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Spindler Hall was built in 1940 as a women's dormitory. In the 1980s it was a fraternity house. Today it houses graduate students.
Spindles (bottom) are ~30% longer in Xenopus laevis (green) than in its smaller, faster-breeding relative, X. tropicalis (red). (JCB 176(6) TOC2)
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Reference: Brown et al. (2007) J. Cell Biol. 176:765-770.
Published on: March 5, 2007.
Doi: 10.1083/jcb.200610043.
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Walnut was chosen for the 11 3/4 inches long shaft of this elegant Tibetan support spindle. Dave has burn etched the canary wood whorl with his signature leaf motif. This supported spindle weights 47 grams.
The 2" square end of a rusty old crank type thing found on the beach near my home.
a cropped version of the larger image - for the group 'squared circle'
Brought you by the number two and the word TWO, both residing at the playground near my nephew's house.
Dave handmade this intricately scrimshawed Celtic drop spindle from East Indian Rosewood and fossil mammoth ivory.
Spindlespun and spindleplied. I spun the singles on my beautiful Mini Bossie. The next yarn is already on the Bossie: a purple-pink very thin thread intended to become a cabled yarn
We bought this beautiful antique spindle back chair in 1994 on a country trip to a small town in the mid north of South Australia. I love the carving in the timber at the top. It shows a kangaroo and warratahs. I think these chairs where produced in Melbourne in the early 1900s.
Walnut was chosen for the 11 3/4 inches long shaft of this elegant Tibetan support spindle. Dave has burn etched the canary wood whorl with his signature leaf motif. This supported spindle weights 47 grams.
Trying to find a way to mount 3/4" shank tools in this MT3 spindle. Don't want to use MT3 collets. If you've got any advice, holler at yer boy.
That's me in the background, not spindling, watching Laura try out this cool little machine (help- what was it called?) Later I got a one on one from Meredith, in the foreground. She talked me through my extreme craft phobia.
Screws on the spindle. Needed to remove the collet adapter after it's been used and is locked in the MT3 spindle.
KnitPicks Turkish spindle with KnitPicks Merino/Silk top dyed with lily leaves, blossoms, stems. Alum and CoT mordant. Added baking soda which turned almost colorless dye bath yellow.
I love you, Berwyn car spindle.
artist: Dustin Shuler;
patron: David Bermant
destroyed on May 2, 2008
Clay whorl made by Hatton, spindle handcarved from a dowel. This was my fist attempt at a medieval style spindle.
Wool is Louet Icelandic top.
Walnut and tiger maple are the woods chosen by Dave for this beautiful spindle. He has used pyrography (burn etching) to adorn the notched 2 1/2 inch walnut whorl with his signature leaf motif. The overall length of the tiger maple shaft, including the brass hook, is 10 inches and the weight is 1.1 ounce.
This famous landmark in a Berwyn, Illinois parking lot is in danger of being torn down. Two activists stood below it while we snapped this photo, yelling "Save the Spindle!" over and over...