Curious about threads exchange...

Keep on in the exchange, and when you get LOTS of bits of yarn, make a wild scarf! ;>) That's what I'm planning on doing. I know Mirjam incorporates a lot of what she gets into her art objects.

Shelagh

Hi Shillelagh,

Thanks for the tip. What kinds of art objects does Mirjam make using these yarn threads? so far I haven't joined in any of the exchanges, I might start with this one.

David

If only you could SEE them, David... her webpage has much of her work. Basically, moderne tapestry, if you can visualize that in your mind's eye? HTH, Noreen

Hi David,

I know the threads people would welcome you to join the exchange. Just sign up and see what you receive in the mail.

Hugs,

Nora

Hi Noreen,

I had twenty years of mostly 20/20 sight, but "tapestry" on its own is a bit vague. On Mirjam's website, does she have text descriptions accompanying her photos, just like on Sarah Carter's page

? (Because her page has both images plus text descriptions of same, it's highly accessible to blind people, so I put a note about it on a blind yarn news group I subscribe to.)

Cheers,

David

Okay Nora, I actually took mental stock of various yarn I have, and have more variety than I at first thought, so I'll sign up - I think there's a specific subject line or something I have to do this with, I'll check...

Thanks

David

Davivd , my work isn`t exactly tapestry , since i don`t always weave it , [although many are woven , But surely not in Tapestry style as i DO NOT cover up my warps. I also put in Embroidery knoittiong crochet applique etc,,, I don`t have descriptional matters , but i might try to do it for you here , A piece or two at a time mirjam

Hi Mirjam,

Thanks, that would be neat. You can also include a text description in your HTML pictures in this way (it works whether you use .gif or .jpg images):

This text description shows up for text browsers such as Lynx (which I use), and for regular browsers which have images turned off.

If you do this, a brief description can include the main color(s), dimensions (height and width, depth too if the piece is 3-dimensional), materials used (e.g. 6-inch-diameter metal ring, silver /blue variegated macrame cord), whatever. As I mentioned before,

has some great examples of simple text descriptions which I enjoyed reading.

Thanks very much! *smile*

David

Mirjam, Thank YOU for trying to describe what I could not... tapestry and weaving came first to mind.... as it's your work, of COURSE you could describe it much better than I! Hugs, Noreen

Mirjam!

Wow, thank-you so much for giving a description of some of your pieces, it expands my horizons quite a lot about what people can do with crafts. No pun intended.

These descriptions are much too long to put into text on your website in the way I first described. However, if you wanted, I could edit these descriptions and your son could have a link below the image in question "Click here for text description..." going to the text in question.

Cheers,

David

OOO Noreen , I am sorry if i had to correct your description ,,,, My mixed ways of working confused many other people . mirjam

David , i am not sure if i will add it to the site itself , this i should ask my son about , but i will try and send a lretter about it here. The exhibition

"Mapressions Loci" , This was my second Solo Exhibition. All works are Urban City plans, based on maps drawn by the Late Dov Chernobroda, City Planner and Architect, Who was murdered in a suicidal bomb attack in Haifa.

1".Impressions of El-Baten, Um El-Fahem Map" 1993. This work is woven on the loom , 103 cm high and 88 cm wide. Background warp amd weft are made with a course cotton rope, that is used for buildings and other hard work as tie up rope. A black cotoon thread divides the background into squares . Background is mostly plain woven and only at ceratin places in twill . In the middle the You see a Shape that looks a bit like a bone or the profile of a screw, , narrow at the base and wider on the top, This part is woven from wool in Basket weave, [ 2 warps , 2 wefts ]. The colors i used are official colors that tell the looker , what kind of plan it is , housing , public building , roads, Green parts etc.. There are some Orange sapes , a long one on the left side and a rounder one on top left side, a Brown long line at the top of the neighbourhood shape and a distorted butterfly shape on the left upper side , in the middle there is one part with mixed color of orange and brown , and an elongated part is woven fewer wool to indictae public green , the whole work is embroidered around it with a blue thread indicating end of planned zone.

2."El Hanuk Neighbourhood, Um El-Fahem" 1995 . is a Patch work [of kind] 154 cm high and 153 cm wide. This work is made on a big course linnen background, The nighbourhood has a shape kind of a flat wide fish[ ?] , The grren areas of the neighbour hood were hand appliqued vertical Green and white, tricot [i.e, soft and strechy] the various roads that go throuhj the neighbourhood, are apliqued using brown, and mauve Bias stripes which were handsewn to the back ground and they go straighta nd Zigzag through work , indicating the various levels of the mountain slopes , on which the city is built. , some ornage shapes made of plain cotton , [indicating public use] are sewn between the zigzaging roads, and beige and green tricot parts spread here and there and little French notes are spred at the places to indicate groups of houses, , there are several balck and green parts over the striped tricot , made of green and white netting . Work is mounted on a nylon with air bubbles the kind one uses to pack with and thus when touched it squicks.

1. "Ashqel>Hi Mirjam,

Oh, Mirjam, please don't apologize, tis *I* who should be apologizing to YOU! Big giant HUG, Noreen

David ,, sorry i wasn`t done with my writing and sent it by mistake ,,, i have to finnish them one after the other. I am sorry they are too long, i just don`t know how ro write less about them .

