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TEXTILE * GAMES — Last Minute Check List Before the New Year
Christmas has come and gone but our hopes are that each of you had a warm and wonderful celebration with family and friends. This next week is the time to take care of a few chores to make your fiber journey the best ever in 2013. First of all, take some of the Christmas cash that Santa […]
Continue readingHand Jacquard Weaving – One Thread at a Time
Sheila O’Hara Saturday, January 19, 2013 – 10 AM Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, San Francisco Handweaving has become the lucky beneficiary of the computer age as the dream of individual thread control becomes more accessible. Handweavers, once thrilled with computer assisted dobby looms, are now searching out hand jacquard looms for exploration. Enjoy an […]
Continue readingSomething Old, Something New and Definitely, Something Blue
The cyanotype procedure was discovered in England by Sir John Herschel in 1842. He used it to reproduce his notes and diagrams and thus the word “blueprint” became part of our vocabulary. Anna Atkins, who was reputed to be the first woman photographer, discovered she could lay plant specimens on treated paper and once they were exposed to the […]
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