tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73123099559853815022024-03-19T02:13:22.418-07:00New Studio ThoughtsNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497504280891599705noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312309955985381502.post-88034907702622475152015-08-17T10:49:00.001-07:002015-08-17T10:50:10.194-07:00DYE CAMP 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Dye Camp- This is something I have been talking about trying for a while now, so here we go I have a location where we can stay overnight Friday through Sunday and work all day Saturday and part of the day Sunday. The location will be in Edwardsville, IL and the cost includes room and board. Its a rustic location with cabins steps away from the workspace, you’ll need to bring your sleeping bag. But the upside will be the s'mores and campfires as well as an amazing scenery. Additional cloth and items will be available for purchase that weekend in limited amounts, so if you want more of something please pre order. Please email me if you would like to sign up or have any questions nodesignstextiles@gmail.com</span></div>
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Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497504280891599705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312309955985381502.post-52276875842853193022013-10-08T15:05:00.002-07:002013-10-08T15:05:10.822-07:00Simple Life<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-2c2edaa7-9a10-73af-0ff4-04bec195b98f" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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This is 100% superwash merino wool alter ego in the colorway Firefly I think this will become socks. I love this color I had two skeins on yarn in my hand and my step-daughter picked this one, good choice Em.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NSwLMgRTqlfaG6gPGGEAg8t_okrqtE6AMd8mPBLwu78DBQ2g_FtW1mM4Ri_B9j2KO2qH81-sGJyhfR2T_gHsyMuKvvB8PFiijcaNShoDCUx4mtLpbH-W8MwRdfsjok_kkX2iobRMzwI/s1600/blog4-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0NSwLMgRTqlfaG6gPGGEAg8t_okrqtE6AMd8mPBLwu78DBQ2g_FtW1mM4Ri_B9j2KO2qH81-sGJyhfR2T_gHsyMuKvvB8PFiijcaNShoDCUx4mtLpbH-W8MwRdfsjok_kkX2iobRMzwI/s320/blog4-1.jpg" /></a>I work in another artist studio as an assistant one day a week. Yesterday after posting the blog for the day I went to her studio to work, I always grab my own sewing bag, I realized that my scissors are a very important tool. I am attached to these simple embroidery scissors they have been used for years, the tiny screw sometimes loosens and I have to retighten it but then they are perfect again. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">So while working yesterday I began to reflect as all artist do on my tools and materials. Yesterday I was ironing cloth for a project, and I thought about the new ironing board cover that I have it was new when it came to the studio and I do enjoy it, it is bright and cheerful, but it is the actual ironing board that I use that is under all the layers of covers and to most people looks like a plain old ironing board. The ironing board was my grandmothers, and the idea of having her ironing board that saw hours and hours of ironing now in me studio getting the same daily use, it made me smile and think about the new and old in the tools I have. I for instance could not live without my new iron, it shuts itself off, which is a good thing for me the sometimes forgetful one. I can lose track of time and all of my responsibilities while in the studio. So an iron that shuts itself off is a good thing. So here are some of the photos I took while ironing yesterday, I am constantly taking photos while I work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu70_VLS3_BMUIVJ7ypJceywhAAw82I-RcRipifpJOWhC7Dbbxuo4yh_M4wq_rpmGb6y4zgSJEqadevxtqfTtnflAQDfDHvkJ0GNuUp7XgM2jFEC7blrys3-o64XEvHJEExLi217p6Sy8/s1600/blog3-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu70_VLS3_BMUIVJ7ypJceywhAAw82I-RcRipifpJOWhC7Dbbxuo4yh_M4wq_rpmGb6y4zgSJEqadevxtqfTtnflAQDfDHvkJ0GNuUp7XgM2jFEC7blrys3-o64XEvHJEExLi217p6Sy8/s320/blog3-3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">So it has been a while but I have been a busy girl. I have been trying to better understand the process of posting a blog and of how I want to construct the post. I am going to try to post at least one image with a bit of text every day. </div><div class="MsoNormal">I learned to crochet a few months ago, I am in the still learning phase but I am understanding it more and more. So for the