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ravenmade

Mar 16, 20172 min read

Things Textiley in Greece: Fibres and Fabrics - Old and New

Goats on the road, every afternoon - milking time. The huge variety of goat cheeses and other dairy products was a gourmet's delight...

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ravenmade

Mar 13, 20172 min read

Things Textiley in Greece: Peloponnese Peninsula Traditional Costumes

Vocha, Corinthia, Greece, early 20th century Layers of wool and cotton heavily embroidered. Silver ornament. Belesi, Argolid, Greece,...

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ravenmade

Mar 9, 20171 min read

Greece in Winter - 2016 Family Holiday

We looked up We looked down We climbed We looked up We looked down We climbed We walked and walked And once some of us ran - on the first...

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ravenmade

Mar 6, 20172 min read

Things Textiley in Greece - 12 Parts of the Greek Evzone Guard Uniform

Here is one of those pesky tourists standing beside one of the famed Greek Evzone - guards of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the...

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ravenmade

Feb 6, 20171 min read

Colour Studies in the Green Shed Studio

Backyard Project posts have dominated my blog lately and you may be wondering if I am ever in my studio. To answer the question - Yes. I...

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ravenmade

Jan 12, 20171 min read

National Museum of Women in the Arts - No Man's Land

Magdalena Abakanowicz, '4 Seated Figures,' 2002. Burlap, resin and iron rods. 'No Man's Land: ( here for the online exhibition. ) was...

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ravenmade

Dec 21, 20162 min read

Visiting Washington DC Museums - Textile Museum, Renwick, National Museum of Women in the Arts

After attending the Textile Society of America Symposium in Savannah Ingrid and I flew up to Washington DC with the intention of checking...

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ravenmade

Dec 19, 20162 min read

Textile Society of America 15th Biennial Symposium

Textile Society of America Symposium 2016 The opening reception was held at the SCAD Museum of Art scad.edu/museum On a balmy evening,...

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ravenmade

Dec 16, 20161 min read

SCAD Fiber Department Tour continues

The Sewing Machine Studio Students learn to work with electronic, digitised machines... ...and old-school machines for sewing, knitting,...

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ravenmade

Dec 13, 20161 min read

Textile Society of America Symposium 2016

Textile Society of America Symposium 2016 The Textile Society of America 15th biennial symposium was held in Savannah Georgia in 2016....

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ravenmade

Nov 22, 20162 min read

Carol Soderlund Workshop - 'TRUE COLORS: Developing a Personal Palette'

Carol's samples of dyed fabric using different sets of primary colours. In the fall I attended a Carol Soderlund workshop at the ...

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ravenmade

Nov 12, 20161 min read

Articulation's 2016 Study Session in Gimli

First stop out of Winnipeg on the way to Gimli was at Arnason's Icelandic Horse Farm. One of the few places in the world outside Iceland...

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ravenmade

Nov 8, 20161 min read

Articulation's 2016 Study Session

This year Articulation members collected in Winnipeg Manitoba to begin their annual 2016 Study Session. Winnipeg has wonderful artwork on...

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ravenmade

Nov 5, 20161 min read

Teasels - a cloth worker's tool.

This year's teasel harvest I refreshed the teasels at the front door. This is my shingle. elserine is a weaver. During a Vancouver...

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ravenmade

Oct 12, 20163 min read

'Earth Repair' - 3 Years Later

2014 3 years 3 months after the emergency while living outside wrapped around the Indian plum I brought the 3 afternoon tea cloths...

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ravenmade

Oct 8, 20162 min read

'Earth Repair' - the Beginings

'Earth Repair' began as a response to what I considered to be an emergency situation. March 11, 2011 - quoting from my journal -...

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ravenmade

Oct 5, 20162 min read

'Earth Repair' Makes it into the World of Threads Festival 2016

Lesley Turner, 'Earth Repair' 36" x 35"/92 x 89 cm, 2011 - ongoing, embroidered (anonymous) vintage cotton afternoon tea cloth, leaf...

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ravenmade

Sep 15, 20161 min read

Sprinkle Dyeing and Sun Printing Results

Here are my results from a day out in the sun sprinkle dyeing and sun printing. This fabric had previously been dyed and still needed...

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ravenmade

Sep 12, 20161 min read

Sprinkle Dyeing and Sun Printing at VISA, Victoria

During a Mark Makers' summer residency at the Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) website we decided to take advantage of the...

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ravenmade

Aug 31, 20162 min read

Fun with Fibre...Cloth & Wood - An Annual Art Group Exhibition at Tulista Gallery

Dale MacEwan email - dalemac@telus.net Each year, around June, a group of 5 local artists install an exhibition in the Community Art...

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