I finally got that bag of clippings from Misfits vegetables out of the freezer to make stock. Added salt, olive oil, simmered quite a while.
Then I strained out the exhausted veggies, and strained the liquid once again, through fabric, in case of grit, you never know.
I tasted it and it's much like the vegetable stock I've bought from Misfits readymade. So I got a couple of quarts ready for soup. I've been meaning and forgetting to do this for ages.
In between bouts of sneezing, something flinging new pollen around, despite wearing a mask for walking, I've managed a bit of stitching. The beginning of the trapunto work.
A local friend says these are sculptures and I should say so. I've avoided the word, from experience of nonart people being put off by arty words and not enjoying the works. We'll see.
Friend C. of embroiderers' guild days, sent me a wonderful link to a fiber related online magazine, Tatter. I spent a while on the essays in volume 1 and was very impressed.
Here it is
We are coming into soup season here too. Cooler days mean hot soups in my book. Soup stock is a great place to start!
ReplyDeleteI've knit slippers and crocheted slippers, but never woven a pair. One crocheted pair I made my uncle he brought back years later to be resoled. I put on a double sole.
ReplyDeleteThose rag slippers look intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI love the eyes on the new doll face. She's showing some personality already. Since winter is coming on having vegetable broth in the freezer is as good as money in the bank!
ReplyDeleteInteresting way to make slippers. I imagine they must be comfortable to wear.
ReplyDeleteI love how you study techniques and then make them your very own, thus creating art in ways from textiles to cooking.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I've never been one for following linear processes.
Deletethis new doll looks to be bigger than the previous ones judging by the size of the face compared to your hand showing on the edge of the hoop. the rag slippers are interesting. makes me realize, again, how wasteful we are as a society.
ReplyDeleteThe face area is delineated inside there. In order to have room to stitch you always use a bigger area in a hoop. At this point the outline of the face is hard to detect in pictures.
DeleteI like the the plan for new slippers, to use up scraps.
I forgot to say this is a flattened image. Once the head is assembled, the facial area will look smaller, because it will be 3D.
DeleteNice sculpture - what will be the end product? Framed? Pillow? A head?
ReplyDeleteIt's another in the series of figures.
DeleteThat's a new-to-me magazine which I will definitely check out. Looking forward to the evolution of the latest doll - so far it looks very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI think you would like Tatter. Lot of interesting thinking as well as ideas.
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