Aprons and Image
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| Sometimes an opportunity for a textile image comes along which is magnificent. But unposed, unrehearsed….just sitting there. This heavy rope has been left outside on a deck to gather moss and other plant life. A fantastic example of nature and the human hand creating something together. | |
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Here I’ve been making aprons again, this time for my mother. She gets cupcakes in brights. I didn’t leave my husband out either and you can see here that he actually wore it for a BBQ. It had the appropriate racing cars on it. Of course they were the wrong type of cars of interest as they all look the same to me…I don’t think I’d have any luck finding drag cars on fabric, it’s just too specialised. Like many of us I’m always surfing the net looking for weaving eye candy. Thanks to Fibrescape I found this wonderful link to weaving classes at Penland School of Crafts. The dyeing of the yarns made a great difference to the woven textiles for these weavers. Colour just makes everything more exciting especially for beginners. |
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| Dave in BBQ mode | |
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A couple of years ago a friend and I met for coffee, around the time of my birthday. She handed me a wrapped parcel which I opened eagerly- peeking into the side of the packet, I saw three fabrics, folded hemmed edges, and straps- “aprons?” I squealed, delighted. “You made me aprons!!”. You should have seen the look on the face of the twenty-something male waiter standing near our table!!
I love your aprons!
And I love the photograph. When I first saw it I had my page zoomed in at 200%. It was such a ‘wow’ factor also only being able to view less than 1/2 of it at once. At first it reminded me of an oil painting (I had done!) then a grassy knoll then some place in Africa or some wild and foreign plant perhaps with snow…I just cxouldnt believe it was rope. Fabulous photo. Make a poster of it and sell it on Etsy. I’ll buy.
That rope is amazing, beautiful, and inevitable. You have a good eye to capture it.