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Albedo Design

Albedo Design

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Chronicles of Concupiscientia Oculorum, the adventures of a stunt seamstress and textile artist. I live and breathe textile art in all its forms and variations--i can't imagine life without this passion!

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  • 26 days............

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 10:27

    I'm not doing a Christmas countdown: i'm counting days until i can get My Heart Has A History properly photographed, on a CD and mailed off to the CQA/ACC National Juried Show. I'm not worried about the stitching; it's the final bits of beading that ...

  • blue fingers on a grey day

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 18:41 in dec 09

    A piece of indigo done in 92-94 college days, this one crocked a bit and my fingers are all blue. My eyes are still spinning from going around and around, but: Worth it. Now for a little hand stitch....

  • a few things

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 12:06 in dec 09

    Tricia Coulson----check out her Artifacts---look at the hand stitched lettering! Love the powerful simplicity of this series! I had so many dreams last night involving art---i often get great ideas that way, though admittedly not all come to fruition...

  • honey i shrunk the experiment

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 19:58 in dec 09

    Good sample. Not as much shrinkage as i had thought would happen, even though the top cotton was a lightweight, almost sheer. It's still enough depth in the wrinkling to make things possible with other avenues. I do like the depth and had fun experi...

  • bear with me

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 08:08 in dec 09

    twisted my back yesterday and am paying for it  was wrestling a giant bundle of christmas boughs when i tripped, literally, OVER a customer who was bending over and i didn't see her action here again tomorrow, with pics and process and the usual...

  • adding texture and dimension

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 07:06 in dec 09

    lumps, bumps and nodules again what if these done by hand to create that little dome effect:  were done by machine? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Yesterday's piece will be thrown in the wash and dried to shrink tonight!...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

minosa

5 stars Gwendolyne Preboy

A lot of fun. A very spirited individual who is stirring up the fibers in many ways. Lovely to find this blog. Others must drop by for some inspirational.

Posted: April 14th, 2009 | More Reviews From minosa | Report This Comment

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