ob*se*s*sions of late

 audrey hepburn one of the prettiest, most graceful and dignified women ever. revisiting some of her movies.

languages and linguistics, reading don't sleep there are snakes by daniel everett. won't even start on this one.

this blog with its innovative crochet and knitting. so many ideas here.

 procrastination and its effects(via textile arts resource guide) don't we all suffer from it?

 and this exercise in awesomeness that has been going around the net for a while now. 

it worked in firefox for me. i could see my house and my patio!!!

still obsessed with livebrush   :)

have a fun weekend!



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the stitch-a-tron

the fabric that i wanted to use for yesterday's  fractal image. although it was a good choice there was no way the image was going to function and integrate with the background as i noticed when i started stitching.

undo stitches and start working on the fabric, no stress involving the operation:)

lots of paint and  tissue paper lamination later i had a more cohesive background and the first stitching layer had a place to sit.i was using cotton perle recycled from the shibori scarves and occasionally an unexpected color surfaced.

i put the image in place, but the first layer of stitches was too dominant. i did not really want to alter the texture of the stitches, just make them less visually  focal.i have some japanese tissue  paper, the ones that have specks of fiber swirling around and thought it would work and catch the  subdued swirls in the image. so i laminated it on the stitching and the paper did just what i wanted.

on to stitching layer two. there is a lot more to stitch on this piece, but so far and if the stitchery gods allow it will have a nice end.

i'm slowly easing my way into the coming season, less outdoor work  which means  more studio and weaving work.

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slowly adapting

to the change of seasons. there's  no direct sunlight in the terrace until one o'clock, so that's good and bad news in one shot.

i have some things on the proverbial back burner, slowly cooking. meanwhile i'm shifting focus and working with the image above.

this is a flame fractal generated with apophysis a wonderful freeware program. it  has  an incredibly steep learning curve, but it's worth learning. give yourself lots of time in order to create your own flames and don't expect instant results.

the image was printed on lutradur™ and it will become a surface piece with lots of stitching and various other treatments. 

doing mental workouts for the backburner stuff.

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