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Thursday, August 21, 2014

noise


living in the city is great. there is access to shops,hospitals many cultural activities and other amenities. i can turn down the stove, run down to get that missing ingredient and be back in 5 minutes; that's convenience. there is also a sense of neighborhood that i like. BUT:
summer means renovations and there is always one, if we're lucky, going on.this is not japan where neighbors are visited to announce the works thanked for their patience and in good will spirit presented with small gifts. here you wake up one morning at 8 to the sound of a sledge hammer. husband -san finds it normal because people take advantage of their going away on holidays to do the works, that's the way it's been done; this kills me. sure they go away and come back to a redone place. no inconveniences for them all for the neighbors. i think inconveniences should be shared.

this week has been dramatic after we thought the other works had finished 2 weeks ago and peace had finally settled in.
there's a lot of stitching going on because work has to be relaxing, soothing frayed nerves. in the hopes that the workers start painting next week yours truly is stitching away. the one above is still in progress. printed, painted and distressed lutradur, still dealing with the pink OD.




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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

yards and yards



meters and meters of wonderful cotton gauze, etymologically from that  ill fated place.
now i only need sunshine to run an ai vat to process some of it.




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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

by means of knit




my favorite view in japan, the wiry chaos. cooked and ready to serve, frame included. tested it and people had trouble reading it. discarded.






ditto for this one. luckily no time invested in the frame.




















 then came the turn of the fuji building in odaiba. different versions, still unreadable.










you can tell how much i like this building.



finally i knitted one that was abstract enough, but yet readable. it will be entered in a juried show, hence no photo. still have to decide on the frame.



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