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Post by MTRuth on Jan 16, 2012 1:44:27 GMT
Pam - looking forward to the results. I have sari yarn as well and that is a great idea about taking it apart.
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Post by pamd on Jan 16, 2012 1:58:52 GMT
Thanks everyone for being so nice. I come from a group of artists who see copying or using someone's idea as a bad thing - really bad thing nowadays. When we started the group, 20 years ago, everyone shared freely and loved it when someone tried out an idea they saw from someone else. Now things have changed and it has made me kind of paranoid, I guess, about trying someone else's idea. However, I never meant is as theft of Zed's idea, really. After, when I was sharing the sari yarn, it sort of dawned on me that perhaps that is what I did, and it really makes me feel bad, because I so admire Zed's constant striving for new ideas and using new materials. Anyway, it's not the felt piece so much as the knowledge I gain from doing it, so it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to cut it up and throw it away, because I would still have the knowledge, which is the most important. I used to tell my students, I am not here to teach you how to make the beads I make, but rather to teach you the techniques I use so that you can use them to create your own personal beads.
(the purse is drying now the the silk is beginning to stand out, so I can very fairly tell you that Zed has nothing to worry about. It's definitely not a copy of the beautiful work posted that I love so much.)
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 16, 2012 2:12:53 GMT
Pam - we want to share ideas here. It isn't right to copy exactly what someone else is doing and then not give them credit but to use a technique and then take it and use it your own way is great.
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Post by zed on Jan 16, 2012 10:14:45 GMT
Aaw, Pam, you really are nice And Kaz is right, I almost did have a heart attack when I read that about cutting it up!! One of the reasons we started the website/blog and forumwas to share with people and for people to share with us/everyone too. We all get better by sharing, we can see one idea or technique develop in more ways than it would if we kept it to ourselves. And Ruth is exactly right Also, I hope you don't mind me stealing your idea of unravelling the sari silk, that is an excellent idea, and I wish you'd thought of it before I bought silk threads from ebay I'm really looking forward to seeing your bag.
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Post by zed on Jan 16, 2012 10:15:58 GMT
Oh, and I forgot to say, I really love it if anyone tries out any ideas I have and am flattered if anyone thinks something of mine is worth trying for themselves
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Post by pamd on Jan 16, 2012 13:35:46 GMT
Zed, you are way too nice (and too talented). Thanks for being so understanding. So, here is the bag. I was surprised at how nice it turned out when completely dry. The idea was to just see what the yarn would do (so don't look at design, there was none) and I am shocked. Now with only another 400 hours of work I can unravel about half of the yarn I have! (I think I'll take a look at ebay!) saribag2 by pamd8, on Flickr
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 16, 2012 15:18:27 GMT
Great looking purse. I haven't unwound any of my silk yarn for the threads but I have a scarf make out of it and it sheds terribly and i keep stuffing it in my coat pocket I should have enough for a project by the end of the winter. Ideas and sharing, that's what we do here. I always say don't take it out in public if you don't want anyone to get an idea form it and certainly don't teach it if you want to keep it to yourself. I don't understand people teaching something and then complaining when the students use what they were taught.
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Post by karen on Jan 16, 2012 16:31:19 GMT
Wow Pam that turned out gorgeous, i really love it and i'm going to unravel some of mine and try this to.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 16, 2012 18:39:53 GMT
So I see all of us sitting in front of the TV (or wherever) unraveling sari yarn. Great bag, Pam!
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Post by pamd on Jan 16, 2012 19:17:38 GMT
That's what I've been doing! It seems the dog brush works pretty good with mine. I was using the point of a scissor to unravel before, but the dog brush seems to be a little faster.
Thanks, Ruth.
So, what I have been wondering is, all these scarves that seem to be so smooth and almost radiant, do you suppose they are using silk sari threads?
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 16, 2012 20:11:31 GMT
Do you have a photo example of what you mean? We can probably look at it and tell you a more accurate answer.
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Post by pamd on Jan 16, 2012 21:50:57 GMT
Ruth, I think this pic may show it, although it isn't the picture I have in my mind. .
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 16, 2012 22:02:00 GMT
It could just be silk top. It looks very shiny like that.
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Post by zed on Jan 16, 2012 22:12:36 GMT
The bag looks great, Pam And honestly, there's nothing to be unhderstanding about I laughed at your pocket full of fibres, Ann That wrap looks like there might be curly locks under the silk in places. Some silk noil will look like that. Those colours are gorgeous.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 16, 2012 22:40:47 GMT
It's been ironed as well. It makes a big diferance to how it looks.
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