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Created this scene on top of my craft room table for the "cotton thread" challenge in the MacroMADEMOISELLE group. All the stuff around is to fix or to put away. But I like the bokeh it made, so it stayed. ;-) The delicate scissors are specifically for cutting threads.
Our Daily Challenge ... I used to.
I used to love sewing and making clothes for myself and family. Now I rarely get the machine out ... just for mending and alterations which is not much fun.
For many years I was really into machine applique and I made simple tops with interesting designs stitched onto them to sell in a boutique where I lived. They sold well and I saved enough money to buy a better sewing machine which now just sits in the cupboard unused. I also have lots of left over threads which I now use only as photographic props. Today I'm featuring a couple of fancy ones which were not really a success in my opinion.
I still love the colours!
W.A. Young Machine Shop and Foundry
Rices Landing, PA
This shop was built in 1900. It was closed in 1969 and left the way it was on its last day of operation with machinery and tools dating as far back as 1870.
The shop is beside the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania. It specialized in repairing barges, tug boats, and other river vessels and making replacement parts.
Even the tiny metal shavings or filings remain on the tools.
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See more images like this in my Y.A. Young Machine Shop album:
www.flickr.com/photos/cj_proartz/albums/72157654848957191...
Labourers are working for drying threads after colouring for making saree in a village in West Bengal, India
Still exploring my wife's sowing stuff. I spent plenty of time getting lots of colour shots of reels of thread, but I couldn't really make anything work. This was a bit of a throw-away shot, but it's the best of a bad bunch.
Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35 Optic, 12mm Extension Tube
A mating pair of thread-waisted wasps, Eremnophila aureonotata, multitasking in a garden in Leavenworth, Kansas. August 4, 2019.
56 : 365
I couldn't resist this vintage thread holder and made no promises to sew more if I bought it.
12" x 18" Soho Coloured Pencils and Polychromos, with a little ink on Canson drawing paper.
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Many thanks to Sally Robertson for the reference photo.
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Nemoptera bipennis.
Idanha-a-Nova / Portugal
This is not a dragonfly. it is a lacewing (Neuroptera).
This is the most beautiful bug I've ever seen. It is as big as the bigger dragonflies.
This was found on a field on top of a hill next to a large river. There were a couple of them on that area, but I had never seen these before.
Since then, I found this to be locally common on some areas of Alentejo and Algarve (hills or dunes).
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List of nerve-winged insects:
www.hlasek.com/ccsitokridli1an.html
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An Ancient Chinese proverb says, “An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, despite the time, the place, and despite the circumstances. The thread can be tightened or tangle, but will never be broken.”
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This is my freestyle, actually for the past week, but could not upload due to finals!
Once I finish my exhibition I'm planning just too many new shoots, totally different styles (even wedding!) and in all that I hope I find some time to make some short films -mainly for practice!
And I love the idea of Project 104. I'm thinking, creating and at the same time allowing myself to work on other stuff too. Which is great.
Also, I have no idea what will I do for Uni. Will I continue, will I stop?
One thing for certain, I will be applying for scholarships. Anything related to art.
Actually my second choice for Macro Mondays "holes" theme. My first choice, also on my photostream, did not meet the criteria. The entire hole was not visible.
.......and the sequins are not as tightly packed as I'd expected close up. But nevertheless nice texture and detail!
I'm really liking puffy stitches. I'm pretty sure I've settled on the round flower with the border to make it square, but with multi-color centers.
I have always been facinated by colour, especially in a "multi-colour" sense, and have wanted to take this shot for ages, but JL have a strict "No Photo" policy, so this is SOOC & shot from the hip
"When I was seven I told my mother,
To take me to the bay and put me on a ship.
Silver swordfish electric,
I can feel or dream down here.
If the water should cut my mind,
If the water should cut my life,
If the water should cut my mind,
Set me free,
I don't care,
I want to live in a bathysphere.
When I was seven my father said to me,
"But you can't swim."
And I've never dreamed of the sea again.
If the water should cut my life,
If the water should cut my line,
If the water should cut my mind,
Set me free,
I don't care,
I want to live in a bathysphere."
— Bill Callahan, via Cat Power
The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, viewed through a sculpture called Sonic Bloom in front of Pacific Science Center.
The project was developed as a dynamic and educational focal piece that would extend the Science Center’s education outside of their building. Created by Seattle-based artist Dan Corson in 2013, these sun loving blooms use regionally manufactured, custom solar panels to generate their own power, allowing them to glow throughout the evening. Each flower top contains 48 solar cells that produce 4.6 Wp (watts at peak production) for a total of 1,104 Wp for all five flowers. Sonic Bloom combines art and science to help educate about solar energy in the Pacific Northwest and inspire people to consider how they can incorporate renewable energy into their lives.