#traditional crafts
Happy New Year. Thank you for supporting my work and the ancient craft of hand weaving.
Here are a couple of photos from the traditional warp making process. After each three-day weaving workshop, students are invited to witness and participate in the construction of a new warp.
At the moment, due to current regulations, only one on one lessons are offered. If you are keen to familiarise yourself with traditional looms and techniques then do get in touch :)
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Just a quick reminder that today Friday the 11th and this weekend Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of December the workshop/showroom will be open from 10:30 to 19:00.
Alternatively you can see the new collection of handwoven cushion covers ‘Chromatin Loops’ and shop online here: https://www.juliastreou.com/shop-11
Saint Barbara’s Street(next to St Barbara’s church)
Kaimakli, 1021 Nicosia, Cyprus
For more information please call at 99475219
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Working on a wall-hanging commission based on the traditional Asproploumi weave with its characteristic meander design as well as inwoven cane and sisal.
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A traditional three-day weaving workshop will be held at the studio this April. Here are the specifics:
Thursday April 7th / 8.30am - 1.30pm
Friday April 8th / 8.30am - 1.30pm
Saturday April 9th / 8.30am -1.30pm
The cost is €180 (€80 to be payed upfront to secure a place).
For more information click here: https://www.juliastreou.com/lessons
To book a place please contact me at: [email protected] or call at 00357 9947521.
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The colourful pattern on this loom is indicative of its origin, which is Eptakomi village.
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Painting bold geometric patterns on furniture was common practice in Eptakomi, a tradition applied on looms too.
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It was sold to me by refugees many years ago and it bears the husband’s initials as opposed to those of the weaver’s on one of its beams.
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Very happy that my book on Fytiotiko weaving is finally out!
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It covers traditional weave layouts, names and origins of woven elements (ploumia) as well as Fytiotika trading history, among others. Weave drafts and diagrams can also be found in the appendices.
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Here is a piece (1st photo) by Mrs Georgia Theodorou (47*139cm) with some complex tassel work at the lower end.
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“Learn dyeing techniques and create traditional kimono patterns, animal patterns, etc., on items such as handkerchieves and pouches. You can also add your own signature to your created item, so that you can further enjoy its originality.”
This sounds super fun, especially if you love traditional Japanese crafts! Learn the technique of starch resist fabric dying to create crisp lines and delicate designs in this Kyoto workshop. Click the title above for info on price/location/etc. Someone try this for me!! - artofjapan
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I carved a Sutekh icon for my altar from the same blackthorn branch that I carved Eris. He is stained with an 18-year-old red wine bequeathed to me by a dead bus driver (praise be to Albert! May he live forever!), blackberry and fig liqueurs, and icon. The black stain is part char from my stove, and part a mixture of ritual ash and Stuart Semple’s Black 2.0. The gold is ol’ Stuart’s goldest gold, which I can’t recommend enough really, and gold leaf. The red is a crimson alcohol ink I bought last year and immediately forgot I had. Turns out, it stains unsealed wood really well, and can be blended out with neat isopropyl alcohol on a paintbrush. This would ordinarily make me worry about drying out the wood, but beeswax and neem oil solves all problems.
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I decided to follow my dream of being a woodcarver. It turns out that carving is really easy for me and the way I think about forms, so I thought it might be fun to cut my teeth on carving some wooden icons for my altar. I tried to make some sculpted icons several years ago but didn’t really feel the results because I knew that I wanted them to be wood, but didn’t, at that point, have the skills. Now I do! Here’s Eris. S/he is made out of fenland blackthorn, taken from the country park up the road, hand carved, and dyed with tea and iron. The gold is Stuart Semple’s Goldest Gold on the face, and gold leaf on the Apple. Patreon got a whole post about it.
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The 127cm Churchill globe
Made bespoke to order in London - we ship worldwide. You choose the colour of land and sea, the base, how the globe moves and you can personalise the map with travel routes, illustrations, and custom cartography.
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Bespoke colouring – a take on our Cassini – usually seen with Mint, Glacial or Ochre oceans – here with a nice light variation of Sea Green. Hand drawn and hand painted illustrations have been added – illustrations are by Mark Utterson.
The illustrations here are slightly larger then we normally do – we equally like and encourage this sizing! Some customers choose smaller illustrations so they are more discreet – something to find when looking closely. Others choose to make illustrations larger features on their globe.
Bellerby & Co Globemakers, London
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http://blog.bellerbyandco.com/art-2/global-news-canada-november-2018/
Short interview as part of a larger story on maps and distortion done by Global News – Canada. This first aired November 2018 –
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