Trip to Breda.

Finally visited the exhibition, curated by my friend

O.M.

Lots of samplers to see from different countries,

some of them few meters long, also lots of beautifully

embroidered clothing!

My presentation is rather poor, but that is because

of the reflexion in the glass and the darkness.

The Pinokkio and girl's head were made in a ladies

embroidery workshop . pic 5-6-7

The volcano and cute weavings were made in a

children's workshop. pic 8-9-10

There will be a demonstration November 21 of

Turkish needle OYA, a sort of needlelace in button-

hole stitch.

Thanks for the nice words on my 'Age of Discovery'

post!!!!! :-)

Gold Coast.

Do you remember my 'Age of Discovery' project?
Well, this is part two, we' re in the west coast
of Afrika now, 1472.
The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were
Portuguese. You'll never guess what they found
there :-)

As you can see, our fortune-hunters were making

the best of it.

End.

With and without.

My mom's seventies Dior.
Very convenient to do the finer embroiderie parts :^)

The day the earth stood still.

You might have a déja vu feeling by seeing these
series, that's right, i already posted another 7,
but cancelled them at the end after i made some
changes. So this is the final cut.

The third dia comes from the movie

'The Day the Earth Stood Still', a 1951 science

fiction film that tells the story of two aliens who

come to earth with a mission of goodwill, the

robot on the pic is GORT :-)

The film opens with a magnificent shot when the

flying saucer enters the atmosphere and skims

over Washington, D.C. before landing in President's

Park.

If you like to see the opening shot here, you will

have to make your own sound by pursing your lips

slightly to let the air escape with soft high toned gusts.

Today we commemorate the end of World War I .

:-)

Everybody thank you for the many and nice
compliments on my 'Come Darkness' contribution!

(-: Sleep Well :-)

Come darkness, part two.

Come Darkness is online now.

You can click on every item to see the details.

It is funny, many of us worked in blue tones :-)

I made a blue linen snowflake and acorn and

two prints on gloss paper, i added also two small

pieces of blue paper that i used for the photos 3 & 4.

Thanks Maria! I enjoyed making it.

Come darkness.

I'm very pleased i got an invitation to participate the
'come darkness' show at Chelliswilson in Portland,
Maine. The exhibit is curated and installed by
Maria Alexandra Vettese and features a collection
of works by 26 artists.
The opening reception is this evening, and all work
will be available online tomorrow.
I made a blue snowflake and acorn.
More pics later.

Sashiko.

Love this sashiko book from Susan Briscoe.

Washing instructions.

I finished two little plaids this week.
The front is croched and the back is in jute.
Because they will be for sale at Mieke Willems,
I had to wash them first to see how the two
materials react on eachother, the jute is very
stiff in wet state and i was afraid of damaging
the work. But you can see the result here, the
plait is perfectly washable.

WASHING INSTRUCTION
wash by hand
use fabric softener, it will make the jute a bit more
flexible.
spin dry and smooth out the jute-side.
dry flat, it will take some time because there's
three layers of fabric.
iron with steam on the jute-side, stretch out
the fabric when it is needed.

Feel free to contact me in case you have more
questions.
In general i wash everything by hand and dry it flat
after centrifuging.

Ps. something went wrong with my previous post,
i was replacing an image and i'm afraid i messed it up,
i will post the series again tomorrow.

Painting the house.

Sometimes, i think i 'm taking things to easily.
I was painting all round the frame, i just let it hang,
and after a while i was whitening the frame too,
i think it wasn't such a good idea.
Maybe i should darken it a bit.
What do you think?
I glued some colorsamples on the frame, maybe
a grey-blue, would be nice, can't decide yet.
Or maybe i just leave it white.

I'm having a nap too now, and later maybe a

movie.

Good night.