My Friend Mort ~Mortsbeads (https://www.deviantart.com/mortsbeads) passed away on November 20th 2019.
I shall miss her terribly, her witty repartee, her amazing beadworks, her friendship and most of all, just being "Mort"
Always, always, always in my heart.
Peter .
Some of her work:
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BTW: I'm leaving this journal...and my page more or less the same until I update it at the end of thje year with new stuff, a finished book...we hope! etc. Until then : Best wishes to all and have a good year
AN ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE ON INK
IN 5 PARTS, WITH A GALLERY
OF CONTEMPORARY
WORK
1: First Encounters
Really!...I mean: c’mon guys! , who better to feature in a section on “Applied Ink”, than Bob Giadrosich, someone who has, as the “Strap-line” on all their DeviantART comments:
“I ink, therefore, I am!"
and: Favorite Characters: Calvin & Hobbes
Personal Quote: "Practice, practice, practice!"
(The old ones are...y'know...) And this so succinctly and with much humour sums up that very humour and intensity of this man insofar as his chosen vocation or: love? is concerned... (I mean profession...surely....
My Friend Mort ~Mortsbeads (https://www.deviantart.com/mortsbeads) passed away on November 20th 2019.
I shall miss her terribly, her witty repartee, her amazing beadworks, her friendship and most of all, just being "Mort"
Always, always, always in my heart.
Peter .
Some of her work:
:thumb143905967:
:thumb36397230:
:thumb43417703:
:thumb36029908:
BTW: I'm leaving this journal...and my page more or less the same until I update it at the end of thje year with new stuff, a finished book...we hope! etc. Until then : Best wishes to all and have a good year
ART HISTORY PROJECT: HOKUSAI: 1 by Peter-The-Knotter, journal
ART HISTORY PROJECT: HOKUSAI: 1
LIST OF CONTENTS
PART ONEIntroduction:Brief History Of Hokusai
A Brief History Of JapanPre-historic to 800CE, 800CE- 1350CE, 1350CE - 1600CE, Description of the GoKaidoAn Overview Of Woodblock Printmaking:Introduction, Designing the print, Etching the blocks, Printing the design, Binding the SeriesHokusai, The Old Man Mad About Drawing:The Floating WorldHokusai's Beginnings: Birth, Childhood and Early Apprenticeship, Ukiyo-e, Katsukawa Shunsho: Hokusai's first Print-Master, A Riot Of Colour..., L'Amour d'une Artiste..., Hokusai's Sori PeriodFame!...No FortuneKatsushika Hokusai Period, Rock Star..., Taito Period, Just A Few More YearsA more re
Artisan Crafts Week Macrame by Peter-The-Knotter, journal
Artisan Crafts Week Macrame
THE PERFECTLY UNPECUNIARY PECULIAR:bigthumb294235713:POCKET PACKET PROMOTING PIZZO
Or:
(The Pocket Guide To Macrame)
Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.... (C B Demille)
"With new crafts, like all skills, remember!: We all, ...usually, start with fairly "rough-looking" pieces..."
(your talent may make you an exception to this rule...
...in which case you'll probably end up having to work far harder than the rest of us...), (PTK)
"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it will become a butterfly..." (Buckminster Fuller)
CONTENTS
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO MACRAME
INTRODUCTION
MACRAME DIVERSITY CONTEST
THE ORIGINS AND HI