Submitted by AliaK on Tue, 20/01/2015 - 07:56
"Solace" project: India Flint is doing a residency in South Australia in June this year, and has invited people to make flags to hang.
"Make a triangular flag or pennon [meaning a personal ensign, derived from the Latin penna meaning a wing or a feather] preferably using a piece of pre-loved cloth. Stitch on it a word or a phrase or a sentence that might act as a wish for peace or an acknowledgement of beauty, imply a sense of stillness or simply something that gives you solace. It can be as brief or as long as you like. A haiku, a snatch of song, a word that takes you where you want to be. Attach ties to the tethering end of your flag"
& then post it to the address on the page. she'll dye them, and photos will go into a book/online.
http://prophet-of-bloom.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/an-invitation.html has the details.
I made one tonight using a song snippet:
"sunlight falls, my wings open wide" from orpheus by david sylvian, on the secrets of the beehive album, because it always gives me solace when i play it.
japanese cotton with wool thread
some others in the Sketchbooks and Experiments for Textiles facebook group are going to make one too
Submitted by AliaK on Sun, 18/01/2015 - 09:53
Tilda Swinton's performance of "Cloakroom"
via http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/23250/1/tilda-swinton-the-art-of-the-everyday
extracts from the article by Susanne Madsen — emphasis added by me for the key points relating to my research:
It’s not every day you line up at a cloakroom and hand over your ticket to Tilda Swinton, who hurries back towards the rails to fetch your stuff and delicately presents it to you. But that was what happened at Swinton and fashion historian Olivier Saillard’s Cloakroom performance in Florence this week, where the audience were invited to leave things throughout the play, which Tilda then contemplated and interacted with, from her licking a jacket to throwing herself full force on top of a coat and burying her face in a hood, in a gesture of bringing out the poetry in ‘ordinary’ clothes.
Submitted by AliaK on Sat, 17/01/2015 - 06:27
on haptic human website, I'll be exploring the human touch in handmade objects, using the idea (feeling? what-if question?) that there's a transfer of atoms when objects are made, and when they are hand-made I think the *human* atoms get blended (even in a slight way) with the object's atoms, and it makes us relate to them more - we 'feel' the humanity, or the soul perhaps (our common atoms/frequencies). this will allow me to research across different topics and disciplines, and to apply "what-if" questions to try answer and explore.
this idea is based on my reply to a discussion on haptics on my textiles class forum, and some earlier thoughts about analog audio vs digital audio recordings (see below & attached)
note that there'll mostly be rough notes/stream of consciousness ideas here for a bit of fun, so nothing really to see here - move along
Submitted by AliaK on Thu, 15/01/2015 - 15:09
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Submitted by AliaK on Tue, 13/01/2015 - 12:39
in this exercise we were to take photos of shapes, colours we liked near home and then make drawings of them. click on the photos below to see larger versions of them
Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 09/01/2015 - 12:20
Koalas sew need you this summer | IFAW - International Fund for Animal Welfare
Currently it's fire season in Australia and the koalas have been victims of the fires in South Australia and Victoria. There's still risk of more fires to come (hopefully not!) as summer is still in full swing.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare has asked people to sew cotton mittens for the koalas to help their recovery.
"Koalas with burns to their paws need to have them treated with burn cream and wrapped in bandages. They then need special cotton mittens to cover the dressings. All this needs changing daily so we’re asking if you can help us by sewing koala mittens – as many as they can before the fire season truly hits."
The IFAW has a pattern linked on their site, or see the PDF file here:
http://www.ifaw.org/sites/default/files/default/KOALA-MITTENS-PATTERN-A4.pdf (PDF file)
Use 100% cotton only — e.g.: old sheets, tea towels or cotton t-shirts
Send your mittens to
IFAW
6 Belmore Street
Surry Hills
NSW 2010
Australia
visit the website for more details
Submitted by AliaK on Fri, 09/01/2015 - 11:03
prophet of bloom: an invitation: Solace
India Flint invites us all to contribute to her residency at The Observatory, in South Australia.
via http://prophet-of-bloom.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/an-invitation.html
Make a triangular flag or pennon [meaning a personal ensign, derived from the Latin penna meaning a wing or a feather] preferably using a piece of pre-loved cloth.
