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2017 Asialink Arts Residency

Crazed Puppets 04  Crazed Puppets

bundengan-01 This is not a Kowangan

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Last task of the week: making a “tatou” protective paper case out of kozo mulberry paper. We first scrunched up the paper to make it very soft and flexible, before cutting it to shape, to fit our fragment of 19th century embroidered and printed satin we worked on this week (we each had our own, prepared with so much love and attention to detail by the wonderful teachers!). Enjoy this high speed video of the wrapping process! #textileconservation #japanesetextiles #conservator
I want to play gamelan with Bu Mul and these ladies so much! #Repost @mulyani_moelya with @get_repost ・・・ Tak mudah mencari keselarasan dalam perbedaan , tapi harus bisa selaras walau berbeda. Sinau.... sing penting yakin
Already Day 2 of the wonderful Tobunken workshop “Advanced Conservation of Japanese Textiles”. I attended the Introductory course two years ago, and now at this advanced level I have the opportunity for very useful practical exercises and lectures. It’s also fun to spend some time in person with Louise @thetextileconservator and Staphany @staphanycheng after making friends through #textileconservation! I am so grateful we have such a knowledgeable and patient teacher, Sensei Mie Ishii, who answers all my questions. It’s a really amazing opportunity and I am so glad to be here! Thanks Staphany for the action shot of me testing an indigo sample to see how it reacts to alkaline vs acid solutions, to help understand how pH affects natural dye colour change.
My father, who would have been 81 today, passed away suddenly in March this year. I had just come back to Taiwan from Hong Kong, and was about to get married before heading to Indonesia for fieldwork. I couldn’t/didn’t go back to France for the funeral. I also hadn’t had a relationship with him for nearly two decades; this photo is of one of the last times I ever saw him, for his birthday in 2002. My sister sent it to me a week or so ago, and it was a surprisingly painful yet healing experience to see me and my brother and sister and father all together. Particularly, seeing my father as I remember him, not as the white-haired old man in photos I sometimes glimpsed after we became estranged. It’s been a raw experience, getting re-acquainted with my father through stories from other people, photos I didn’t remember or even knew existed, and memories buried simply because I was busy creating new ones on the other side of the world. He was a difficult man and I can’t exactly say I regret our estrangement, but I still grieve the loss of my father, and wish that our relationship could have been a better one.
No it’s not a fried egg! It’s a tiny PVA-borax hydrogel. To prevent over-cleaning the raw canvas around a small, well-defined stain, I first used a Mylar barrier with a small hole the same size as the stain. Then I placed a small chunk of gel over the hole, covered it with two glass plates to press it into the surface of the canvas — it spreads out but only has contact where the hole is. The yellow spot in the middle is also textured showing it has excellent contact. This gel is very tight and very slow-releasing, so it takes many applications of many hours, but as evidenced by this used gel (and the stained blotter underneath) it has been doing its job without wetting the surrounding area! I will try to share some before and after photos of stains (when they are finished!) if I can but of course they are all very prominent on the artwork and I cannot show that 😅also still tweaking and tweaking the formulas for the gels but will try and write them up too! #textileconservation #conservationgels
Before and After a weekend on my new tapestry frame and stand. I love this set-up so much, the stand has three adjustable joints and I can constant shift it around so it’s comfortable however I’m sitting. The last time I worked on this cross-stitch was in December 2018, my wrists, neck and shoulder couldn’t take it. 8 months later: we are on and raging to go whenever I have any downtime! I’m even thinking of packing to take with me to Taipei next week...
This year’s birthday card from my sister, swipe to see with last year’s card below for comparison. Last year my sister took the leap to finally start taking art classes in her thirties, and the progress is just beautiful! I’m so proud of her persistence and of how she has been learning to use so many different mediums. Thank you @bindweedmind (and thank you for all the amazing Fritelle 🥓🍟😍😂)
Is there any improvement at all or is it just the difference between morning and evening lighting 😖😖😖 #textileconservation #conservationgels #conservationheadache
Today’s pet slug... 🐌 2.5 hours since application and still no water release, hoping it will last all day, slowly but surely reach the finish line with no residue, no tideline, and of course a cleaner textile below... not much to ask, right? #textileconservation #conservationgels
@karl_and_karl can’t wait to give my birthday embroidery stand a whirl! Thank you so much @iamagloworm you’re the best!! 💖
@iamagloworm taking photos of our sunset 🌅
The temple festivities continue! Karaoke and pretty ladies for the gods. And Hello Kitty.
Yesterday was some of the most intense flash-flooding I’ve ever experienced! Over 9cm of water dropped onto Kaohsiung between 3pm and 8pm. I was in a taxi trying to get to a hospital appointment by 4:30 and the water was so deep I had to get out and walk, wading through water up to my knees (and splashing to my thighs when waves were caused by passing trucks). Today the rain has calmed down and when James and I ventured out, we saw the local temple has gone ahead with its festivities and commissioned a puppet show for the gods. The fluorescent painted stage is so intense against the grey, rumbling angry thunderclouds that are hanging over the city, and then the romantic music and the birdsong add to the incongruous and uniqueness of the scene! Swipe for higher quality photos from James’ phone and a better view of this handy stage which appears to fold into a little blue van. Hopefully we will catch a performance later (if the heavens don’t open again!). #taiwan #kaohsiunglife #taiwanpuppets #puppet
Maybe everyone else already knows this but I just learned about the Stack - Automatically align source images feature in Photoshop and it is AMAZING for Before and After (and during...) photography. It automatically aligns all your treatment photos, one per layer, and then you can immediately compare results from your treatment. Ask me to DM you a video if you would like to see the results! Thank you @iamagloworm for teaching me how to do this! #conservator #conservationtips #photoshop
The rainy season is back in full force and I now know never to leave the house without my waterproof trousers, jacket, and flip-flops — especially if I’m on the back of our scooter because I *will* be utterly drenched within one minute. I carry them in my retro Taiwanese 阿嬤包 — “Aunty bag”. These nylon mesh totes come in all colours and sizes (mine is quite small!) and they are usually carried by aunties for shopping at the wet market, but I think they are perfect for my dripping day-glo wet-weather gear ⛈☔️⛈ #rosielovesrainbows #kaohsiunglife
Today on my lunch break I used my “Fil à gant” thread 🧵 🧤 from @filauchinois to mend James’ “gants à moto” 🧤 🏍
Gel obedience/viscosity scale, ranges from 1 “I have respectfully submitted to this perfect circle shape” to 3 “I do what I want and what I want is to watch the world BURN 🔥” #conservator #conservationgels #textileconservation #rosielovesteal
Working in a proper chemistry lab today, trying not to get distracted by all the beautiful greens and blues! #rosielovesteal
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