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this is a sculpture given to me by my friend natalie dicostanzo, made by her husband charles dicostanzo. it's a funny piece made up of old slides of his artwork, and recons back to another time. it's especially poingant to me since kodak is in the news recently for discontinuing production of kodachrome film after 74 years.
Millefiories:
is Italian word for "1000 flowers." Decoration consisting of slices of multicolored glass rods (canes), usually pressed smooth while hot into the surface of a core piece of glass. Millefiories have been very popular collectors' beads for over 100 years - with thousands of different design and color variations.
Venetian Glass: Venice was the dominant force in glassmaking in volume, quality and diversity up until the 20th century, and bead making can be traced to the early 1300's. Common Venetian trade beads are "Millefiories", or "a thousand flowers", which are colorful mosaics of glass in floral patterns.
" African Trade Beads":
this term typically applies to beads made predominately in European countries from the late 1400s through to the early 1900s, beads traded in Africa, Americas and other counties.
This "trade" period was from the mid 1800s through the early 1900s; millions of these beads were produced and traded in Africa. The Europeans dominated the African bead market. All beads are from the collection of MBAD/ABA African Bead Museum
The Beads were re- introduced to the American market in the late 1960s, by young peace core volunteer returning from Africa.
Curly Maple and Turquoise Drop Spindle by Autumn Hollow Farm available at www.autumnhollowfarm.com or at www.etsy.com/shop/AutumnHollowFarm
Grafton Mala! I love this guy, you get him going and he never wants to stop!
Whorl - 2 1/4"
Shaft - 9"
Weight - 1.2 oz
My first spindle plied yarn! :) 90 yards bulky weight. I love this plying spindle, and the half-hitch works well, especially after adding a rubber band on the shaft to help keep it from slipping. Maybe with more experience I won't need the rubber band, but for now it removed all frustration with dropping it.
4/3/09
Homespun llama ("Vanilla" and "Rocky Road") on a Tabachek Tibetan-style supported spindle. Andean plied sport weight.
66.0 yards (60.4 m) sport weight skein
fiber seller: eBay seller Sally4483/OK
§P¡NdLe is a [project|object] that [combines|confuses] skateboarding with music. The [movement/acceleration] of the skateboard is being transformed into sound synthesis. The sound engine is designed to be both, trivial and non-trivial. The [trivial|direct] translation acts as an additional channel to your mind-body coordination while the non-trivial aspect is there to provide the skateboard with a [memory|internal states] of your ride. It will add up to a climax as long as the movement of the skateboard does not contain too much noise.
Finial: Purpleheart
Shaft: Purpleheart
Whorl: Mesquite
Inlay: Russian Laquered Brooch
Weight: 1.19 oz/33 grams
Whorl Diameter: 7.5 cm
Length: 27 cm
Fiber: BFL from Fibermonster.etsy.com
Dave has crafted this stunning top whorl drop spindle from east Indian rosewood, goncalo alves and buffalo bone.
The east Indian rosewood whorl measures 2 1/4 inches in diameter, and has been accented with buffalo bone that Dave has carved with his signature leaf motif. The shaft, which measures 8 inches, was turned from goncalo alves. A brass hook has been added to the top.
Common name : Spindle
Family : Celestraceae
Scientific name : Euonymus europaeus
Other names : None
Location : In the shrub border on the outside of the southern edge of the Enclosed Garden
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Water drops shots with the 7D ,this set came about though being bored one afternoon so I filled a bowl of water put it on a garden chair with a blue paper card under the bowl and behind .The water drops were provided courtesy of one of my baby sons bottles.Then I set the camara to the high speed setting and out of about 130 shots I can offer these 4 !