Posts under ‘People doing cool things’

A few brief things, before I forget about them:

The call for papers for Textilforum 2010 is now available. Workshop proposals are due by 15 April; the deadline for regular presentations is 2 May.
A friend sent me a link for high-resolution tapestry weaving with images by various artists. The technology involved is quite impressive.

Hrim Schola was [...]

Somehow the three-day weekend has completely gotten away from me. Here it is, Sunday afternoon, and all the things I was going to do are undone. I read a novel, and played games on the computer, and watched Criminal Minds, and chatted with friends and enjoyed Irish music. I guess that’s what people do on [...]

Sheep sculptures made from rotary telephones by artist Jean-Luc Cornec. More.

Nobody came as a Viking Princess, and I’m very grateful. The cat costumes were the best – don’t they look realistic?

The humans had some fun too.

More photos, but I’m afraid the only shot of me is a really awful computer pic from before we left.

Feeling left out because Ravelry is for knitters (even though there are weavers there – the first thing I did was set up a tablet weaving forum)? Not interested in recording your needle sizes? Try Weavolution. Looms, drafts, sett, but also the old standbys of projects and forums. Give it a whirl – I’d love [...]

The announcement for the European Textile Forum (or Textilforum) has been circulating on various relevant email lists. It will take place in the Openlucht-Museum Eindhoven, 8th to 13th September 2009. The call for papers is open until 25th of May.
Katrin Kania writes, in the email announcement:

We’re having a textile event in Eindhoven in September this [...]

The nearby town of Huntingdon holds a Mayfest every year, on the last weekend of April. They have a time-travelling sort of theme, with Renaissance, Rev and Civil wars, and more modern eras of US history.

This year the local SCA group provided a bit of historical flavor for the Renaissance section (though we did [...]

Jenny Dean is doing a series of articles on Anglo-Saxon dyeing, with pretty pictures (Part 1, Part 2).
I’ve been doing some modern dyeing, but for a Viking purpose: much more of the insane silk for a larger project. I want to end up with enough for the front of an apron dress. I’m thinking, [...]

The story of Susan Boyle is making the rounds – even hit CNN today – but I’m posting it here anyway, just because.
Go watch this, then read that.
(Do resist the urge to look away and watch the whole video.)

I’m in awe of the herd dogs, actually.