Posts by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #AXXlivYL9lEaScKGAK by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-09T12:02:14Z
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Watercolour sketch looking across The Backs to King's College Chapel.#WorldWatercolourMonth #watercolour #EnPleinAir #Sketching
(DIR) Post #AXY2G5phYTMTANHbZA by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-10T10:07:30Z
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@grammargirl I so wish my school had taught us about this! As it was they were in a phase of not really even doing times tables, and they never even mentioned number bonds - my Mam had to show me those, and chant times tables with me on the way to school.I sometimes think that the whole idea of maths education in the seventies was to make it harder, and remove all aids.And yet every mathematician I know has a whole array of tricks and shortcuts, and uses them All The Time!
(DIR) Post #AXYSuOgDV0c20jj2w4 by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-10T15:06:03Z
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@grammargirl That was Old Fashioned Rote Learning and was very much not a thing. I wish it had been, not least as memory training!
(DIR) Post #AXcw5v1EKUmZ6Pz0Do by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-12T17:49:52Z
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I have a challenge before me. The main Amarna pieces consist of two large panels, colour-blocked and "spotted" with embroideries representing stories, finds or people from the book "Nefertiti Lived Here". This will have overlays of gauze showing the heads of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, but importantly, I want the overlays not to touch the embroidery, and to be removable.So how can I attach the overlays? Or how can I mount them (as unobtrusively as possible, not with a great heavy frame) so that they are easy for the viewer to "open" away, or haul out of the way, or something?Ideas? Advice? Engineering suggestions? #DreamsOfAmarna #MountingMyWork
(DIR) Post #AXcxsWSGXviZ3wMuqu by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-12T19:11:58Z
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@penguin42 The main embroideries are mounted on wood - are there magnets strong enough to work through two inches of beech that are weak enough for a human to break the connection?
(DIR) Post #AXd35dcXiOCEp2FUeG by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-07-12T20:10:22Z
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@penguin42 @kw217 That sounds better. I've spent twenty years on these and glue makes me nervous!
(DIR) Post #AZ8YUUskStILgTQYIS by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-08-26T21:56:19Z
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I'm reading up on #Aethelflaed, and the author keeps referring to her shaping of the Midlands. Brought up in Chester, I've always thought of myself as a northern lass, and I keep being knocked off my balance.Mind you, my Geordie mother agrees with the author!
(DIR) Post #AZ8agEbj00JkaoBnCC by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-08-26T23:14:56Z
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@penguin42 it's only this book has taught me how much I think of myself as Northern! Colour me surprised...
(DIR) Post #AcSncYliZsK8JW0D4q by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-04T09:25:12Z
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Shadow Play: An experiment today for the #ArtAdventCalendar. I was playing with screen prints on gauze (for my #DreamsOfAmarna overlays) and then tried to get a variety of shadows with embroidery.#HandEmbroidery #Embroidery #ArtistsLife #AlwaysLearning
(DIR) Post #AcVXguyGxJAyXVoJtY by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-05T11:08:55Z
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And this time, a #gouache for #ArtAdventCalendar."Sanderling at rest", a memory of a lovely holiday on the Scottish canals.#Painting
(DIR) Post #AcXgfdv89TiLGujB68 by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-06T09:25:11Z
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Kitten in a basket, in #gouache, for the #ArtAdventCalendar.I chased tones and hues round and around, and sat back, and there was the kitten!#Painting
(DIR) Post #AcbxMnM6Da41U61Nz6 by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-08T12:23:51Z
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Today's #ArtAdventCalendar : Low Tide, River Deben.I wasn't happy with this when I'd it, but now it's my favourite sketch of that weekend!#watercolours #PleinAirPainting
(DIR) Post #Ace6xdjwDdEmHSjeoC by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-09T12:30:46Z
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For the #ArtAdventCalendar today, "Cliffs in Katherine Gorge", in #gouache. Another hot, sunny day!#Painting
(DIR) Post #AcfMVmzs07kvJ5tBUO by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-10T10:03:09Z
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A #watercolour for #ArtAdventCalendar today. This is a stand of trees in #BirkenheadPark on a bright Autumn day.#painting
(DIR) Post #AcuTxUiUHuSfG7dFgW by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-17T10:08:48Z
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A little Christmas tree for Gaudete Sunday..#ArtAdventCalendar #watercolour
(DIR) Post #AcwUycJa0mp1Nu06hU by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2023-12-18T17:48:30Z
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For the #ArtAdventCalendar, a spring/summer scene: "Bodnant In Bloom", in #gouache.Exhibited and sold earlier this year. #painting #art
(DIR) Post #AdVJYm9IoPPwUoPHXc by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2024-01-04T13:15:01Z
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I need to make, or have made, some strong, stiff, light frames for the gauze overlays. The current suggestion is to use some steel with an incomplete square cross section, and then find some way to attach the gauze.Can anyone suggest solutions to either of these challenges?I'm in the north west of the UK, near to Liverpool.#MakingChallenge #PreparingToDisplay
(DIR) Post #AdVLZ2wcZCRwUijRzs by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2024-01-04T14:12:11Z
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@penguin42 @amcewen Not yet. I'm trying to gather a few places to try!
(DIR) Post #B2TNNWdLiwxIkZAX5c by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2026-01-20T09:40:46Z
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Since my blog is catching up with my stitching, I thought I would revisit Stella's Birds..The inspirations are Elizabeth Goudge's book, "Gentian Hill", medieval imagery and Mountmellick embroidery.That's quite a lot to juggle, isn't it!#HandEmbroidery #StellasBirds #MountmellickEmbroidery
(DIR) Post #B2Tq8Oq5Jqt6u1GWSe by virtuosew@mathstodon.xyz
2026-01-20T12:12:32Z
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@nanook My process is iterative, too. I do a lot of rough, separate sketches, and try to learn the shape of the line I want. What you see here is the endpoint of that process.But not the end of the work, because this is a design for embroidery!