to a short toreador top.Mind you the pattern is not yet made and Im running late(again!) because the sewing will also be done by me.
Seems that I'm going through a red phase so the fabric was dyed accordingly. It will look good with the grey dress I'll be wearing. Promise a sneak preview when finished.

Tags: weaving, dyeing

play it one more time

This is the latest or maybe the last of the series.I've used a fractal image and put the silk organza through the printer. It somewhat mirrors the visual texture of the background in a softer way.I like the dot part and like the way those are going so lets see if this is a something to develop further.
Summer is not a good time to work, too hot inside too sunny and inviting outside.

neki desu

Tags: surface design, digital printing, fractals

Mata rainen

Today I'm having some much needed adult fun. No. I do not mean that. Just having the farewell lunch with my Japanese classmates after weeks of child activities.
I wanted to give them something because they all have been wonderful and being a textile person (pun,pun) I created this image on the computer, added a message in hiragana and kangies and printed it on silk organza.
Found that a cd envelope makes a good "wrapper". I had lots of fun making it and I hope they like it.

neki desu

Tags: digital printing, surface design, japanophilia