Button du Jour. A charming semi-daily imaginary vignette featuring food, fashion, music, and an exotic location -- all inspired by a beautiful button.
posted by ottereroticist
on Feb 1, 2010 -
6 comments
Need fabric? Not sure where to start?
MoreCloth will help you out. Each colour bar will link you to swatches, then onto where to purchase on etsy.
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posted by mippy
on Jul 30, 2009 -
13 comments
Demon Denim. Feeding off a earlier
column in the WSJ by Daniel Akst, who wrote, "no fabric has ever been so insidiously effective at undermining national discipline," conservative columnist George Will takes up the (denim-free) banner in the crusade to rid America of "the plague of that ubiquitous fabric, which is symptomatic of deep disorders in the national psyche."
posted by Liver
on Apr 16, 2009 -
158 comments
"Sonic fabric (woven from 50% cotton and 50% audio cassette tape) emits sound when you run a tape head over it. Because the tape retains its magnetic quality through the weaving process, it acts as a big wide band of tape." Here's an
interview with the creator.
{via Apartment Therapy}
posted by dobbs
on Oct 29, 2006 -
26 comments
Shibori is an amazing Japanese textile dying technique--a very sophisticated form of tie-dye, where
nubby,
lumpy,
bizarre things like
this are
transformed after
dying into this
fish or these
flowers (scroll for detail) or these
starbursts. Specifically
this odd thing became
this (
detail). You can find excellent photos and descriptions of the process
here,
here(scroll down and hold mouse over photo), and
here. There is also information at the
World Shibori Network . This
photo shows partially dyed fabric and here is a
video of the preparation for dying. Shibori is very
labor intensive (
carpal tunnel syndrome-city) and was a one time subject to a sumptuary tax and one form was outlawed by an emperor for being too extravagant. There are many different knots and ties for different patterns--browse
here,
here(gallery1-7), and
here. Shibori can be used to make some
striking and
detailed images. Diverse examples of shibori --
iris,
layered squares,
waves,
kimonos,
large bridge banner,
subtle black and white winter scene, , a nifty “aerial view” of
earth as a tidal pool with hot air balloons (
detail of anemones). Don't miss the stunning work of Hiroko Harada (
English/
Japanese). I especially like
Rain In the Forest,
There Are Ripples On the Cloth,
Seasonal Changes, and this
large installation. You can browse more
here, but the
Japanese page has more.
posted by lobakgo
on Jan 16, 2004 -
18 comments
