Collage

Collage:

Unusual designs from everyday materials

Marshall Cavendish Publications Ltd. 1976

edited by Linda Doeser

ISBN 0856851604

Posted By: Sam

Coffee Dress

I spiced up a donated dress (thanks Katie D!) with stove top coffee appliqué. 

A fun project - in fact I'm on the hunt for more basic sweaters and dresses to add to. Similar to the potholders I did a while back

Maybe a tomato soup dress next?

Posted By: Sam

Kitchen Alley

This piece is partially inspired by my kitchen window.  We live beside a small vinegar factory but I've only smelt vinegar once since we've lived here.  Lots of people stroll along our alley and I always seem to be peering out at them.

Posted by: Sara

Node

I came across this series of Nepalese made carpets on Duduá just now.

(I don't know if I ever shared these photographs of a visit to my old studio from Alicia, the owner of  Duduá)

A bit about Node

and taken from how we make our carpets :

"We produce our carpets entirely by hand using age old and natural Tibetan carpet making techniques. All our carpets are made from bales of pure Tibetan wool. It is hand spun into thread, hand dyed with natural and non-polluting dyes, and then hand-knotted on our looms into carpet. We worked with Satyendra and the design team and found a way to convert our digital designs into carpets on the loom using graphs."

Some pics of carpets and the process of creation available at the Design Museum Shop.

(the first one by Jon Klassen is my favorite)

(All photographs via Node and the Design Museum Shop)

and design your own rug?

Posted By: Sam

Construction

Completed!

12" x 15.75"

cross stitch on 14 count aida cloth

Posted By: Sam

Monday

Coffee keeping warm in the morning sun.

posted by: Sara

Dark and Snowy

Working inside my dark studio on a snowy day.  It's nice to see snow in Denver.

Posted by: Sara