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Saturday, 30 November 2013

Persian block printed head scarf.

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 Some Persian head scarves, possibly block printed: 1                                                                           ...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Ceramic 17 - Tile 5

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Tile 5   Star tile from the British Museum. 14th C, Kashan. It's getting harder and harder to find good crosses. I tried three...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Ceramic 16/18/19 - Tiles 4, 6 & 7

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Tiles 6, 4 and 7 Tile 4 is the terminus star tile (in the center). So there are no new cruciforms, just one star. I still haven'...
Saturday, 16 November 2013

Notes

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Notes from Persian Ceramics from the 9th to the 14th century: An alkaline solution obtained with potassium oxide is easily altered and cer...
Friday, 15 November 2013

THe Ashmoelean on Iranian tiles

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From the Ashmolean on Iranian tiles: Tiles were not produced in great quantities before circa 1200, and large-scale tile production kick...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Wisdom of the ages pt I

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I present Wisdom of the Ages, part I. And by ages, I mean my grandfathers pottery diary he kindly gave me when he realized I was interested ...
Friday, 1 November 2013

Preliminary documentation for potential November Crown A&S entry. Pt 1

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Preliminary documentation for potential November Crown A&S entry - an Illuminated letter H (12) Title ...
Thursday, 24 October 2013

GoCAD helpful tips

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GoCAD crashed? Lost your unsaved data? Well, you've made a rookie mistake and there's no recovering from that. You'll have to...
Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Kthulu onsie

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I've been busy with moving house so haven't made anything new recently. I do have three half written posts about completed tiles nee...
Thursday, 3 October 2013

Embroidered cushion Mk II - Complete

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I finished the embroidery on this cushion a couple of weeks ago, it just took me a while to get the zip in and finish the sewing. I...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Places to paint ceramics around Australia

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 Melbourne Glaze it Studio 328a Glen Eira Rd Elsternwick http:// www.glazeit.com.au All FiredUp 568 Hampton Street Hamp...
Monday, 23 September 2013

Choli tops in Medieval Indian art

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Some reference images I'm gathering for my class on choli tops for Rowany Festival. Detail from a folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscrip...
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Thursday, 19 September 2013

Ceramic experiment 15 - Tile 3

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Star and cross tiles in a manuscript. From Bābur Seeks His Grandmother's Advice Leaf from the Read Mughal Album, but formerly fol. 86...
Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Blue persian fabrics and ideas for block printing

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Due to my, mostly, successful block printing experiment I've started looking into different patterns and styles of drape on Persian ga...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

Block printing experiments

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I made my first attempt at block printing today. I spent a bit of time over the last week browsing online how-to's and gathering images...
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Friday, 13 September 2013

Embroidered cushion Mk II

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  Japanese fabric (?) I found on flicker, so simple and effective. Since making the previous mint cushion , I've been pondering m...
Thursday, 5 September 2013

Block printing

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Cotton red and brown block printed textile from Fustat, Egypt. Item 73.408 The Textile Museum I don't tend to do image round-...
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