it's a wrap

ive worked all i wanted to work with the temporal paradox series. here's the second and last batch. on to new things.

bear with me the klutzy layout, was totally incapable of putting them side by side even reducing the size and working on the html  ⋋__⋌ 

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sourcing weft yarns

from all the yellow-green silks dyed with carrot tops. think that the greener the better looking, don't you agree?

hopefully will start winding cones for the warp over the weekend.

i usually work the top down fist decide on the width length of the warp, then wind it. parallel to that operation i start either designing or using a design from my files and then do the threading and sleying

since the computer driven loom is occupied with a warp that needs debugging (still) i am going to be using the table loom so the design has to be relatively easy to hand lift.let's see how much i can simplify a turned taquetè. the good news about this loom is that since it's 80 cms  i can get  a good 76 cms wide weave.

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the dreaded last 20 cms

the hardest part of weaving IMO.i always get stalled there, with the next project always on the backburner and it takes me ages to complete.   ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯ 

the new izakaya in town  was a good lunch date with the peers. authentic japanese not wannabe japanese food.

we are such otakus spent most of the time

talking about  language stuff.

i guess since no one else appreciates the quirks of it  beautiful antique kimono on display at the entrance.

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warp about to finish

temporal paradox series as well. quite frankly i am running out of iterations, don't know what to do for the last 2 that will finish the warp. the frugal weaver does not want to cut and trash those 50 cms of such gorgeous cotton warp left.this one although quite subdued is going to be the central panel of two much more elaborate pieces.will post photos of the assemblage. need to get the ·*&%** short telephoto lens. but it is about half of a ticket to japan. priorities. 

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C.3P.O

started the last of the tryptic which actually is the second as it goes in the middle.the tryptic idea came while weaving, as all the good ideas happen.and there's another one brewing. hoping i don't run out of warp.

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zeitgeist?

everywhere i look i see temporal paradox references. latest is a j drama on netfilx. could be  that i was not aware until now. here's nº 11 .along with noº 10 and nº 13 they hveas woven themselves into a tryptic.will show the whole when it's finished. that's going to be a pickle to photograph    ⋋__⋌  

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my pleasure

temporal paradox 10 when all falls together no matter how slow. photos taken last weekend not so. a royal PITA. need to re shoot them again especially the white ones.considering buying a short telephoto lens to try and solve some of the problems including lens distortion on the edges.

setting up the tabletop tent for shooting is a chore, especially when you don't have the space.hauling all downstairs is an avoidable move if i can. seems it's unavoidable as the works are bigger than my regular small works.

the only good news is that the ones i took for a juried show here came out well. now i need to sit down fill the forms and write the blurb.

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following a white rabbit

the first one of the second warp.funny how the more you work on an idea the more options it generates.the proverbial rabbit hole. 

 I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth

there are about 3 more meters on the loom  to work on hopefully exhausting the possibilities.at least the ones i can think of.

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the last of the first

this is the last piece from the first warp, the second warp is already up .

this is a slow  but enjoyable project.a reflection on the temporal paradox concept. amplifying the exam on  my last 15 years in barcelona living as a functional hikikomori -minus the hoarding mind you    (^o^) . all those people and blogs that supported me during those years are now gone, as my hikikomori days.you can't change the past or else you incur in a temporal paradox.

have a social life now and living among nature and not cement highly helps.

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paradoxical truism concerning patience

the good news is that while the paint layers dry on paper i can proceed with the weaving. 

these series are gratifying albeit slow in execution. this baby is done and the warp is

almost finished.thinking about making some more chains and tieyng the ends to the

remaining  stubs.perhaps not so long a warp this time bcse i just want to explore this last pattern.

the threading is perfectly debbuged so the only considerations are care and patience.

istill need to face the warp on the other loom and debug it.dreading it big time.

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slave to the rythm

working at a good rythm,almost a weave x week.not bad at all given the complexity involved. working with 2 warps and 4 layers, sometimes 6, trying to balance the fine yarns with the thicker ones and their different rate of build up. chuffed with the results so far. on your screen temporal paradox 6.

