sourcing weft yarns

from all the yellow-green silks dyed with carrot tops. think that the greener the better looking, don't you agree?

hopefully will start winding cones for the warp over the weekend.

i usually work the top down fist decide on the width length of the warp, then wind it. parallel to that operation i start either designing or using a design from my files and then do the threading and sleying

since the computer driven loom is occupied with a warp that needs debugging (still) i am going to be using the table loom so the design has to be relatively easy to hand lift.let's see how much i can simplify a turned taquetè. the good news about this loom is that since it's 80 cms  i can get  a good 76 cms wide weave.

neki desu 

 

refining the prints

egg carton stencil mask on copper background,the underneath layer was paynes grey golden fluid, which wasn't very fluid  giving a tad too much texture. it is visually interesting but not what i want to achieve.want to get a  smooth copper layer on top. will keep on trying with the new plate this time .

this month is almost gone. bracing myself for another hot summer in the north. (>人<)

neki desu 

 

homerun

2 bottles of glycerin =8€, 4 boxes of 2 packets  of gelatin =6€ and i made myself 2 7x7 small plates and a 14x14 one. all nice 3cms thick. saved about 40€, more if it were the genuine gelliplate.

one of the small ones is going to a friend  to get her introduced to the craze.

 

being fair what doesn't come out in the photo is the total wreck of a plastic square mold that i used for the first plate i made.perished in the microwave as it couldn't take 20 secs at high .

this batch was better than my fist plate because it came out firmer, splurged on the gelatin and was a miser with the boiling water.

fun times ahead mesdames.＼（*▽*）／

need to start practicing on cloth.

neki desu