Grad School Update
11.10.2024
I got myself a table loom and it has scratched the weaving itch I've had for a while. I hope someday I'll have the space to upgrade it into a floor loom (this model has some pieces that can convert it into one which is so cool???)
Kinda feeling weird about grad school, but that's a much longer discussion about my beef with the Fine Arts and Academia, and Capitalism poisoning every facet of society. Also just not feeling settled in this space or fully comfortable in my department. I need this degree though, so we are powering through it.
Here are some things I've been working on:
This is allllll handspun yarn. I spent like a month spinning all of it and went through 80% of it so quick just setting up the warp. I did an alternating twill every time I reloaded the shuttle. It's cute, and gave me the confidence to cut my fabric. It's a little fugly but charming, I love it.
This is a silly little thing I knit up in response to some ring sale. I thought I'd make a bunch more but DPNs are my enemy and I could only get myself to make one right now. Would love to make more eventually with different types of tweeds. It sold and I miss it every day
This last project is just a woven checkerboard with felted pieces. I have my crit this week so I thought it'd be fun to just play games. I went to a fiber department crit not too long ago and someone had made these super cute puzzle-esque coasters and it was so fun and refreshing and I wanted to emulate that in my department.
Love a board game too, and I think that's enough to justify the time spent on it as well.