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11 March 2012
$14 and 10 minutes later, my eyebrows are threaded and looking lovely. Brow Art 23, I will be back!
Beta illustration for the cover of an A4 folder which will containing material for an upcoming perfomance under the title "upside down thread" by the art team "CMD"
any of a group of large, common, solitary (nonsocial) wasps in the family Sphecidae (order Hymenoptera) that are named for the stalklike anterior (front) end of the abdomen. Thread-waisted wasps are typically more than 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) long and are parasitic on insects and spiders. The host is often numbed by malaxation, a pinching or crushing of the neck by the wasp’s pincerlike jaws, and paralyzed by the wasp’s sting. The wasp places the host’s body in a mud cell and lays an egg on it. Upon hatching, the larva consumes the host.
Members of the tribe Sphecini are often black with orange or yellow markings on the abdomen. They nest in burrows and provision their cells with caterpillars, which are eaten by the wasp larva. The mud daubers (tribe Sceliphronini) are commonly black with yellow spots and yellow legs, although some are metallic blue. They usually build several mud cells placed together in the corners of eaves or ceilings. The cells are provisioned with paralyzed spiders. Wasps of the tribe Podiini provision their cells with cockroaches, and members of the tribe Chlorionini nest in the ground and provide grasshoppers and crickets for their larvae.
The information above was gathered from: www.britannica.com
Weekly Animation XVIII: Fine Threads
The fine threads pattern shows that a good combination of wide and thin margins create these dramatic bold elements in the pattern. Thin margins between adjacent creases draw the viewer to their paths with strong shadow contrast. It's a fun challenge to do by hand (though I used a scoring machine for this one).
#origami #corrugation #artwork #paper #folding #math #benparkerstudio #origamisimulator #Waves
After 3 seasons of doing Project Project Runway, I'm building up a collection of small bits of fabric. It's a little mini Mood where Jenny & I can "shop" for each challenge before we hit the fabric store.
These threads made the cut. Used 15 different threads. Filled all the holes. Should have looked at Karen's work again before starting. Thought every hole needed to be used and also was stressing because there were gaps between each one. The paper I'm using is quite thick.
Marjolein Dallinga, Bloomfelt.com, taught experimental felt to her class of very privileged students during the 5day Fibre Arts Forum in Ballarat April 2012.
Marjolein designs felt for Cirque du Soliel, Canada.
I have a large collection of supplies in my studio. Everything from fabric yardage to threads and ribbons.....
This is from an exhibit of Debbie New's knitted artwork. This jacket is made from one mile-long handspun yarn. You can see the remainder of the skein behind the jacket - Debbie couldn't bear to break it from the rest of the jacket. They think it's the longest piece of handspun in the world - it was a mile long!
The jacket design is really cute. It looks like an adult-sized Baby Surprise Jacket with additional shaping. The pattern is in an older issue of Spin-off. I'll make one one day!
This is my first Drawn Thread piece, and will certainly not be my last. I LOVED every minute of this, and was sad when I finished. I'm now a TDT addict, and have *cough* 10 more of their projects kitted up. :) This was stitched with the recommended NPI silks (1 over 2) on Antique Ivory Belfast linen.
Sphecidae- Thread-waisted Sand Wasp ( Ammophila pictipennis) feeding upon Clasping Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule)
I found this little bunch of thread (along with some rick rack and bias tape) at Goodwill for $1. I love how colorful it all is together!
Start at the far right of left side of your project. You may want to measure and mark you rigid heddle loom with a 0 in the center of the heddle and mark each inch to the left and right of the zero. If you project is 10" in the heddle, start at the 5" mark on the right or left.
With the threading hook in your right or left hand, pull one set of threads (looks like a loop) through at a time. You are placing the threads in each slot of the loom.