Category: Chit Chat

Wishcasting not-wednesday

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Since my last wish is actually beginning to manifest (thank you very much), and I was in fact thinking only 2 days ago that I had not seen any prompts for this in a while, but if I did join another, I’d wish for some healing. And, well, it’s exactly what this edition is about, so…

Jamie asks: Where Do You Wish for Healing?

I have in fact two wishes when I come to think of it.

I wish to heal my “body batteries” which run flat oh so quickly and are so very hard to recharge. And I’d like to extend this wish to those of my friends who I know are battling the same.

I also wish to heal a rift in the relationship with a family member, who I’m not going to mention by name since I have not asked permission.

What do you wish to heal?

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Inspirations 1

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I think I’m going to publish a list now and then of random websites that have caught my eye for one reason or another. Mostly I guess pretty art or fibery stuff, but you never know…

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Slow Cloth – focus on quality and presence in your craft, not quantity.

Creative Burn-out – A series of posts at Myth & Moor quite relevant to my own musings on procrastination. And she has a cute dog and a wonderful forest to walk in <green with envy>

Painting with fabric

About being an artist with chronic fatigue syndrome

Plant dyeing in soothing browns and greys

And for those of you on Facebook – one little old inspiring lady

Stella Maria Baer – photography

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Take a look, then come back and tell me which ones you liked!

From watercolour to tapestry

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And THIS guy, is just friggin awesome:

http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/083_maximo_laura_12.html

I’m getting so many ideas to try out that I never got with knitting, that I think I’m heading in the right direction, and it works so well with other picture making crafts, they kinda weave (haha) together for me. And as I mentioned before, this will make my spinning more fun and less production oriented, since I probably won’t be spinning all my weaving yarns just now, just dyeing them. Win/win on time as well as pleasure.

In fact I’m already in the process of making a small frame loom to make (up to) 15×15 cm test samples of warp spacing/yarn type vs. yarn thickness of the weft as well as samples of various techniques. I figure that should keep me occupied for a while.  And that’s what happens when you spend a Sunday indoors watching youtube because all the farmers decide it’s a good day to spread liquid pig manure on the fields. Gag. Not just a whif on the air this time, but massive sensory overload. I’ll probably have to rewash the laundry on the line…

And something a little different (because I wanted to save the link and my bookmarks are out of control)

http://annakubinyi.blogspot.dk/p/muterem.html

Got a light?

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What do you use for studio/work light, when daylight isn’t enough?

It’s not that it matters greatly, if I put my mind in “flexible” I can knit, spin, read, doodle, play work play on the computer and one day, when perhaps the outside gets more comfortable, work in the garden or ride horses. But still, I find myself some days wishing I could paint when I had planned to do so.

I’m really finicky with lighting temperatures. Not too cold and blue and definitely not your typical cosy yellow everyday lamps. It’s especially bad now with the new energy saving bulbs, which are of course a good thing, just not for colourwork.

Over the window of my office I have a “biolux” fluorescent tube which emulates daylight, I use it in winter to make days longer and brighter, and it’s not directly made for artwork, but it’s not bad. 36W/6500 K (I think it’s this one). The thing is, my office is not big enough for painting, especially since my cats are determined to share the table. Also when it rains, best place to shake your muddy paws, drop by for a bit of love and perhaps a dry lap for transferring moisture before they head back out. And any obstacles are to be climbed on, basically.  Right behind me on the floor 1 large dog for tripping over (used to be 2). I have no door…. See where that’s going?

So, obviously a 120 cm tube like that with a standard, open fixture isn’t very pretty in the middle of a living room ceiling, although it might help a bit. So, do I care? Does anyone have better suggestions? Or do you just work in the dark/good weather?