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Photograph of Mistri Moolchand and his son at their house at Varanasi (Benares) in Uttar Pradesh from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (Volume 46), taken by Brajo Gopal Bromochary in c.1870. Mistri Moolchand and his son are seated at a low worktable in the foreground, with other craftsmen at work in the background. Photographs like this one were exhibited at European exhibitions to demonstrate teaching methods in India. This image is inscribed, "Taken by the photographer in the service of H. Highness the Maharaja of Benares. Private School of Art...After exhibition to be placed at the disposal of the Secy. of State for India." The Imperial Gazetteer of India, describing this type of instruction, states: "Under the native industrial system the child learns his hereditary craft from his father or is apprenticed to a mistri, or master-craftsman, who is often a relative of the pupil...The child begins his work at a very early age; at first he is expected to undertake the menial duties of the shop, and is put to cleaning the tools; later he begins to perform the simplest operations of the trade. There is little definite instruction, but the boy gradually acquires skill by handling the tools and watching the workmen at their task. As soon as he has made a little progress, the apprentice is granted a small wage which is gradually increased as he becomes more useful; and when his training is finished, he either goes out into the world or secures a place on the permanent roll of his master's shop."

This is for my sister - she loves these autumnual hues. This mug rug is already on her worktable. If you want one check out the pattern via the shop button on my blog.

Title: Sewing Children's Clothing photograph

Date: 1953

Description: Three women students sewing clothing for children, in this 1953 classroom. Wooden silhouettes of a boy and a girl serve as forms for fitting the clothing. One student is working on a bottom seam of a shirt on the boy model. Another is sewing on a Necchi sewing machine, the third, handsewing. Their worktable has sewing supplies including a copy of a pattern, and a finished short-sleeved shirt.

Image ID: 12-10-Children's clothing 1953.

 

Copyright 2008, Iowa State University Library, University Archives

For Reproductions: www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html

 

Birds eye view of the felty chaos resulting from 2 days of hard crafting :)

 

(This is actually our kitchen table!)

Cleaning worktable time. Some

scraps escaped waste basket & went into the journal

 

on my my desk...

I promise I don't always mess around :-)

 

The Chalon worktable is one of those classic chalon pieces that is often emulated, but never matched. The sheer weight and scale of these pieces impose warm authority into the space the occupy. Instantly calming and resorative. Clients can be reassured that they will preserve their values for the years ahead.

Blythe sized...;)

From the archives, the brushes in a variety of sizes, shapes and usages in the carousel on my worktable...

 

ODT: assorted

The “INKredible 2″ Pack includes 20 NEW polymer clay patterns sheets designs introducing a variety & mix of materials to use along with alcohol inks.

 

These sheets can be applied in any bead, jewel, or accessory of your choice – flat or curved, small or large.

I implemented my pattern sheets on earrings & beads.

 

The materials I used are probably already in your polymer clay toolbox, taken from many of my previous classes –

Alcohol inks, chalk pastels, paints, stazon inks, stencils etc.

 

This class is a new version of my known previous INKredible class, now offering a celebration of exciting, new techniques, encouraging you to use anything on your worktable, along with alcohol inks.

 

20 patterns came out of my personal laboratory, but the combinations are infinite!

 

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If you are interested in combining these beads in elaborated, impressive Micro Macrame knotting, you are welcome to check out the new "INKredible Macrame" class -

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Easy to find on my worktable, the tools of my trade as a stitcher and embroiderer. #106 of 119

A few shots of my bedroom setup for 2009, nice? More notes here and here.

Using up fabric scraps to make cards

This is the third journal I've worked in for the round robin journal swap on swap-bot. This one went from Canada to Australia and then here to Massachusetts.

 

Made from bits on my worktable, a paper napkin butterfly, a rescued stamp, and a piece from one of the 50 1920's-1940's Nat Geos that I bought today at the thrift store.

Azone Kikipop Kokeshi-chan

A nice double D end worktable with oak top. Chalon prefer to produce all the tops from single planks to avoid a patchwork look.

Small size image showing an open worktable in Mrs SC's kitchen.

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The Chalon worktable is one of those classic Chalon pieces that is often emulated but never matched. The sheer weight and scale of these pieces impose warm authority into the space the occupy. Instantly calming and resorative. Clients can be reassured that they will preserve their values for the years ahead.

This double D end work table is very popular.

boston, massachusetts

january 1971

 

metalsmith / jewelry maker

meeting house gallery, beacon hill

 

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

 

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

This if the right hand side of the workspace. The room was redesigned around the IKEA Expedit shelves and worktable.

This is the most workable surface-area I've EVER had in this or any studio of mine, which is exciting for ME, but kinda sad when I look at photos of people with vast swaths of counter-top on which to play...

blogged for my Worktable Wednesday Series

When baking in a Chalon Original Kitchen its a lot of fun but remember to save some cakes for the guests.

This is my worktable looking like a mess but really I have been very productive. I sorted through all the doll clothes that needed to be finished, mended or thrown away. Tiny Betsy got a new red jacket after I repaired the snaps and buttons. Barbie got a new dress and there is more to do. I worked most of the day on a challenging project so when it was finished I needed something mindless to do.

Another carver is working on a block sitting cross-legged at his worktable called a Horidai. Artworks from the studio decorate the walls, but I do not recognize any of the images.

Keeping the worktable close to the Aga ensures that everything is within easy reach.

I keep one of your mugs full and on my worktable nearly every day. This one feels like Fall. xo

Size: 6”x6” framed

 

Tesserae: Scrap stained glass, wine bottle glass, broken glass bracelet.

 

The concept of ‘one person’s trash is another person’s treasure’ is one I firmly believe in. My work often includes glass, or other enduring materials, that others would discard. When I’ve finished a mosaic, even the smallest cut-off ‘scrap’ glass is sorted into containers for possible future use. Our recycle bins reside near my workshop space and often glass is diverted from the bin to my worktable. Such interesting colors, curves, textures and shapes!

 

The initial inspiration for this piece came from a frame found at a local fundraising sale for a sick boy. It was likely a sample from a frame shop as, although it has the same texture throughout, it showcases two different color ways, light and shadow. The realization that my photo of an owl, which lives at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, has this same light/dark split confirmed this direction and decided my portrait subject. Continuing with the cast-off/recycled theme, I fitted the frame with a piece of scrap hardibacker concrete board and pulled out my containers of small scrap glass for his feathers. A broken glass bracelet, ground even thinner, worked perfectly for the outer ring of his eyes and a variety of green circles, nipped from wine bottles, added the feel of leaves to the background, but with contrasting shape and shine vs. the owl and frame. Grout colors (green, cream, wheat, grays…) were chosen and applied to enhance the background and his feather coloring and shading.

He is ready to live at your home with new hanging hardware (no, didn’t recycle here) and his backside is painted and signed.

 

Linda Pieroth Smith

Website: MosaicSmith.com

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Florida, USA

 

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