of softwares and the common good

some days ago my knitting guru posted a link to arahpaint in one of the fb groups. an old friend of mine i found it when it was a linux only software. curious about its capabilities i even installed a linux console, which proved to be too much of a chore and the whole package was abandoned.

now the software  includes all os and  it's a free download. not only that, but it is extremely user friendly, and speaks in a textile language. loads of capabilities, it can be used for almost any textile practice that you can think of. it is the aspirin for tilling nightmares can isolate repeats from images and from there you can create stencils, printing screens and whatevers. in combination with other programs one can create dithered images as the above and then apply filters. still need to explore it combined with weaving programs. 

do yourself a favor and download it. you're welcome.

neki desu

 

all the shifu of the world condensed

different sizes different flavors.

it was a time consuming project, but extremely rewarding.

now that i have the foundation i'll start working in composing the pieces.

sean scully comes to mind  (￣ω￣ )

neki desu

 

workers paradise

since coming back there has been feverish activity finishing the shifu weaves, dyeing and completing a module from the maiwa course of the past september. not to mention k knitting.  although traveling was fun i  greatly missed the studio and my practice.

the above is  coarse woven cotton using the remaining  warp for the shifu weaves. it was dyed (mind the spelling) in cutch then mordanted with alum and soda ash and dyed again. 

on top is some tobe shifu dyed in the same cutch pot. cutch seems the dye that won't stop dyeing, almost impossible to exhaust.

the alum/ferrous combinations already painted on the stretched cotton fabric. they are still drying and eventually will be dunged and dyed. cutting vertical strips to get as many color samples as possible.

great exercise and great fun.spring will be dyer's fest.

neki desu