That's okay Mirjam, your pieces sound so wonderfully intricate that it would be a shame to leave out details just to make the text description quite short. In the way of describing the picture as I first described, the size of the block of text has to be able to fit within the size of the picture displayed on the screen... which is why after reading your great descriptions, I realized it would probably be better to have the descriptions put on a different page (perhaps) from the page with the picture.

If your son helped you create your website, he'll know how to do this, it's very simple. :)

Cheers and thanks again for the delightful descriptions!

David

David , i am not sure if i will add it to the site itself , this i should ask my son about , but i will try and send a lretter about it here. The exhibition

"Mapressions Loci" , This was my second Solo Exhibition. All works are Urban City plans, based on maps drawn by the Late Dov Chernobroda, City Planner and Architect, Who was murdered in a suicidal bomb attack in Haifa.

1".Impressions of El-Baten, Um El-Fahem Map" 1993. This work is woven on the loom , 103 cm high and 88 cm wide. Background warp amd weft are made with a course cotton rope, that is used for buildings and other hard work as tie up rope. A black cotoon thread divides the background into squares . Background is mostly plain woven and only at ceratin places in twill . In the middle the You see a Shape that looks a bit like a bone or the profile of a screw, , narrow at the base and wider on the top, This part is woven from wool in Basket weave, [ 2 warps , 2 wefts ]. The colors i used are official colors that tell the looker , what kind of plan it is , housing , public building , roads, Green parts etc.. There are some Orange sapes , a long one on the left side and a rounder one on top left side, a Brown long line at the top of the neighbourhood shape and a distorted butterfly shape on the left upper side , in the middle there is one part with mixed color of orange and brown , and an elongated part is woven fewer wool to indictae public green , the whole work is embroidered around it with a blue thread indicating end of planned zone.

2."El Hanuk Neighbourhood, Um El-Fahem" 1995 . is a Patch work [of kind] 154 cm high and 153 cm wide. This work is made on a big course linnen background, The nighbourhood has a shape kind of a flat wide fish[ ?] , The grren areas of the neighbour hood were hand appliqued vertical Green and white, tricot [i.e, soft and strechy] the various roads that go throuhj the neighbourhood, are apliqued using brown, and mauve Bias stripes which were handsewn to the back ground and they go straighta nd Zigzag through work , indicating the various levels of the mountain slopes , on which the city is built. , some ornage shapes made of plain cotton , [indicating public use] are sewn between the zigzaging roads, and beige and green tricot parts spread here and there and little French notes are spred at the places to indicate groups of houses, , there are several balck and green parts over the striped tricot , made of green and white netting . Work is mounted on a nylon with air bubbles the kind one uses to pack with and thus when touched it squicks.

1. "Ashqel>Hi Mirjam,

David>

right side less than a 1/4 of the width , the plan [streets out lay and Ground destination , is woven in Orange Cotton ,[on the beize warp and by using a variaty ot weaving patterns i show the plan as scribbled onto a Clay piece ,this part represents the past of asqelon [ a Biblical old city]. over this part i wove an Egyptian beetle , which i adorned with Bead eyes, and also it`s dung ball has a bead. i also wove a Corintian Stone head , and a greek symbol ,, all these Nations ruled Asqelon at certain times in History, i also included a pictogram of a Shallot ,,, which the Crusaders brought to Europe from Asqelon. The nxt par , about a 1/4 represents the present , the road was woven in varigated black, the seain sea colors and i attached a small sail boat which is a cut out of an old unsucccessful work. The upperside shows the partilatuion of grounds using various green in tapestry weaving. , than comes a small part of orange Clay , and than the next part respresnts future , the road parraleling the beach is woven in gray, the ground are embroidered with black and mauve lines , a boat a swimming girl, anpther shallot ,, are embroidered on the lower side , A big Question mark made from a Musaics of smaller question marks ,,, on the left upper side i appliqued pants and shirt and the Number 30 , symbolizing the 30 suits of clothes Samson got for his Honey riddle.

1. "The architect`s Vision -The clients whim ". Woven on loom , 156 wide and 112 high. warp and weft are made from the Official colors of a city plan. By using twill , basket weave , and other weaving patterns oi raised on each destinated part the one thread that was the proper color for the destination ]public building housing shopping etc,,] thus that colored weft turned a part in all the gardencolors m a yellow warp for private housing , in the middle of the neighbour hood i made a shape of a heart to indicate the shppping center, on the right the architect real hand signal was woven with gold threads , and on the left i pt his portait woven with dark and light grays [he looked so much real that people recognized him when he came to the exhibition. On the upper side i wove thick green wools to represent the Nature everybody wants near his house.
2. "Tirah Porakhat" This a mainly Xst canvas with stripes of applique , reprsenting the roads, and some applique to represent the shopping center. The groups of building on the mountain slopes are embroidered as if they are flowers [in a victorian embroidery]. each flat is embroidered as if it is a flower petal , or a branch in a bush ,, An appliqued lace reoresents 2 public stari streets,This embroidery is mounted on a shiny clowdlike thinly filled cushion, and is hung very high under the ceiling , the back has an embroidery Tirah Porahat which literrary translates as Towers groeing in the sky .....=the neighbourhood was never built.

mirjam

Wow, more beautiful descriptions, thanks Mirjam!@! Are any of your works currently displayed anywhere near Vancouver, B.C., Canada, I'd love to be able to feel at least one of your pieces. However, I remember from my stamp-collecting days more than 20 years ago that touching is frowned upon because of the oils in the fingers.

Variegated black yarn, is this shades of gray with black? That's an intriguing color!

Thanks again :)

David