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Thursday, 2 June 2011

Distracted

So, I have a new printing press which I had been waiting really impatiently for, and what happens?  I get distracted by a bag of woolly bits!


I find weaving on a small scale like this to be really calming and therapeutic, and, after all, things have been rather hectic round here lately!  I think this piece might make quite a nice little brooch when it's finished, with the addition of a button perhaps, and maybe some beads along one edge... what do you think?

Weaving

I haven't neglected the printing completely - I made up these 3 little test plates, here all ready for their shellac coating.

 
 
And I decided I wasn't all that keen on the composition of the plates I made the other day, so I cut one of them in half


and chopped the top and bottom off the other one.


Maybe a little drastic, I shall let you know how they turn out!
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6 comments:

  1. Trekky2 June 2011 at 20:42

    The weaving is lovely! Would make a fantastic brooch.

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  2. jackie2 June 2011 at 20:50

    Its nice to get distracted sometimes - only it happens to me all the time.

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  3. SimJaTa2 June 2011 at 20:51

    All looks very good to me.

    Lynda x

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  4. Heather Leavers2 June 2011 at 21:02

    I like the bottom plate, and nodded knowledgeably about the shellac (I haven't got a single clue what it is...) - and as for the weaving, did I tell you I've splashed out on a new flower loom? I've got flowers all over the house now!

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  5. Hannelore2 June 2011 at 22:13

    Lovely piece of weaving, like the printing stuff too look forward to see more of it.

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  6. Silver Moss Jewellery3 June 2011 at 20:14

    Ah, I love getting distracted too! And it can feed-back nicely into what you're 'meant' to be doing ;-) Lovely work :-)

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Helen Smith, artist and maker in glass, print and stitch.