Stitch on it a word or a phrase or a sentence that might act as a wish for peace or an acknowledgement of beauty, imply a sense of stillness or simply something that gives you solace. It can be as brief or as long as you like. A haiku, a snatch of song, a word that takes you where you want to be.
Attach ties to the tethering end of your flag.
It is important the flags be made from natural fibre fabrics as they will remain in place following prayer flag tradition, to dispense blessings and good wishes to the four winds...any shreds that part company from the whole must be bio-degradable. Additional decorations such as stone or glass beads, shell or wooden buttons are welcome, but please, no plastic.
Post the flag [preferably packaged in paper* not plastic] to :
Submitted by AliaK on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 18:02
Who Needs Education? | American Craft Council
An interview with Paul J. Stankard, a fellow of the American Craft Council, teacher, book author and glass artist who didn't study at university level. He speaks about his experiences and what he tells his students at Salem Community College.
Submitted by AliaK on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 17:36
Submitted by AliaK on Thu, 08/01/2015 - 17:26
TALKING TEXTILES
The Dorothy Waxman Textile Design Prize is a new international design prize awarded to a textile or fashion design student who exhibits innovative thinking and inspiring creativity in textiles.
The award winner receives a prize of US $5000 and coverage on the online interactive trend platform, TrendTablet.com.
The competition is open to students from any country currently enrolled in a textile, fashion or knitting course. The winning design will be chosen by Dorothy Waxman based on its aesthetic and creative identity.
visit the website for the application form
via http://www.trendtablet.com/4155-talking-textiles
Submitted by AliaK on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 20:41
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Anne Wilson is a Chicago-based visual artist who creates sculpture, drawings, performances and video animations that explore themes of time, loss, private and social rituals. Her artwork embraces conceptual strategies and handwork using everyday materials -- table linen, bed sheets, human hair, lace, thread, glass, and wire.
http://www.annewilsonartist.com/topologies-credits.html
Submitted by AliaK on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 12:03
Crafting Anatomies | Bonington Gallery.
via http://www.boningtongallery.co.uk/events/craftinganatomies
Crafting Anatomies
Crafting Anatomies will place the human body at the centre of a multi-disciplinary dialogue; exploring how this entity has been interpreted, crafted and reimagined in historical, contemporary and future contexts.
The exhibition will dissect attitudes and approaches towards contexts of the body by showcasing visionary practices of leading international artists, clinicians and designers. These will be featured alongside anatomical exhibits selected from historical collections including films from The Wellcome Trust archive.
Organs crafted by silk worms, bespoke jewellery cultured from human skin cells, and couture garments constructed using plastic surgery cutting techniques are just some of the speculative projects that will be on display.
Submitted by AliaK on Tue, 16/12/2014 - 07:52
for assignment 3 they suggest we try working with tyvek. I tried one experiment a couple of weeks ago, based on a tutorial I saw on December 2014's workshop on the web issue. it said to iron the tyvek then paint it with acrylics afterwards. well, I tried it and didn't like how the painted version turned out. at all. I really liked the plain, white ironed tyvek - the shapes are amazing. very organic. like pebbles in a stream, or cells in the body. I like the ridges on the reverse side also. but I must have painted too thickly with the acrylic paint so I think I ruined them. then last night Hanna posted her watercolour painted versions on the textiles facebook page and they looked amazing. she'd made them look so fluid. she said she painted with really watery watercolour, then used a heat gun to shape the tyvek. so I tried again last night using watercolour, ink, charcoal, brusho, coloured pencils, pastels - this time painting them first, then ironing to get the shapes. much better! I like these attempts much better than the initial ones. Barbara mentioned you can use silk dyes too (setasilk) and stitch them before heating too. that makes more sense as the tyvek I have is soft like paper originally but once heated becomes like hard plastic, so I'm not sure how stitching it afterwards would work.
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