After my previous unsuccessful attempt I braved the weaving again.
‘Study 011: by instinct‘
study 011
Silver, Midnight blue, Tiffany blue, Turquoise, Gold, Bronze, Azalea, Old Gold, another Gold. The colouring is a little brighter than this photograph suggests.
I tried not to overthink this one … just choosing colours I liked as I opened the pages.
I don’t think much of the outcome. Again. Pft.
You’ve probably seen the news that gold has reached new low levels of value … well, that’s only in US$ of course…
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The A$ .v. US$ exchange rate means that Australians may be paying less than we have all year, but it’s most certainly not at a 5yr low by any stretch…
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Darn exchange rate.
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In US$ the gold price is at its lowest for over 5 years, but the 10 year view is interesting.
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I’ve returned to the experiments after a few weeks hiatus. This time I thought I’d play with chance and randomness – selecting the papers with my eyes closed, without intent, and using them in the order they were chosen.
‘Study 010: oh dear, it’s quite ugly‘
Study 010
You can tell by the awful title, I don’t like it.
I used the randomly chosen colours for the set of papers shown in the image as horizontal (though I refer to that direction as the ‘verticals’, as they’re that way when I weave them … I should probably do a bit of reading and use ‘real’ weaving terms). Then decided to order the papers in a more pleasing colour-order to weave the other way.
working on it
I really don’t like it. Though somehow I’m compelled to keep looking at at. Perhaps I’m hoping for an epiphany or a lead on the next experiment…
I have some of my weaving experiments propped against a wall in my living room … to offer inspiration, encouragement for more exploration.
I’m very particular about how I display them … the orientation (landscape, portrait), the ordering of the colours, the order of the panels.
when cleaners attack
I’ve had to come to accept that my cleaners don’t have a photographic memory to remember how the panels were before they moved them to dust … and so, on cleaning day, I return home to find them rearranged quite randomly.
It has been known to cause me angst. Though now I think I’ve come to appreciate the new perspectives an unexpected reordering can give me.
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