Thursday, April 22, 2010

a piece of paper, a loom warped with cotton woven with spun lokta color courtesy of rust.
samples of lokta shifu with other stuff happening: watercolor pencil, magic thread, indigo thread, walnut, rust, hollyhock dyes, letterpress.
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11 comments:

  1. judeApril 22, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    oh. something amazing is happening here.

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  2. neki desuApril 22, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    i like the ruggedness of shifu weaving

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  3. mjcApril 22, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    Beautiful! (And now wondering what magic thread is).

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  4. aimeeApril 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    oh, wonderful!!! little bits of magic everywhere. i love what is spilling out of your studio.

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  5. grace Forrest~MaestasApril 22, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    the Velma Book
    i read the story on HandEye four times so far.

    i can't imagine how you must feel.

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  6. Velma BolyardApril 22, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    pretty amazed. did you see aimee's piece, too?

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  7. ShiborigirlApril 22, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    amazing...velma. i have a confession to make- emailing you separately...

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  8. Velma BolyardApril 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM

    really?!!!

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  9. Jeana MarieApril 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM

    Velma, it's a great article! And the shifu is delightful...I do especially like the letterpress effect.

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  10. Joei Rhode IslandApril 22, 2010 at 10:06 PM

    It is a great article...congratulations that they recognize your wonderful work.

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  11. Velma BolyardApril 23, 2010 at 5:50 AM

    thanks again--jeana i hope to do more of this, however it does damage the wood type, lokta is tough!

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