I may be a (very) slow adopter, but once I adopt, watch out!
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Sep 20, 2011
Sep 19, 2011
Frances and I @ Knit August Nights 2
Just had to repost this pic of myself and the very talented Frances of Spindles by Sourkraut at KAN2 - totally without permission but I think the fantastic photographer and KAN organiser Maree won't mind...
I ended up buying that drop spindle I'm holding (the whorl is made from maire I think, will check) and an equally beautiful kauri nostepinne . Frances' woodturning craft skills are amazing - it's the most beautiful spindle I own and I ended up spinning some Wabi Sabi Fibres alpaca with it all during KAN.
(note to self: post pics of KAN stash enhancement...)
I ended up buying that drop spindle I'm holding (the whorl is made from maire I think, will check) and an equally beautiful kauri nostepinne . Frances' woodturning craft skills are amazing - it's the most beautiful spindle I own and I ended up spinning some Wabi Sabi Fibres alpaca with it all during KAN.
(note to self: post pics of KAN stash enhancement...)
Sep 12, 2011
Wabi Sabi Fibres update
Hi everyone!
Long time no see! All my fault, sorry :( That pesky M.Arch. thesis has taken over my life unfortunately, but only 10 weeks to go on that hopefully.
I recent went to Napier to partake in Knit August Nights 2 which was fantastic again thanks to all the hard work of Maree and her crew, and all the fabulous participants, teachers and market folk.
I've been doing a bit of dyeing lately, with some great new fibre bases. Romney, Perendale, Merino/Alpaca/Silk/Angora, Suri Alpaca... mmmm
I'm going to be at the Wigram Spinners and Weavers Day this coming weekend - I'll be one of the traders. Here are the details:
Make sure you come and say hi if you make it to the market :)
Long time no see! All my fault, sorry :( That pesky M.Arch. thesis has taken over my life unfortunately, but only 10 weeks to go on that hopefully.
I recent went to Napier to partake in Knit August Nights 2 which was fantastic again thanks to all the hard work of Maree and her crew, and all the fabulous participants, teachers and market folk.
Images from the WSF KAN2 market stall
I've been doing a bit of dyeing lately, with some great new fibre bases. Romney, Perendale, Merino/Alpaca/Silk/Angora, Suri Alpaca... mmmm
I'm going to be at the Wigram Spinners and Weavers Day this coming weekend - I'll be one of the traders. Here are the details:
17 September 2011 - Hei Hei Community Centre, Wycola Ave, Hei Hei - Map LinkThere will be a raffle too which will be Pick of the Table from products donated by all the traders present. The raffle will be drawn around 3pm.
Trading will be open to the public from 10am until 4:30pm
Education Classes will be Morning classes - 9am to 12 noon, Afternoon 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
Make sure you come and say hi if you make it to the market :)
Jul 5, 2011
Jun 25, 2011
Appreciating designers
Recently I read Simon Garfield's "book about fonts", Just My Type.
It was just the right blend of fact and narrative for reading at night before bed and I was a little sad that it had to end. However, Just My Type has had one lasting effect - I can't go anywhere or do anything without taking stock of the font designs and choices around me and contemplate what they say about the entity/business/person who created them and, more to the point, employed them in this sign, or that menu, or that blog...
Design (both capital D Design and lowercase d design) is ubiquitous. Mostly we don't (and some would argue, shouldn't) notice the role design plays in our daily lives, until we come up against something poorly designed. I have a teapot that I love aesthetically, but functionally it's a dud (it drips). I have a pair of shoes which squeak when I walk which annoys me no end because I put them on forgetting that they squeak. The touchscreen menu on my Samsung phone drives me nuts with its over- or under-sensitivity (and yes, I have tried innumerable times to calibrate it). However I almost never notice the wonderfully simple and elegant water carafe with the glass that inverts on top to keep dust and bugs out that sits on my desk (until I'm thirsty).
When I was an architecture school undergrad I used to spend literally DAYS on preparing my work for visual presentation. Days and days in a small, overheated, poorly ventilated computer studio staring at a large computer screen and trying to make the most of my (limited) 3dsMax and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills.
This time lapse film makes it all look so easy...
I wish I'd had those skills when I did these images...
(As a side note, notice the "woven" joists in the top image and "knitted" concrete wall in the bottom image? These are images from my final year design project for which I designed a facility for the Massey University textile design programme.)
Um, so, what was my point again? Oh, that's right. Appreciate designers in our world. Appreciate the good ones more than the lesser (I'm not an advocate of medals for turning up), but encourage appreciation of the conscious effort to make good things. How? Post about good design on your blog. Or message that designer you've always admired and simply say "Thank you for designing. I appreciate it."
It was just the right blend of fact and narrative for reading at night before bed and I was a little sad that it had to end. However, Just My Type has had one lasting effect - I can't go anywhere or do anything without taking stock of the font designs and choices around me and contemplate what they say about the entity/business/person who created them and, more to the point, employed them in this sign, or that menu, or that blog...
Design (both capital D Design and lowercase d design) is ubiquitous. Mostly we don't (and some would argue, shouldn't) notice the role design plays in our daily lives, until we come up against something poorly designed. I have a teapot that I love aesthetically, but functionally it's a dud (it drips). I have a pair of shoes which squeak when I walk which annoys me no end because I put them on forgetting that they squeak. The touchscreen menu on my Samsung phone drives me nuts with its over- or under-sensitivity (and yes, I have tried innumerable times to calibrate it). However I almost never notice the wonderfully simple and elegant water carafe with the glass that inverts on top to keep dust and bugs out that sits on my desk (until I'm thirsty).
When I was an architecture school undergrad I used to spend literally DAYS on preparing my work for visual presentation. Days and days in a small, overheated, poorly ventilated computer studio staring at a large computer screen and trying to make the most of my (limited) 3dsMax and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills.
This time lapse film makes it all look so easy...
I wish I'd had those skills when I did these images...
(As a side note, notice the "woven" joists in the top image and "knitted" concrete wall in the bottom image? These are images from my final year design project for which I designed a facility for the Massey University textile design programme.)
Um, so, what was my point again? Oh, that's right. Appreciate designers in our world. Appreciate the good ones more than the lesser (I'm not an advocate of medals for turning up), but encourage appreciation of the conscious effort to make good things. How? Post about good design on your blog. Or message that designer you've always admired and simply say "Thank you for designing. I appreciate it."
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