My dear friends, Kristin Blancke and Franco Pizzi (who organize tours of India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan for Italian, French, and Belgian travelers through their company Viaggi in Asia), have a new blog (in Italian). They’re off to a good start with two fascinating posts:
Brains Can Change
The first speaks of the intriguing field of neuroplasticity. [...]
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In my ongoing efforts to expand my skills, I’ve been taking a machine quilting class from Ramona Conconi in Melide (Lugano), Switzerland. And I also did a Saturday workshop in serigraphy (silkscreen printing) with her. This quilt is a result of both lessons.
The print is from a photo of my stepdaughter which I took on [...]
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It just won’t work! The acid-dyed satin is as ripply as the Procion/soda ash stuff! It seems that the soaking itself breaks something down in the weave. The cloth even seems almost stretchy. And no matter how much and how hot I iron it, I can’t make it smooth and shiny again!
I guess it’s time [...]
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Today, I used acid dyes to color a couple of pieces of silk satin for my thangkas. I don’t have a top-loading washing machine, so I had to go with the stove top method. And since I only have one pot big enough to allow the silk to swim freely, I did one color at [...]
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Posted in art, textile art on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
In my earlier post about the New Fibers show, I mentioned an old issue of Surface Design Journal that had inspired me. Back in Milan now, I pulled that Fall 1995 issue off the shelf and reread the article, A Penetrating Eye: John Hawthorne’s Personal Cosmology, by Margo Mensing. I don’t think I’m allowed to [...]
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Posted in artwork, textile art on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My “Three Mongolians” was selected for inclusion in New Fibers 2008, an initiative of the Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, juried by Patricia Malarcher of the Surface Design Association. The show will run from May 6 through July 24 at two locations in Michigan — the University Art Gallery at Eastern Michigan University and [...]
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I don’t remember where I found this poem. It was years ago. If anyone knows anything about it or its author, please send me a message. It reminds me that we can’t live on this planet without affecting other creatures.
Silk Worm Poem
Even before the little ones make their sacrifices,
Let us praise the heroic gift of [...]
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