design principle#51

 Beauty is due more to harmonious relationships among the elements

of a composition than to the elements themselves.

Mathew Frederick

 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

neki desu


view CCLicense

we interrupt navel gazing

to take a look around and see what's going on in the world beyond. Translated= finds.

 From their press kit :

"Alabama Chanin is a lifestyle company that focuses on creating an array of products through focusing on slow design and sustainability.

We craft limited-edition products for the individual and the home. Our products are made-by-hand using a combination of new, organic and recycled materials. Each piece is constructed with care by talented artisans who live and work in communities in and around Florence, Alabama."

Alabama Chanin

Poetic stitching- Ruth Rae 's blog.

For those needing a graphics program, this one is free :

Inkscape 

"An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X,"

 i'm learning to use it and i really like it.

And speaking of graphics this  blog has some very interesting pattens with a different sensibility.Usually updated every month.

neki desu


view CCLicense

dyeing in the rain

More custom dyeing. This is silk and nothing compares to silk. The color variation on the skein is because it is not completely dry.There's no way it will dry, at least in the near future because it has been raining again non stop since Sunday. And this is frugal Europe where dryers are not common place, at least in the South.

i'm doing onion skins  now and dyeing and mordanting a la Japanese.They mordant two or three times with rests periods in between. Then they dye the same way. Perhaps it is my japanophilia that affects my appreciation, but their colors have depth and a shine that comes from within.

The skein will go through two more mordant-dye stages.

Remember this ?Well, tried to give some spunk to the plain brunette

 and overdyed it in onion which gave some lovely highlights.
Too bad  the photo does not show as the light is hopeless with the rainy weather.

i'm also working on silk scarves and thinking about closing etsy and opening somewhere els with scarves and fabrics.
Still need  to mull over it .





 neki desu

view CCLicense