Category: painted warps
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Beauty….
…is in the eye of the beholder. What is beauty? Can we define it? We know it when we see it or hear it or feel it, but what is it? I suppose it’s impossible to define because what warms the cockles of my heart may leave someone else cold. I may find beauty in…
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Dis/Organization
one corner of my storeroom…. I confess – I’m a packrat. My DH is even worse. Therefore it is fortunate (or unfortunate, depending on your preference) that my tolerance for clutter is rather high. But face it – in order to put things away, there must be a place to put them! And when your…
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The Big 6-0
extra special bd prezzie…long narrow knitted lace scarf in Sea Cell – thanks Sheila! George Carlin has a wonderful monologue about aging. He talks about the milestones along the road – the milestone resonating with me right now, about making it to 60. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s when the watch word…
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Never Said I Was Perfect…
This is a cautionary tale under the heading “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” A while ago I had the brilliant idea of getting another artist to do some of my dyeing for me. She had the studio set up, the expertise and the talent to paint 10 yard warps as well…
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Thoughts on Painted Warps
painted warp with mauve weft looking ahead at the colours to come Originally I’d pulled a brilliant turquoise to use as weft on this warp, but once I got it on the loom realized that the shades were too greyed to go with the pure almost cyan of the turquoise. Instead I used Kelp for…
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Scary Warps on my Website
This cock-eyed photo is the last in the series I did in the photo essay on beaming a painted warp. Go to my website http://laurafry.comClick on Education (it’s currently yellow, will turn red in a couple of days, then black)Click on Articles (currently yellow as well) I hope to start weaving on this warp tonight,…
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Scary Warps
bags of painted warps to be woven Someone commented on Weavolution that when she saw the picture of the orange/green warp on my blog she thought it looked scary. Actually that warp was rather contained in comparison to some especially after they’ve been kicking around my storage room for a while, getting pawed through, considered…
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Another Grey Day
scene outside my window at 3 pm today We have not had what I would call a ‘good’ winter. Since the middle of January we have had far too many days where the temperature went above freezing during the day and below at night. What that means is that during the day everything melts making…
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All Sorts
The last half of the painted warp has brighter shades – magentas, lime greens. It rather reminded me of Liquorice Allsorts – a candy popular when I was a kid. Don’t know how common they are outside of Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquorice_allsorts Since I didn’t want to mute any of the colours I’m using black weft for…
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Painted Warp
painted warp – rose and greens same painted warp – blue/greens with more rose coming up Back to working on the multitude of painted warps. It was hard to get a picture of the colours as they shifted through the warp. This warp is fairly subdued with browned roses, deep blues and greens. I’m using…