at the florist / art museum entrance sticker / bus station architecture / no shoe-gazing at the restaurant / collecting spiral shadows / a new hairdo / rug in process / candy / yet another spiral shadow / ginger cookie
During Easter, yes that long ago, we rented tools and made a wooden ceiling to my so-called-craft-room. First I had to take Claude Cahun´s (claimed) self-portrait off the wall.
That ceiling is no way the ugliest but the diagonal tiling really messed up the room. Here´s a pretty odd lighting fixture but it´s already covered.
Our house (our apartment) is from the 1910´s and this room´s been piling up with most peculiar fixtures to cover up it´s bones. That chimney had been covered with horrible chipboard-thing and our wardrobe had been put there to cover the hideous wall with shelf mountings. Here´s me thinking how to make them pretty.
It´s fascinating to find old stuff underneath. Here´s a fragment of old wallpaper. It´s propably the first wallpaper used here because it´s pattern and colour remind very much of this house and it´s art nouveau/jugend contemporaries.
We decided to use wood in the celing because that´s the way they were done around the time this house was built. It was only in the 40´s they put up those cardboard panels. Also, I think the wooden ceiling makes the room more stuctured and reflects the light more intensily. Here´s a sample of the ceiling material and it´s apparent the walls will be renovated too because that fibre-glass wallpaper just isn´t for us. I can´t believe who´d want to use fibre glass at home…
The challenge was the height. We had to rent stands in order to reach the ceiling. I was surprised how much more difficult everything becomes above the regular 2,5 meters.
For 20+ square meters I had to shoot approximately 1300 nails.
We progressed little by little, amazed we could actually do that.
The easter went pretty quickly but we managed to finish the ceiling, even paint it and marvel the results. Even though is was just a ceiling it was the biggest renovation project I had ever had the courage to do. And we pulled it through. From what I have learned here again is that courage is the key to many things, even the unfamiliar. Learning by doing takes are of the rest. Next on – the walls!
P.S. Here it is, finished! We only have to put one more coat of paint after it has properly set in.
favourite colour combos / off to work / frost / flowers by neighbour / lunch at work / black berries / bar I didn´t go / grass with frost / found gloves / a never-ending book / winter berries / flowers at my neighbour´s door / red power plant / breakfast in the dark
I can´t believe how cold it was last winter when looking at these pictures. Something really doesn´t add up. I thought it was the coldest and longest winter ever but apparently my judgment is a little bit off…
river and the clouds / from upstair´s window / frost on a maple leaf / crocheting on the bus / fields / menu of my favourite place / packed order / sunrise on my way to work
I started to go through my instagram photos and realized that there where plenty of moments my other camera´s missed. It´s actually amazing what kind of little every day moments that free app helps to remember.
As I mentioned previously my friend asked me to photograph her dog´s puppies before they left her home. I accepted this task with pleasure because I had never taken pictures of puppies before. It took five rolls.
The developing tank takes up to 2 films so it takes a little bit time to develop, fix and rinse them at home.
I use staining developer (pyrocatechol) and it comes out of the tank surprisingly purple.
And it also leaves a purplish tint on the black and white film. But it makes no difference in printing or scanning.
To somebody like me, developing film is alchemy and magic. I understand the basic explanation of physical reactions involved but somehow I can´t seem to grasp how a developer can bring out something that happened days, months or even years ago.
woody allen / frost / rye bread, the darkest kind / the smiths
Well actually most of those I love.
Over the weekend I had lots to do. My goal was to paint one over 350 meters of wood and hit the craft fair. I decided to enjoy my pleasant chores and started off with a breakfast in a warm morning light. I can´t wait to have the room finished and enjoy that light.
I built a painting table from my desk´s trestles. They worked well.
Different materials for the ceiling: raw wood and with one coat of paint.
After lots of painting the landscape had also turned white again. I cannot believe how long it takes to get rid of winter.
Here´s my first rug made with my loom. This maroon and white rug is approximately 200cm/ 79″ long and 75cm/ 30″ wide. Surprisingly it came out the size I was aiming for. I am going to place this in front of my white desk after my room has been renovated.
I made fringes to the ends.
It has a zig-zag pattern which is more pronounced on some angles than others. It´s a traditional Finnish twill weave with a little different treadling.
I have enough warp left for another rug with that same threading. At the moment I have run out of weft but this will be continued.
On Sunday, after getting over my very first migraine attack on Saturday, I started fresh with breakfast and going through samples I made for new mittens.
I am thinking fair isle with geometric pattern.
Here´s new sorted weft going upstairs. Perhaps I will use it for my next rug.
Last row of weft for the first rug. What a thrill to take it off the loom!
Unraveling the samples from the beginning and knotting the warp. It finished now!
No alarm!
Mobile over the bed. I tend to stay there a little bit longer watching it´s movements.
Coffee!
And my favourite bread.
Lots of knitting and random yarnwork.
Snow is finally melting, welcome spring! Water drops makes a tapping sound when they hit the tin roof.
Swatching for a new knitting project.
Wonderful weekend!