making stripes

Experimenting with stripes. a great set of woven stripes here and some of my favourites here.
the verveine tea i use to drink while weaving made a face.

new

a new layout and my new working room. refurbished with a bed/shelve i inherited from my grandfather and much less clutter.

try and error

i wanted to change something here but got too tired for a final new layout, so i hope it will look better soon!

good night

Best of 2011

L was asked to write a personal chart list of 2011 for a film-zine amongst many others. 3 moments of 2011 that lasted.
I enjoyed reading them all as they were very personal and not just film-related.
in fact that's what i like reading on blogs, personal views on everyday matters or artistic and cultural events.

here are some of my memorable moments from 2011:



1
early in the year, learning to weave taught by T., the whole repetitive process and learning by doing later while practising on my own on the loom he made for me. his patience and my friends helping me weaving, attracted by the intricate process of the craft.

2
meeting dear R. in person. still being overwhelmed that she dared to book a flight and come straight to our house.

3
discovering that making costumes for a period film brought back my passion for my profession. the conceptual approach to making costumes after an extended research is what i love doing.

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wishing you a wonderful new year !

o IIIIIIIIIIIII I I I I I I I I .

happy and calm holidays to everybody who is still passing by at this nearly abandoned place.
it seems like life needed all time and attention recently.
but i will be coming back, whenever i feel like i have something to show.

like here, some of the beautiful treasures we got for christmas from different places, friends and family.

* a handmade bowl from berlin.
* handknitted cuffs by my mother
* handwoven carpet from egypt beduins, brought home shortly before christmas by my adventurous man
* a beautiful book from england

i hope you are all very well

drama

on stage & a lot more behind the scenes. chechov became reality.

we had a good pre-premiere but then chaos overtook, hopefully they could continue performing this weekend, it would be worth it.

more

it seems too complicated to post anything else then brushes doodles by Lou