What-What?! Week of August 25th

We went on vacation, and have survived!  Mostly, anyway. :P


I don't have a ton of pictures, but I do have some.

When we were in Redding, we found this giant castle-themed playground:

We drove down this time, so there was a lot of this:

I-5, a lot.

Someone moving an entire pool.

Pictures from my sister's wedding:

On our way back home, we stopped in Albany, Oregon at the  Historic Carousel and Museum.

Vaguely demonic-looking rabbit door handle.

In the museum section, this is a giraffe from 1908, stripped of paint and waxed.

This horse has the original paint from 1885!

A miniature carousel Christmas tree stand that the Dentzel family made.

This lion was made in the 80s from an antique pattern.

Osric wanted his picture with the lion, but he wanted to be making the same face!

This is the workshop area, where carousel animals are currently being created.

I thought this was a nice painting.

What-What?! Week of July 7th

I don't know what we've been doing, but I guess we've been busy. xP

Last weekend, we headed out to an SCA arts and sciences event, set up to showcase artists' work and get feedback.  There was an absolute ton of stuff to look at, and a ton of people too, which unfortunately meant that I didn't get as many pictures as I would've liked.

I thought this weaving was very cool -- this lady had a few other pieces that, from even just a short distance, looked like paintings.

This is actually block-printed designs with embroidered edges -- but it looks like reverse applique until you get really close.

Ordinarily when you see this kind of weaving, it's in the thicker gauge that you see in the upper right-hand corner; the thread used for this piece is so much finer.  Very impressive!

I was looking at this person's display, looked down and saw this little strawberry -- I thought it was a delightfully playful detail.

Card weaving, featuring actual cards.

This is a girdle book -- basically a book with a convenient fabric handle.  I'd like to make one of these for my outfit, because I think they're cool.

Chart showing time periods with book making techniques/materials.

A lovely late 15th century (I think) German hat.  For a while, it was fashionable in Germany to have these square or circular flat hats, which (depending on the specific specimen) could be either elegant or comical.

This lady had some very nice geometric needlepoint designs -- I took this picture so I could look up German brickstitch, which I haven't done yet, but will... eventually.