Helena Hernmarck was the featured weaver on yesterday's Tea and Textiles. Sadly, her own audio was so low I could scarcely hear a word, though the host, from another location, this being Zoom, was perfectly audible.
So I have no commentary, other than to say she's Swedish, a tapestry weaver, who makes enormous works intended for public buildings, some covering the wall and extending right across the ceiling.
Anyway here's a couple of images of her work.
Aside from the tablet pillow, which is working fine in bed, too, I made a good dinner.
What's left is going to be a second dinner today as filling for pasties, using the last of the pasty dough.
Audiobook to sleep by last night was The Grand Sophy, a great old favorite and one that doesn't get into my dreams disturbingly.
I had to discontinue Charles Todd at night because it turned into nightmares. Todd is now daytime listening.
Storms have passed for now, and I've been spared watering my outside plants. Indoors, it's just as well I took that picture of the maranta flower, since it lasted one day. Evidently the foliage continues to be the main event.
Tempus fugit
We're waiting on my daughter to meet up for breakfast and that skillet made me realize I am hungry!
ReplyDeleteIt smelled great. I think it's the mushrooms.
DeleteToo bad about the audio - if it was a live presentation someone should have told her and perhaps she could have rectified it. Either way the images were worth seeing. Your skillet dinner looks like something I would love.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that they're amateur Zoomers who think the computer mike is going to be good enough. You can't fix that even if they get closer to the screen. They need freestanding mikes and the ones who know that are great. The others are pretty hopeless!
DeleteThey are live. But there's no use the host asking them to fix it. They can't. Not equipped.
Deletepretty impressive tapestries, weaving. did you parboil the potatoes first?
ReplyDeleteI made a point of giving her name because her work is world-class, and you can check her out online. Worth following up.
DeleteI usually microwave potatoes about five minutes, so they're nearly done but won't fall apart in the rest of the cooking. Yellow potatoes, they don't have a brand name, are particularly good for this. I don't peel them ahead. When you take them out of the microwave, the skins practically fall off.
I read a lot of Georgette Heyer's historical fiction when I was a teen.
ReplyDeleteShe was a terrific researcher, and her historical work shows it. Her regency romances though much lighter and very funny, are underpinned by solid knowledge. I think that's why they hold up.
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