Fiber Musings – Page 85 – Random thoughts of a fiber enthusiast – mostly fiber related, sometimes coherent

Pulp Fashion

On 3 Jun, 2011

I finally made it to the Legion of Honor yesterday to see Isabelle de Borchgrave‘s Pulp Fashion exhibit. All I can say is, “Wow. Wow. Wow!” Her body of work is absolutely amazing, as is her attention to detail.

In one dress, she hand painted in the lines for a pin striped walking dress. The stripes are about 1mm wide and 3mm part. For the entire dress! The pleats. The flounces. Wow. I was just blown away.

For the fichus and other lacework, she painted in the lace designs on photo lens cleaning paper (in giant sheets) and then carefully cut into the paper with a scalpel. Absolutely divine.

Hurry. The exhibit has been extended through June 12th. There’s one more week to view this fabulous collection. I don’t believe it’s being shown anywhere else in the US.

Pulp Fashion
The Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park, San Francisco
Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 am – 5:15 pm

Red Bobbin

By Ann

On 30 Apr, 2011

In Sketch, Spin

A drawing (watercolor pencil) of the first bobbin of the merino/silk from The Artful Ewe, instead of the usual, but oh-so-boring, photo.

Take a look at Elizabeth Perry‘s woolgathering for her daily sketch journal. It’s full of every day things but so inspirational.

Reds!

By Ann

On 27 Apr, 2011

In Spin

As I mentioned before, I am thoroughly sick of teal. In fact, I was looking at someone’s absolutely gorgeous yarn last week, but it triggered an almost gag reflect. Yup. It was teal. Definitely time to work with another color!

While I was up on Whidbey for the Spin-In, I dug around for something to spin and came across some merino/silk dyed by Heidi at The Artful Ewe. I have no idea when I purchased it, but it was perfect. I needed something other than teal to play with. I’m not sure how much I had but probably somewhere between 4-6 oz. I’m spinning it to my usual lace weight, with nothing in particular in mind.

Once I returned home, I looked in my stash and found several more 4 oz. braids of assorted reds in merino/silk, cashmere/silk, and camel/silk *. The common elements are red and silk (and they are all from Jen at Spirit Trail Fiberworks). That’s all I need!

Plan is to spin them all into 2 ply lace weight and then weave them together into a scarf, shawl, stole — something rectangular and light. I’ll likely use 3 of the colors as warp and 1 as weft.

I also want to try something Sharon Alderman showed us in our workshop last month, which is to wind the warp with all three as a bundle and then thread them in randomly within the bundle.

Don’t hold your breath. This may take a while. Perhaps, if I’m lucky, you’ll see it in the SOAR gallery come October…if I’m really, really lucky.

* Disclaimer: There are probably more reds in the stash but those were what I found without spending a lot of time looking.