The new issue of WeaveZine is up, and my article on brocading is in it!
I’m always excited to have something get printed (or, well, electro-published?) – but this format is particularly neat because it allows me to explain with video. So much of textile work is “And then I go like this, and it folds over like that..” and it’s hard to explain in words. The video helps a lot, I think.
I didn’t know, until we ran across it on the radio dial the other day – we have the first “Desi” (South Asian) radio station in the US here in DFW – Radio Salaam Namaste. I occasionally enjoy the Bollywood sound, and they’re all over it! sunflower_andi, I bet you would like it too.
You can listen live on the web, too.
The thing that amuses me most, is when they slip seamlessly back and forth between English and Hindi. I’m used to hearing it from Spanish-speakers (Spanglish) – but I’ve never heard it in another language. With the strong accents, I sometimes can’t tell when it’s English and when it’s not.
I love, love, LOVE getting packages from India.
They are always full of wonderful stuff – but they also have the most charming and interesting packaging. It seems like they’re put together with a particular aesthetic – like they’re put together with precision and care… out of whatever’s at hand.
No, that’s not the shoulder of a wooly yak… that’s a Bombyx silk moth. They’re just really hairy close to.
more moth macros
These are mostly for a friend of mine who asked for a photo… and, you know, just for the love of the pretty pictures.
It’s time once again for the Dallas Asian Festival! It’s at the Dallas City Hall plaza.
The City Hall site has a link to a map, and directions.
Here’s my post from last year’s Festival – it was a good event! Very busy, lots of neat things to see and do. I didn’t get to get out of the booth much, but there was all kinds of food and drink and hands-on crafts and cultural entertainment.
I’ll be with the Crow Collection’s booths; last year, they were green and yellow, but I’m not sure if they’re the same this year.
The Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild Show opened on Thursday, April 10. It’s on display until May 25.
The rest of the photos are here: http://www.dallasweavers.org/showopening.html
My “To Keep Them Sweet” ribbon won the Complex Weavers Award at the Dallas Handweavers and Spinners Guild Show! I’m very jazzed about it.
I’ll post photos from the show, once I’ve had time to sit and resize them and fiddle with them.
Behind the cut, is information about the piece and the show, so I’ll have it in one place.
You may have seen this before…
Chris woke me up at 3:30 this morning; the air raid sirens were going off. We got the dogs and huddled in the bathtub, and listened to the battery radio, until we could hear that they’d stopped, and the radio was saying it was miles past us.
That’s not my car.
