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Well, everything is said….. Tout est dans le titre……
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All over the world, my resilient friends are makers. Jon and Celina are weaving tapestry, Françoise and Claudine are reinventing their gardens, Manuèle is drawing, Olivier is creating a digital choir. To all all them, even to those who are not makers, thanks for being there. La bise à tous mes amis, ceux qui jardinent,
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If it didn’t have a hole in it, I wouldn’t be able to be the owner of this gorgeous kilim. Look at the perfect intrication of the two patterns, look at the incredible colors and proportions. S’il n’était pas troué, je n’aurais jamais eu les moyens d’acheter ce fabuleux kilim. Regardez la manière dont les
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Other little needlepoints I did back in the time.D’autres petites broderies au petit points, faites il y a bien longtemps.
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The back of the weaving, almost two people done. Tissage sur l’envers, presque deux silhouettes terminées .
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And for me the past is 30 years ago. I was then a painter, and my friends believing in my talent offered me this beautiful box of pastels. But I didn’t fulfill my friends’ expectations. My day job took the better of me, then motherhood came on top of it, and I stopped painting. For
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I bought these textiles from Bhutan in Paris, several years ago. One is very dirty, but you can see the beauty of the colors and patterns.
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The sampling phase is over, weaving has begun. Weaving at 6 epi is quick, and I like it. I had to figure out how many threads for one bundle, as the yarn have different thickness. I found the way to weave my triangles. And now I’m experimenting the aspect of the background. Ca y est,
Life is short, we’re getting older” (Fred Astaire), and before it’s too late, I want to reconnect with what I always liked, and wanted to study and share: making textiles, textures and jewels. So here I am, and this blog will be a piece of the sharing part. I will try to post weekly, on what I do, but also on textiles I love, blogs I discover, books I read.
I bet I will struggle with technology, (it’s my first blog) and with English, which is not my mother tongue. I made the choice of English because the online weaving community is mostly English speaking .
Et pour vous, mes amis français, un résumé de tout ça : la vie est courte, et il y a des tas de choses que j’ai envie de faire et de partager, alors je me lance dans ce blog, on verra bien.
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