first project I grabbed some yarn from the stash shelf, yarn that had been there only a short time. One of my best friends and former boss, Andy, gave it to me as a bouquet for my thesis show in November of last year. It is Cascade Yarn Pima Tencel 50% Pima cotton 50% Tencel. So there were many beautiful colors and I made a bunch of circles out of it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal">I am still weaving away as well. I have completed two of the three towels that I have been working on at the loom. I am dreaming of what will go on the loom next. It could be one of a million things but I am thinking organically colored cotton scarves as transition pieces into the fall. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal">So off to the studio now, I have a full day ahead of me. </div><!--EndFragment--> <br />
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<!--EndFragment-->Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497504280891599705noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7312309955985381502.post-84635297303267900352010-06-23T10:45:00.000-07:002010-06-23T11:08:49.285-07:00So this is the first blog post, I have been thinking about doing this for a while. I finished a MFA (Masters of Fine Art) in Fibers about 1 month ago, and I have decided to document the journey that comes after graduate school. I am a textile artist, a weaver, stitcher, dyer, surface designer, I knit, crochet, spin and really I work with all things fiber. Life has changed a lot in the last month, the biggest has been renting a studio for myself at Orr Street studios. I have only begun to move in and most everything is in or set up the exact way I want it but I have been getting a lot of work done. In the first week I finished off a warp that has been on my loom for at least a year. I am already threading a new warp on, working through a lot of thoughts and ideas. I am really going back to the basics and thinking more about the interplay of threads.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6MmGlRhlHrwGcJEddHGD9P59Yh30kJI416yNmW-iVezVR43M7JtPmG-9iTyoBg-LwGNlffIB1ycDYb8EoHZG80TiM5SJ-sW3ln06hUlcDSku5rPyQsm_hSs6EYBchez9D3zbHdRUk9U/s1600/cloth+with+cones-blog.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6MmGlRhlHrwGcJEddHGD9P59Yh30kJI416yNmW-iVezVR43M7JtPmG-9iTyoBg-LwGNlffIB1ycDYb8EoHZG80TiM5SJ-sW3ln06hUlcDSku5rPyQsm_hSs6EYBchez9D3zbHdRUk9U/s320/cloth+with+cones-blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486031123080290514" /></a>So the first project off the loom is 6 kitchen towels I purchased a kit a few years ago to make these and I am in love with this yarn. The kit is from The Lunatic Fringe, and it is Fox Fiber cotton. The yarn was a dream to work with at the loom and the finished cloth is so soft. The fun thing about this yarn is how much the color changes in the wash. The colors deepen, and bloom out. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcWm3Nn5Y0pwuO0Jj1xI4rTwPPkKy59Gaan-Aq5vfgmtEdNAqfSyITn-QNLyUAXoZChh-kUUHPPgi8Cyns-gt2jgAweb6D3ztZKABK47A3JRF2PaD7dLLBuqsjCNilNgvKVJxgycr7n8/s1600/cloth-blog.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcWm3Nn5Y0pwuO0Jj1xI4rTwPPkKy59Gaan-Aq5vfgmtEdNAqfSyITn-QNLyUAXoZChh-kUUHPPgi8Cyns-gt2jgAweb6D3ztZKABK47A3JRF2PaD7dLLBuqsjCNilNgvKVJxgycr7n8/s320/cloth-blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486032506858911298" /></a>So now I have to iron, sew and cut apart the towels and stitch the hems. Then I will have 6 towels, I am thinking these first ones may be gifts, I am not sure yet. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpTvcDZhYq0IYNJpgKgxeXTSKTO2IDlki_cE1Zv02qZFuigkTnIIz86lf64HIbrX3sgS7vWCOfEo1674737EPZ1DGjrPjT7odNyTMSMIy0pNA_avqYhqfaGv9u9V7lxzMDcX6d3ecM6c/s1600/warp-blog.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpTvcDZhYq0IYNJpgKgxeXTSKTO2IDlki_cE1Zv02qZFuigkTnIIz86lf64HIbrX3sgS7vWCOfEo1674737EPZ1DGjrPjT7odNyTMSMIy0pNA_avqYhqfaGv9u9V7lxzMDcX6d3ecM6c/s320/warp-blog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486031944041388066" /></a>The next kit I am weaving up is bath towels again from The Lunatic Fringe. I wound off the warp Monday day and yesterday I slayed the reed and began threading the heddles. <br /><br />Hopefully today I will finish threading the loom and winding the warp on, I am looking forward to the weaving part. I am just trying to find my way however I can exploring new ideas and just working away. My best thoughts come when I have been working away.Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497504280891599705noreply@blogger.com0