acts of discipline

giving course to the amounts of knit and ai samples.

the one on the left is a double knit cotton and copper wire with brass patina. the cotton knit was treated with paints an  finally puff paint was added for some relief texture.
after such baroqueness the one on the right looks rather plain and straightforward. perhaps i should add more hand stitching to the rust marks..
more along the week

as an aside i am waiting to see if my body stabilises to do some sewing. ever since i came back from the camino walk i've kept the discipline of walking everyday for an hour. i am already down to 61 kgs. if i get to 59 i'll be thrilled. if i get to 56 i can start wearing my clothes again. the skirt i wove and sewed last year falls off my hips, have to take it in. but i am not complaining at all. the meds are also doing their thing.


neki desu

the poetry of the passage of time

azuma makoto

to me the re blooming is an overkill, but that's just me.

enjoy your  fall weekend.

neki desu

madame gets lazy

not quite, but sounds like a self indulgent title. after years of working on this scarf, and this is not a figure of speech, see this, this and this and this. the aizome layer has no post therefore it goes unaccounted for.

after all that time spent weaving, dyeing-note the spelling- stitching, dyeing and overdyeing it still needed punch, but madame wanted a shortcut. i had surely worked for one!

enters alum mordant painting and alginate painting resist.

then cochineal dye, almost a lake because the alum water practically evaporated. paint paint and cure. more tomorrow and we shall see if i can call this done or quits.

notice how come  september -october and i go non stop?  because it's not hot.

the red  idea comes from susan who inspired me to go this way.

neki desu