Now for my boring warp

My new warp is a double warp with silver metallic thread and over dyed silk that was part of an old warp we separated and am using a section of it. i am hoping to do pick up on this warp and maybe a play with padded pleats. perhaps there will be enough left on the warp to do some more playing with gold leaf as well on a small sample. Now Melly tell me why do I always end up with PINK??

Mell's new warp

Double warp rayon, what are you thinking Melly? Pleats ? I can't wait to see it woven I think the amazing silver thread should weave beautifully.

Monofiloment Roses

Experimenting with monofiloment for large installation, what do you think Melly ?

Being attacked from the book shelves!

Its not safe in working on the computer at the moment, his favorite spot is the book shelf behind my head!!

Feathers from Photios Brothers

We discovered a fantastic place yesterday in Sydney - Photios Brothers . We´d heard of it before but never been and it is truly amazing! 16 000 individual stock items! They sell trimmings for everything but I was enamoured by their feathers, as I have been thinking about fur and feathers for some cloths. So here´s what i came away with (though it´s not enough - now I just want to get more!). Renata was the lovely person who served us and it turns out that she is a stunning artist too - she showed us some of her amazing bead encrusted peaces - wonderful to find another kindred spirit!

 Ostrich feathers - can´t wait to weave these!

 This colour didn´t quite come out - it´s more of an olive colour.

 I looove these ones! And there are others with more of a deep red russet colour on the tips - my next purchase!

 Elegant pheasant feathers - need some fur to go with them I think. They had a whole range of these dyed which were very tempting so I think they bare some experimenting.

For the fur I´m after, I think that I´ll try to find an alpaca pelt - what do you think?
--mel

Golden Goodness

The undulating warp is off! And very shiny!

 This is metalic leaf on paper that I cut into strips. I made about a metre of it so there is plenty to play with.

 And the reverse side.

 Now this just makes me giddy! This is the gold thread that we bought at Peppergreen´s last year. It feels amazing and makes me very excited!

And this is the reverse. I only did about 30cm of this one so I´ll have to be a bit more careful with it.

And I found this little gem in an antique shop today - a little out of my price range at $1400.

--mel

It´s Lacroix!

My friend Helen showed me two pieces of her Lacroix - beautiful!

 This print is from a silk shirt from the early 1980s. The silk was devine - it was like liquid! And the colours were stunning - so beautiful!

 This is from a quilt cover set - I love the designs of the embroidery - so Lacroix!

--mel