literally and figuratively. been slowly working through my sorrow for the japanese disaster and trying to put some sense to that.
also working with plastics and stitching. plus my machine knitting-this time wire- and rust.
the squares are handmade sisal paper from when i tried papermaking. what can represent japan more than handmade paper!
on the upper right corner there's a piece of digitally printed poly organza. the image is of the ever present electrical wires that you see all over the sky in japan. all those wires get fed by the nuclear plants. to highlight the wires and as a design element there's some stitching using black silk thread.
turning a page.
more pieces. fearing that i sound like the empress of gloom i'd like to comment on the demise of fiberarts mag.
i've been a subscriber for over 30 of their 34 years when they still published in black and white tabloid form.
until it was sold, the mag was rob pulleyn's labor of love. there were some hard times, i remeber. but he thought creatively, the subscribers responded and he kept going on.
reason given was that there was not enough subscription mass.... seems that how- to recipe mags and vanity visit -my- studio -and- see- how- wow- it- is mags are more profitable. and of course selling supplies. so you have to keep those recipe mags churning. has the publishing company been struck by foxification ?
the demise is sad news for serious weavers as it was the only magazine along with textileforum which ran in depth informative articles and kept tally of what was going on in the field worldwide.
along with the closing of weaving programs in many college departments the weaving critical mass will be reduced pretty soon to a few hard core members of the resistance.
i was offered a subscription to quiltart mag. sounds like the oh you are a weaver! i do needlepoint type of conversation.
interpret my silence.
neki desu
