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aspiration
(thanks to my good mate ‘steve’ for the tip)
pins and needles
ever the perfectionist… hansje contacted me regarding the article i wrote earlier today, i described her new hobby as ‘crochet’ which involves small curved needles (if i remember correctly from school art lessons) what she is learning… is in fact embroidery (or lace embroidery) using a series of cotton bobbins, unless i have got it wrong again :), does anybody know if that is the right term? by the way those chunky arms pictured are not hansje’s…
oops i just checked, wrong again, the correct term would appear to be ‘lace-making’ or rather ‘bobbin lace‘, embroidery is another thing altogether… phew…
better the devil you know
local nightclub ‘the sugar factory’ asked me to make an image for their monthly agenda, so due to the crazy 24 hour deadline i turned to a material i am already familiar with from another similarily named client of mine: sugar, only this time not cubes but powdered… one kilo spread around carefully with a small brush and a palet knife ended up looking like this…
