hey-bug

there is a rabbit i see a lot in the same spot while on my evening walks and i always say hello. say hi to your neighbors

8x10in acrylic on canvas

Mark Rothko, No 14 / No. 10 (Yellows and Greens), 1953

Oil on canvas

© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society  

After ten years of most people in the world seeing this painting as strongly yellow with a whisper of green intermixed, I’m very happy to be able to bring you this very recent look at it. And it sure is pretty.

yesterday for my birthday i visited macclesfield silk museum which was fascinating.

these are some of the last hand operated jacquard looms producing silk cloth left in the uk that are still in use and i felt so lucky to go on a tour around the mill that is attached to the museum.

i also recieved many presents that i feel very lucky for.

this is jonty, a knitted froggy my sister got me. he is a scholar at oxford who enjoys going punting on the river in summer i have decided.

i got these tins and project bag from my auntie and they have emma ball's lovely illustrations on them and the highland coos have weaving behind them on the tins while the sheep have needle felting. my drop spindles do fit, very well (i believe knitting needles were intended to go in the bag) they are just sticking out for the aesthetics.

and then i got five books as well. the fleece and fibre sourcebook has been on my wishlist for a long time so i was over the moon to get it but the standout has to be this 1844 french clothing book. the illustrations are mostly taken from tapestries, manuscripts or carvings but the expressions are fantastic. i spent ages flicking through it and marvelling at the illustrations.