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Soapwort contains soap-like chemicals called saponins, that create a lather when crushed. In Europe, soapwort was grown near woolen mills and used to wash the wool. Because it is a gentle detergent and contains fungicides that aid in the preservation of cloth, it has been — and still is — used to clean delicate fabrics and tapestries, most famously the Shroud of Turin. Early American colonists brought soapwort from England to clean clothes, pots and pans, hair and skin, and even wash away poison ivy oils. [Source: www.seacoastonline.com/story/lifestyle/2008/07/30/soapwor...]
May '84 Teaser. Where am I going next, in my revisits to holidays past? It's somewhere by the sea. Not many possibilities to choose from then ;o)
Ektachrome 100 (EPN) film. Mamiya 645 Super.
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I love this image because it really doesn't show much of anything, other than Vega, the big blue star, but at the same time, when I look at it up close in a large monitor, the swarm of stars is just beautiful. a perfect random tapestry of sharp, tiny, pinpoint, tidy stars.
Those seasoned in exploring the night sky should recognize all the stars of the Lyra constellation.
Showing man midway in the pilgrimage of life, climbing the mountain of Salvation. He is accompanied by two female figures, Faith and Innocence, with a winged child representing Divine Love.
The tapestry now hangs in the Victoria and Albert but it originally belonged to a set of fourteen tapestries made for the winter dining room of Plazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was installed there somewhere around the mid 1500's.
Tejon Pass, CA.
Have a great weekend to all and a Happy Mother's Day to all the mother out there. Thanks to a very good friend Charlie (CP68-73) for the title. ;-)
“I'd rather see the world as a rainbow than endless shade of gray.”
These grasses form a natural tapestry as it leads out into the waters of the Tamar River estuary. Black swans are prominent in this area.
* Yet another one of these inflated view stats that have no bearing on the reality of daily views. It is a problem Flickr refuses to fix! If you think you are having higher than normal view numbers, you aren't. It is this fake view bug.
There are four matching Christmas trees all along one wall in the Tapestry Gallery of the Biltmore mansion in Asheville, North Carolina.
for Melinda. It was a sabbatical project for me over 40 years ago. Fun to do research and making it. As a former home ec teacher, I picked the kitchen and banquet scene.
The Borromean Palace on Isola Bella Island in Lake Maggiore Italy has a set of magnificent tapestries dating from around 1565. The detail is quite amazing and many of the colors have been retained. I guess wild life on the island was quite unique back in 1565 !!!LOL !!!
I used to be a fiber artist. I studied one summer at CMU with the late internationally-known fiber artist Louise Pierucci Holeman.
For years, I created huge tapestries on an 8ft. X 8ft. loom. Then one day I suddenly felt overwhelmed with the tedious and time-consuming work it took to complete a tapestry that large. More than 30 years later, the piece I was working on that day remains unfinished in my attic.
However, I still love the feel of yarn and the smell of wool. I love the textures that can be created by threads and yarns and textiles. I remember the earthy scents in the house after creating natural dyes.
I had pulled out a book I forgot I had called "Aspectos da Tapeçaria Brasileira" (Aspects of Brazilian Tapestry) which I think I purchased at the Textile Museum in Washington D.C.
It almost made me want to go back to creating tapestry wall hangings again. Almost!
Then I came to my senses and decided to try to create one digitally. Now, I'm almost inspired to create a real tapestry again ---almost. Some time when I am ambitious, I might go to my attic to take photos of my old tapestries to post here, or I might use them as starting points for my digital creations.
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For this image, I was inspired by a work by Norberto Nicola (in the book mentioned above) a tapestry in which parts of the composition included colored circles surrounded by black, actually very similar to a small tapestry I created decades ago. I began with that idea and then went my own way. At first the black parts with circles were straight, but after I added what I hoped would look like flowing, transparent cloth under them (created in part with manipulated textures from Graphic Stock) I warped those black-with-circles parts to make them look like they were moving in the breeze. (I saw a work made with fiberglas at the Corning Glass Museum that had a fan under it to keep it in constant motion.) I also added a texture (made with Photoshop's pattern stamp tool) to those parts so they looked more like woven fabric.
I'm not sure how successful I was in creating my faux tapestry, but I had fun doing it. It took me a few hours. A real tapestry might have taken me 6 months ---or more than 30 years.
The Grayson Perry tapestries "The Vanity of Small Differences" at the Grundy Art gallery in Blackpool 'til 15th December. Such amazing detail and what a tale they tell. This is just a taster. More photos to follow.
Linked to his Channel 4 television programme from 2012 "All in the best possible taste where he examines the links between class and taste in the UK. Available to watch on Youtube
.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_In_The_Best_Possible_Taste_with_Grayson_Perry
Abraham Ratter (American, 1893 - 1978)
Birds, 1971
Wool, 50 3/4 x 75 3/4 in.
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art,
on loan from the St.Petersburg College Foundation
I have a feeling this is a Registrar’s title. The birds resemble the dove in Rattner’s “Noah and the Dove”.
It was interesting and a surprise to see these tapestries hanging randomly in a exhibit of Florida crafts. I had never seen them unwrapped, they spent their time rolled and wrapped in brown paper on a upper shelf with tapestries by Shahn and Hirsch. I thought that like the other artists tapestries we carried they were woven in France but the reference I found on line said they were Israeli but I am not sure if that is a manufacturer or a geographic designation.
Also available at We <3 RP is 2 different sets of Tapestry Pillows that match perfectly with previous releases of Wall
Each individual pillow is 2LI as rezzed. There are 2 different shapes for single pillows: Stiff & Slump.
The pillow stack is 4LI as rezzed.
They are also materials enabled! Check out that sweet windlight action!
May your New Year bring new beginnings, fresh friendships, bright hope, and peace! Together we can do great things...(P.S.--I cropped the original full size Polaroid image to a square format).
The sandstone in this narrow slot canyon in California is painted in varying warm hues of reflected sunlight like a royal tapestry curtain hanging from a large, timeless window.
The soft focus on the sides guides the eye forwards and inwards, giving you the feeling of walking through the narrow, sinuous halls of the canyon, enveloped in warm and colorful hues of richly textured sandstone.
The slot canyons here in California are numerous, diverse, unique and gorgeous. Yet they are virtually unknown to most people who focus almost entirely on those found in Utah and Arizona. I have had the incredibly great blessing of being able to live relatively close to the desert, so I've spent the better part of the last 4 years' worth of weekend trips during the cooler months out exploring the Colorado & Mojave Desert regions and finding many new slot canyons to explore and photograph. They have become something of a passion and speciality for me, which is why you see so many of them on my feeds and website.
This image was named after the song of the same name, which sings of God's love as a "Tapestry of Grace" that we are wrapped up in. This Christmas, I like to remember what this incredibly joyous holiday is all about – God's immense and indescribable love in sending his son Jesus to redeem us from our sins and give us hope, love and a future home in Heaven. All we must do is use our faith to believe. We are saved only by His grace.
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Dreamscope filter was probably an Indian or Islamic tapestry or painting. I ran it through Topaz Clean to change it from dots to more line-based styling, and boosted it with some Pixel Benders Oil Paint. Then I blended in some of the colors of the original photo for better readability.
Tapestry cushion created and photographed by a friend, JFK during 2021's Covid-19 pandemic long lockdown in Melbourne.
First messengers
Les feuilles mourantes...
et bientot vient la chanson de Prevert et Kozma:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_inVYQNXjM
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Steve