Artisanship Focus/Links: Roo the Day
Apr. 14th, 2007 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
labricoleuseHere's something exciting: I randomly discovered another crafts artisan who has blogged about her work!
Roo, an artisan based in Manhattan, writes (or wrote, since it has been on hiatus since January) a general-personal blog called roo the day--it's a scattershot sort of collection of diary-style entries, but she does have three entries of note featuring process shots, detail shots, project descriptions, and lovely multi-angle finished-work photographs of craftwork she's made for theatre productions in both NY and Vegas.
Here's an entry on making feathered wing attachments for some "Mercury"-like winged boots.
This is a fun entry on making a large petaled "daisy" hat.
And this is an amazing post on a beautiful combination headdress/mask shaped like a fish.
Ah, Roo, i never knew ye, but these three gems are worth checking out, dear readers!
Roo, an artisan based in Manhattan, writes (or wrote, since it has been on hiatus since January) a general-personal blog called roo the day--it's a scattershot sort of collection of diary-style entries, but she does have three entries of note featuring process shots, detail shots, project descriptions, and lovely multi-angle finished-work photographs of craftwork she's made for theatre productions in both NY and Vegas.
Here's an entry on making feathered wing attachments for some "Mercury"-like winged boots.
This is a fun entry on making a large petaled "daisy" hat.
And this is an amazing post on a beautiful combination headdress/mask shaped like a fish.
Ah, Roo, i never knew ye, but these three gems are worth checking out, dear readers!
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Her work is amazing!
Date: 2007-04-14 02:12 pm (UTC)Saw this, thought of you:
Date: 2007-04-14 03:07 pm (UTC)Another idea based on the experience of unity against a background of female variety was the "Nationale Feestrok" (National Commemorative Skirt). During her imprisonment she once got a shawl, made out of pieces of cloth, rags, garments of relatives and friends, arousing cherished memories. Hence the idea that every woman should wear a colorful skirt, made from many pieces of cloth connected with strong emotional feelings, embroidered with names and other data. Each woman would have a unique skirt - a typical female garment - yet symbolizing unity in variety. And they should wear the skirt particularly on national commemoration days. Even a festive skirt song was written and composed. To promote the skirt Mies travelled all along the Netherlands and even went to the United States. American papers wrote enthusiastic articles.
(from Wikipedia, on A.M. (Mies) Boissevain-van Lennep)
More!
Date: 2007-04-14 03:18 pm (UTC)