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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

a weaver



My response to May's TIF.
Terse and self assured it has taken me years of agonizing, questioning, justifying and being apologetic about what i do.
Times when i dreaded filling forms with the deadly occupation question. i studied literature and became an EFL teacher, but that was not what i was, that was a small part of the cake.
Always felt and said that i am at my very best when weaving. i can think, create and transform reality into something else either functional or artistic.

i am a weaver who dyes.
i am a weaver who experiments in surface design
i am a weaver who has recently learned to embroider
i am a weaver who is teaching herself to machine knit
i am a weaver who likes to work with animations
am a weaver who creates fractals
i am a weaver who is married
i am a weaver who loves to cook
i am a weaver who gardens
i am a weaver who is a crazy japanophile
i am a weaver.

neki desu


5 comments:

  1. Being a weaver is complicated! I checked on the challenge blog and was a bit tempted, but decided I didn't have the time. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. wow. i think i need to faint. i would say that a weaver is definitely what you are,and that being said, go over to http://shiborigirl.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/woven-shibori/#respond girl, and share some woven shibori with her.....

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  3. Neki
    Can you hear the applause from here? So beautifully put!

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  4. what a joyful (and poetic) response

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  5. these are beautiful works. And the material -- linen? wool? silk?

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interaction appreciated!

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