legs and feet

Emilie Bjork

a look back

patterns revealed

Some samples from yesterday's adventures in dyeing.

dye day

An afternoon of tie-dyeing and bleach dyeing.

common ground

Shots from a recent trip to Common Ground on the Hill, where a friend was learning to make a Native American flute. Those are the hands of a master wood worker, holding a cedar shaving.

and billy bride reminded me of pipertree

I love this piece by Pipertree.

champagne aura

Very pretty, via Billy Bride.

fabric

I'm mad about tie-dye and always have been, but only tried it myself for the first time recently. I can't understand how I made it through a childhood of summer crafts and camps without it, but a friend recently returned from her childhood summer camp (where she is now a counselor) with tie-dyed t-shirts and sheets. Instantly inspired, I purchased some indigo dye and scoured the Internets for tutorials. Easy stuff. I have now amassed a collection of fabric and vintage pieces that will undoubtedly be subjected to binding, dyeing, dipping, and so on. Above is a close up of my first "piece" (a big 'ole scarf) and below that, an image of to-die-for leggings by Shabd, available at the beautiful green clothing boutique Beklina. More to come.

clicking again

I will soon be parting with my gratuitously large collection of SX-70 cameras. I've decided that I only need one (maybe two) and the rest can go to whoever wants to buy 'em. But first I'll have to get some film and test each one just to be sure they're all in working order. An expensive but worthwhile undertaking...I'm looking forward to it.

craft + sex

Ta haha. Love this quirky image from Commune's Design Log.

piano keys

My father recently gave me a collection of old piano keys that he'd found at a local flea market. "I thought you could do scrimshaw on them," he said. I tossed them aside, however, wondering when I'd ever get around to learning how to scrimshaw like a pro. And then I happened upon Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons' Theft of Light series, which draws inspiration from "Navajo Shamanic traditions and the Tsimshian legends accounting for the origins of daylight." I think these pieces are stunning - all raven skin and ivory stars (read the legend) - and reason for my newfound admiration of piano keys (scrimshawed or not).