ravenmade
Mar 16, 20172 min read
Things Textiley in Greece: Fibres and Fabrics - Old and New
Goats on the road, every afternoon - milking time. The huge variety of goat cheeses and other dairy products was a gourmet's delight...
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ravenmade
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Things Textiley in Greece: Peloponnese Peninsula Traditional Costumes
Vocha, Corinthia, Greece, early 20th century Layers of wool and cotton heavily embroidered. Silver ornament. Belesi, Argolid, Greece,...
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ravenmade
Mar 9, 20171 min read
Greece in Winter - 2016 Family Holiday
We looked up We looked down We climbed We looked up We looked down We climbed We walked and walked And once some of us ran - on the first...
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ravenmade
Mar 6, 20172 min read
Things Textiley in Greece - 12 Parts of the Greek Evzone Guard Uniform
Here is one of those pesky tourists standing beside one of the famed Greek Evzone - guards of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the...
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ravenmade
Feb 6, 20171 min read
Colour Studies in the Green Shed Studio
Backyard Project posts have dominated my blog lately and you may be wondering if I am ever in my studio. To answer the question - Yes. I...
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ravenmade
Jan 12, 20171 min read
National Museum of Women in the Arts - No Man's Land
Magdalena Abakanowicz, '4 Seated Figures,' 2002. Burlap, resin and iron rods. 'No Man's Land: Â ( here for the online exhibition. ) was...
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ravenmade
Dec 21, 20162 min read
Visiting Washington DC Museums - Textile Museum, Renwick, National Museum of Women in the Arts
After attending the Textile Society of America Symposium in Savannah Ingrid and I flew up to Washington DC with the intention of checking...
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ravenmade
Dec 19, 20162 min read
Textile Society of America 15th Biennial Symposium
Textile Society of America Symposium 2016 The opening reception was held at the SCAD Museum of Art scad.edu/museum On a balmy evening,...
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ravenmade
Dec 16, 20161 min read
SCAD Fiber Department Tour continues
The Sewing Machine Studio Students learn to work with electronic, digitised machines... ...and old-school machines for sewing, knitting,...
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ravenmade
Dec 13, 20161 min read
Textile Society of America Symposium 2016
Textile Society of America Symposium 2016 The Textile Society of America 15th biennial symposium was held in Savannah Georgia in 2016....
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ravenmade
Nov 22, 20162 min read
Carol Soderlund Workshop - 'TRUE COLORS: Developing a Personal Palette'
Carol's samples of dyed fabric using different sets of primary colours. In the fall I attended a Carol Soderlund  workshop at the ...
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ravenmade
Nov 12, 20161 min read
Articulation's 2016 Study Session in Gimli
First stop out of Winnipeg on the way to Gimli was at Arnason's Icelandic Horse Farm. One of the few places in the world outside Iceland...
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ravenmade
Nov 8, 20161 min read
Articulation's 2016 Study Session
This year Articulation members collected in Winnipeg Manitoba to begin their annual 2016 Study Session. Winnipeg has wonderful artwork on...
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ravenmade
Nov 5, 20161 min read
Teasels - a cloth worker's tool.
This year's teasel harvest I refreshed the teasels at the front door. This is my shingle. elserine is a weaver. During a Vancouver...
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ravenmade
Oct 12, 20163 min read
'Earth Repair' - 3 Years Later
2014 3 years 3 months after the emergency while living outside wrapped around the Indian plum I brought the 3 afternoon tea cloths...
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ravenmade
Oct 8, 20162 min read
'Earth Repair' - the Beginings
'Earth Repair' began as a response to what I considered to be an emergency situation. March 11, 2011 - quoting from my journal -...
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ravenmade
Oct 5, 20162 min read
'Earth Repair' Makes it into the World of Threads Festival 2016
Lesley Turner, 'Earth Repair' 36" x 35"/92 x 89 cm, 2011 - ongoing, embroidered (anonymous) vintage cotton afternoon tea cloth, leaf...
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ravenmade
Sep 15, 20161 min read
Sprinkle Dyeing and Sun Printing Results
Here are my results from a day out in the sun sprinkle dyeing and sun printing. This fabric had previously been dyed and still needed...
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ravenmade
Sep 12, 20161 min read
Sprinkle Dyeing and Sun Printing at VISA, Victoria
During a Mark Makers' summer residency at the Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) website  we decided to take advantage of the...
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ravenmade
Aug 31, 20162 min read
Fun with Fibre...Cloth & Wood - An Annual Art Group Exhibition at Tulista Gallery
Dale MacEwan email - dalemac@telus.net Each year, around June, a group of 5 local artists install an exhibition in the Community Art...
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