Author Archive for: Michael
Entries by Michael
Fiber Fellow Of the Year!
I was selected as Fiber Femmes Fiber Fellow of the Year! Thanks to everyone who voted for me!
Beetle Wing Embroidery: second round, flower
This is my second attempt at beetle wing embroidery. I learned a lot about goldwork, reading Tanja Berlin’s website, and I bought some supplies from her. I also learned a lot about lighting this kind of photography, and I think the shots turned out much better. Ironically, the solution that worked best was a simple […]
Counting down!
HGTV has the episode steps up on their website now:
Beetle wings, photo question
This is an experiment in beetle wing and goldwork embroidery. These are wings from the Thai Jewel Beetle, Sternocera aequisignata. The goldwork design is based off of one I found online. Beetle wing embroidery was popular in parts of India and the East, and came to England during the Victorian period by way of the […]
Air Date for the That's Clever show!
I’ve gotten an air date for the HGTV segment that was shot last spring! They filmed the whole process from raising the silk worms, to weaving theribbon – it will be interesting to see how they edit it together tomake it look cohesive, because there were some gaps like they didn’t show the twisting or […]
Brown Teddy Bear
I finished the brown teddy bear for Chris’s niece. I’m pretty pleased with it overall, although as always there are a couple of lessons learned for next time.
Canon is the best!
More macro-closeups. Caterpillars behind the cut. The tiny claws amuse me. They look so much like cat claws. Only like cat claws X 10 -3 I’m really pleased with the focus level in this one. For some reason, the auto-focus on the macro has difficulty getting focused fully on the white worms, but does much […]
More macro-closeups. Caterpillars behind the cut.