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shibui

 

 

the subdued grace of yuki tsumugi.

one thing though the vid says the cocoons are boiled in baking soda. do they mean washing soda?

when you make something by hand you infuse it with your feelings

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time lapse

paint drying, sourcing new wefts for that color area, and this month is on it's way out. hopefully the weave  will be finished over the weekend.  i need to face the other loom and it's warp,which still needs debbuging.fearing that part tremendously bcse i have a hunch that it is going to need rewarping. nothing i haven't previously done.however, this warp is on a sectional beam and that means extra problems.plus it is extra fine silk meaning possible tangles. although i seem to live there i need a break.

consequently we'll join the ganbaru club💪as nothing has ever been written about the faint of heart. on the contrary there are volumes about the reckless.  õ / õ to be continued.

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working on the temporal paradox theme

 curious  how overshot, the archetypical weave structure, can deviate from the usual coverlet and become something else.

gold yarn also has to do with this notwithstanding. ( not precisely a joan didion sentence this one )   ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯

don't know if i already mentioned that i went back to japanese lessons. this has to do with the above remark as i have entered language awareness syndome. again.

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of weaving and japanophilia

managed to get two bobbins of yarn and was itching to get into the next one of the series. have just accomplished around 5cms but it's keeping its promise.think that by the weekend i'll be cooking.

which brings me 

two weeks before xmas i bought a kilo of yuzu locally from valencia,citrus country spain. you cannot begin to imagine the treat it was. spent days preparing the fruit, squeezing juice, freezing some of it and using the rest for making ponzu. the peel,which is the real jewel of the fruit, was scraped from the white membrane,made into zest and then frozen. just break  small piece of the frozen yuzu.chop it and add for a citrus kick  the aroma still holds after freezing.i also candied half of the zest and that's added to the granola.

after being depressed when i lost my yuzu tree two years ago i am an extremely happy camper.

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temporal paradox3

was able to finish this one and am quite chuffed of how it turned out. it is slow  meditative weaving needing a lot of concentration ,but it's gratifying. the weft is silk dyed by sensei using madder, the warp is 30/1 cotton.

the days have been conductive to meditation.

we got the first snows and it's been bitterly cold. lot's of excellent green tea from japan to make me company. 

also started japanese lessons again, this time a conversation class once a week.

people do not believe me when i say their skills improve by watching j-dramas.  ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯  it's called language in context!!

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morphology of a mess

my umbrella swift collapsed.its a brother and i want to repair it (ideas?)   m(_ _)m because the ones selling now are chinese made aka flimsy and will not withstand use. this old baby has been with me since 1990 and as i said it's a brother =quality. every time i think that brother sold their k machine patent to the chinese and cannot manufacture them  anymore i cry.the result of that deal is the taixema machines ; reports say they are iffy and the price is high therefore everyone in the craft is repurposing old japanese made brother machines.but there's a limit and some of them are reaching it. (╯︵╰,)

the result of the collapse : big time tangled mess.

1. i am salvaging the yarn bcse it's silk
2. was dyed with murasaki on an auspicious  day and got this gorgeous lavender color. have not been able to replicate it.

have about a week of detangling. the good news is that age has given me patience and i actually feel a great sense of accomplishment in putting order into chaos.

 ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯  i can even say i enjoy it. ¯\ ( ツ ) /¯

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temporal paradox

been mulling over this concept as a result of finding my first overshot weave tryout. it also connects with the aha moment when i understood what had actually happened in a j drama i was watching. it then branched out to a much loved history fiction drama that i watched some years ago. this led to researching about quantum physics( to a certain extremely pedestrian level)and it all bundled up. the challenge was/is to weave all this.

pretty ambituous, aka blinded by ambition.again.

nevertheless i am having a cartful of fun checking my growth in all these years of practice.what i know now, how i confront want and need in terms of weaving. not your fast weaving project,but exciting.

the warp is 30/1 unbleached cotton, weft is natural dyed silks and gold thread bought in kyoto in 2014.

 it had been patiently waiting in the stash until it was the right time/space.   (￣ω￣ )

the orange silk was dyed in madder 20-30 years ago by nami sensei, my japanese weaving teacher.it was also waiting for the right coordinates. this is going to be my project for the year.

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debbuging

and testing colors and grists.two minor bugs, but bugs nonetheless.just testing one of the treadling patterns. it needs to weave perfect to be able to start doing things to it.aka temporal paradox.

 libbiamo nei lieti calici tonight.  traviata opening was on saturday and apparently hell rose loose because of the  stage production.there were boo's and feet stamping. think i'mgoing to like it  (￣ω￣ )

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