For months I have been sidelined by medical problems that have kept me immobilized, depressed, and, most definitely, uninspired. But the bright side of all this downtime is that I had time to work on my website, which, as I said almost a year ago, has been “under construction” for years. Well, it’s almost finished. [...]
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2010 Weave of the week #8: Sparklers
October 2, 2010
2010 Weave of the week #7: Two fancy aprons, one mystery
June 27, 2010
In December 1977, at a thrift shop in Soho, I bought a vintage bathrobe for my honey, and the intriguing garment shown above for my haphazard textile collection. I find this apron such a fascinating cacophony of fabrics, colors, techniques, and design motifs, that from time to time I try to find out where it [...]
2010 Weave of the week #6: Cute in crepe
May 6, 2010
The bunny shown above belongs to a collection of small Japanese fabric animals (this one is about 2″ high) that I have had for years, but until I photographed it — and literally focused on it — I was surprisingly incurious about the fabric’s extremely crinkly texture. The bunny’s costume is made of a woven [...]
