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Lots of wonderful fiber! Now, I just need to learn what to do with it.
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Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation, and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past three centuries survive in archives and early publications.
In some equatorial countries, thatch is the prevalent local material for roofs, and often walls. There are diverse building techniques from the ancient Hawaiian hale shelter made from the local ti leaves (Cordyline fruticosa), lauhala (Pandanus tectorius) or pili grass (Heteropogon contortus).
The multi-tiered Meru towers of Besakih temple, Bali, uses black ijuk fibres.
Palm leaves are also often used. For example, in Na Bure, Fiji, thatchers combine fan palm leaf roofs with layered reed walls. Feathered palm leaf roofs are used in Dominica. Alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica) thatched roofs are used in Hawaii and Bali. In Southeast Asia, mangrove nipa palm leaves are used as thatched roof material known as attap dwelling. In Bali, Indonesia, the black fibres of Arenga pinnata called ijuk is also used as thatched roof materials, usually used in Balinese temple roof and meru towers. Sugar cane leaf roofs are used in Kikuyu tribal homes in Kenya.
Wild vegetation such as water reed (Phragmites australis), bulrush/cat tail (Typha spp.), broom (Cytisus scoparius), heather (Calluna vulgaris), and rushes (Juncus spp. and Schoenoplectus lacustris) was probably used to cover shelters and primitive dwellings in Europe in the late Palaeolithic period, but so far no direct archaeological evidence for this has been recovered. People probably began to use straw in the Neolithic period when they first grew cereals—but once again, no direct archaeological evidence of straw for thatching in Europe prior to the early medieval period survives.
Many indigenous people of the Americas, such as the former Maya civilization, Mesoamerica, the Inca empire, and the Triple Alliance (Aztec), lived in thatched buildings. It is common to spot thatched buildings in rural areas of the Yucatán Peninsula as well as many settlements in other parts of Latin America, which closely resemble the method of construction from distant ancestors. The first Americans encountered by Europeans lived in structures roofed with bark or skin set in panels that could be added or removed for ventilation, heating, and cooling. Evidence of the many complex buildings with fiber-based roofing material was not rediscovered until the early 2000s. French and British settlers built temporary thatched dwellings with local vegetation as soon as they arrived in New France and New England, but covered more permanent houses with wooden shingles.
In most of England, thatch remained the only roofing material available to the bulk of the population in the countryside, in many towns and villages, until the late 1800s. Commercial distribution of Welsh slate began in 1820, and the mobility provided by canals and then railways made other materials readily available. Still, the number of thatched properties actually increased in the UK during the mid-1800s as agriculture expanded, but then declined again at the end of the 19th century because of agricultural recession and rural depopulation. A 2013 report estimated that there were 60,000 properties in the UK with a thatched roof; they are usually made of long straw, combed wheat reed or water reed.
Gradually, thatch became a mark of poverty, and the number of thatched properties gradually declined, as did the number of professional thatchers. Thatch has become much more popular in the UK over the past 30 years, and is now a symbol of wealth rather than poverty. There are approximately 1,000 full-time thatchers at work in the UK, and thatching is becoming popular again because of the renewed interest in preserving historic buildings and using more sustainable building materials.
"Knowing your enemy is only half the victory"
I'm glad Square Enix has made another hitman game, being someone who loved Absolution and Agent 47 in that game I wanted to remake my Agent 47 custom that had been one of my first customs on flickr. And a fact that Agent 47 is also one of my favorite video game characters.
Used a Bruce Wayne face but erased a little off the tips of the mouth and added some lines to the eyes to make him more angry. I had to paint his signature bar code on the back of his head and it was surprisingly easy to do. Made the tie 3D using leftover trench coat fabric.
Now for the accessories, his silver ballers are actually brickarms PPK tactical spy pistols, I always wanted to get some of those. His breifcase I painted on the Hitman symbol on it to make it look like one from the game. His last accessory is his fiber wire which is pretty useful for Agent 47, I used a rope piece from a Miner minifigure from CMF series idfk.
I'm not sure if i'll buy the new Hitman game right now as I haven't heard amazing things about it, plus part of me would rather buy Twilight Princess HD. But I just wanted to make this minifigure and boy am I please with how it came out.
This is also an entry to Ancient Robot Customs's contest
What do you think!?
Using macro lens, took a shot of fiber optic cable strands that are planted as a lamp in a friends front yard. Just playing with the new lens.
Jute is the golden fiber of Bangladesh. Faridpur is renowned for growing top quality jute in Bangladesh. Jute is a versatile, natural fiber that has been used for thousands of years to make things such as rope, twine, Hessian bags, rugs, and much more.
More from the fiber optic lamp series
Canon EOS 20D: 40mm @ 35.00mm (56.00mm) f/2.0 5 ISO 100
As crossposted on our photoblog, pleasantly tilted.
one of many small works I did in the last months, embroidery on handmade paper from wheat straw and cotton -- a conversation among threads
California Coastal National Monument : Point Arena - Stornetta Unit
Point Arena, Mendocino County, California
This image was manually focused in live-view mode.
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filter: Hoya HD Protector
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Inspired by past Cyber Punk MOCs, I'd always wanted to do my own... but i thought I would take it a different direction.
Using various fabric / sails and all the elf-earred hair pieces i own, i was pretty stoked with what came out.
Slightly better pic of the color. Still doesn't show the grays very well.
My drop spindle & fiber kit was supposed to be delivered Fri. The box was partially crushed, guess that's why it was late :P
Top whorl bird's eye maple 1.5oz drop spindle & 4oz Blue Faced Leicester (BFL) in the "Our Maine Coast" colorway from Highland Handmades.
I have to "blame" 99% of my current purchases on videocast enabling. Heard about Highland Handmades from "Knittin' on the fly".
The guy the call "The Laddy" (Corey) on Photoshop TV loves to render "fibers" so I thought I'd play around with that. That's how I got the texture here.
Carbon Fiber leg of my Vanguard VEO 3+ 263CP Tripod.
Image measures 1 7/8" across.
Nikon 18-55mm @ 24mm with 12mm extension tube.
For Macro Mondays
Theme: Carbon
The third generation Silntrac GTR has a mid mounted naturally aspirated V8 producing 600 horsepower to RWD. It has a carbon fiber body, which allows it to go from 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 230 MPH! As always there is room for the Stig in the middle.
The Silntrac GTR was a MOC I originally made in LDD back in 2013. It was the first of my cars to use this windshield design. Since then I have been trying to come up with a way to modernize it. my last attempt was still quite dated looking. But having discovered that the short wheel arches fit the SC wheels allowed me to finally bring this car into the modern era. It made it's debut at the end of last year (2022) at the GTW LUG Display at Our National Shrine of our Lady of the Snows on a functioning lego turn table designed by Lego Technical Engineering on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnZKlIbSX1M&t=25s
and modified by me to hold this car.
Click the following link to see the old 2nd generation of this car:
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