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Another bobbin lace test sample. I thought I knew a simple-ish formula for making these diamond motifs, but it turns out to be quite a bit more complicated! (Both diamonds here have issues in the bottom half, where the sides change direction and join back together š¤·āāļø)
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Process photo from previous post (@isaacgreene). The pink cloth, which is pulled back for the photo, is there to cover the pins which are already in place so your threads donāt snag as you work. (Thereās a circle hole cut in the center, which goes over the area youāre directly working on.)
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Some real leaps in my bobbin lace learning happening! In this sample: a winding tape with (not very good) joins back to itself, plus added beads. Lots and lots still to learn … š§¶
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Just a block away from that previous photo I posted!
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Photo of the day šThe Rockaways, NYC
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Great music, extraordinary playing!
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Iāve started on a big tatting project, and Iāve realized I can just about finish one sample per day. Itās a good feeling! … to be stretched but also find out whatās doable. š¼ļø š§¶
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Picking back up with learning bobbin lace šØš§¶
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Really enjoyed listening to the Tuva Halse Quintet these last couple weeks … that trumpet/violin blend!! š Another gem from Bandcampās monthly ābest ofā posts.
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Wow, the last 2 minutes of this video! I love the way these musicians work together (and canāt wait for them to come back to US on tour sometime)
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Anyone have advice about a good color desktop printer? Looking for fairly high quality, to print out things like cards, zines, and booklets. Older/ādumberā models preferable because Iād like one without its own app, AI features, etc. if possible š
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the tatted postage experiment begins … š§¶š¼ļø
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šµ Listening: Air for Violin and Piano by Aaron Jay Kernis.
Really happy to rediscover this today. For me, itās in a sweet spot of twentieth-century Classical music where every beautiful chord feels hard-won. But really, what a wistful and beautiful piece!
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A pile of tatting. š§¶
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Wow!! This wood carving! www.julienfeller.com
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One of todayās best finds at the Met: a box made mostly from thin translucent panels of amber. (!!!) Just incredible. (Didnāt get any more details about where/when it was made, unfortunately, but somewhere in Northern Europe, at least a hundred years ago)
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Tatting update š§¶ (following this fantastic pattern by Robin Perfetti)
A few years in, this album still holds up! Such fun, joyous tracks š
Iām quite pleased with how this plastic heat-bending job turned out! (The pieces arenāt finished yet, but this was the major roadblock step) šØ
While Iām thinking about less-famous paintings, hereās my favorite John Singer Sargent painting (and also one of my favorite landscapes ever) šØ
Simplon Pass, 1911, at the US National Gallery of Art
Iāve already thought that Edvard Munch gets short shrift when people only know him for The Scream, but yesterday I was introduced to yet another (really beautiful) facet of his work šØ
h/t Robin Sloanās fabulous newsletter
A pretty remarkable article:
Commute
Petals fallen onto the plants below them feels like a natural version of abstraction … at least to this abstract painter!
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