Weaving so far...

A few photo's of my favourite peices that I have created so far...



dip-dyeing my yarns (red and white onion skin and turmeric)


hanging them up to dry. beautiful colours.


mossy bobble sample from my first warp


off the loom


another angle


evenly spaced loops of rope


uneven rope loops


warp number two...ready to go!


twisted rope from warp two


side angle


close up front. This was perhaps my favourite peice that I did this week, I'm dying to try it out with much larger rope.


twisted un-spun wool


and another angle


third warp...creeping vine ropes


second angle


and finally....a quiet pajama and soup night.

Un Petit Francais

I took a tiny little trip to Paris, which is why I haven't updated for a while. I do have alot of photographs of my work to post however, so they should trickle in over the next few days.

But first, Paris photo's (not all, because there were over 300, so here's the top 10%)


pompidou centre...




...on top of the pompidou centre...a distant eiffel tower


our tired feet


the sex shop below the hotel


day two...our bus tour of paris














it was a very cold day, hence the slightly cross looking faces


the alignment of my hands is wrong, but it had to be done!


a notre dame bell-tower


gargoyle


the breath-taking interior of notre dame...








i absolutely love the reflection of stained glass


odd colouration, i tried to show how vivid the rainbow was, we could see it right to the end on both ends...fascinating.


colourful, vibrant and bohemian latin quarter


our last day was spent at the louvre...wonderful collection of art.


we saw the mona lisa...


...and laughed at the people crowding around it. it didn't impress me.


this unusual stairway caught my eye


we also looked around the apartments of napoleon the third. i was taken with how regal it was.

More moss...

I took another walk today. It was such a nice day, I meant to make it much longer and have a little explore, but I had more pressing things to do, such as fill up this giant sketchbook!
I saw a Sparrowhawk. He was sat on a gravestone just feet away. He winked at me then flew into a tree before I could grab my camera to capture him. It was nice though, I love nature, even if it was just a little graveyard in a city.
Well, I ought to get back to my painting...













Aside from moss, I also noticed two other strange things...


I thought this tree looked alot like a bone...


...and this tree had falled over entirely.