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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)
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A few years in, this album still holds up! Such fun, joyous tracks š
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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
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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
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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
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A pretty remarkable article:
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Commute
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Petals fallen onto the plants below them feels like a natural version of abstraction . . . at least to this abstract painter!
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