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Post by koffipot on Sept 20, 2015 14:19:46 GMT
Love tiger bread, lovely crackly, crispy crust.
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Post by lyn on Sept 20, 2015 14:31:54 GMT
According to Wiki:
"Tiger bread is popular in San Francisco Bay Area where it's called 'Dutch Crunch'."
"The bread is generally made with sesame oil, which gives it a distinct aroma, and with a pattern baked into the top made by painting rice paste onto the surface prior to baking. The paste dries and cracks during the baking process. The rice paste crust also gives the bread a distinctive flavour."
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 20, 2015 15:31:17 GMT
I saw that Lyn - I guess I haven't been to San Francisco for a while and I missed the "Dutch Crunch" bread. But now I am not eating any bread so I guess I will have to miss out.
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Post by zed on Sept 20, 2015 15:53:26 GMT
I'll have your share, Ruth
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Post by zed on Sept 24, 2015 11:40:58 GMT
Sorry, Judith, I missed your comment about the set up.
We use two rooms, mostly because there's usually a lot of people and it makes it easier to do the layout in one room (dry room, keeps the supplies safe) and then go to the room with a sink and waterproof tables for the wet part.
The first time though, we did it in the wet room, set it up so the layout was done on the felting set up of towels, mats, bubble-wrap etc.
Only 4 people turned up yesterday for nuno day.
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Post by zed on Oct 24, 2015 11:32:16 GMT
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Post by koffipot on Oct 24, 2015 15:23:00 GMT
Oooh! A lovely wooly jellyfish! Love it!
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Post by koffipot on Oct 24, 2015 15:26:47 GMT
Sorry, Judith, I missed your comment about the set up. We use two rooms, mostly because there's usually a lot of people and it makes it easier to do the layout in one room (dry room, keeps the supplies safe) and then go to the room with a sink and waterproof tables for the wet part. The first time though, we did it in the wet room, set it up so the layout was done on the felting set up of towels, mats, bubble-wrap etc. Only 4 people turned up yesterday for nuno day. Thanks zed. The cafe/gallery lady hasn't got her workshop area sorted yet. There's only a dry area at present, but she's aiming to get the wet space organised soon.
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Post by zed on Oct 24, 2015 17:01:22 GMT
The last couple of weeks we've just used the one room again, putting down towels, mat, bubblewrap etc before doing the layout. I think that's how it'll stay now because the craft group want to work on their Christmas crafts, but the sewing group want to carry on felting. I think practising for and doing makefest with limited water supply taught me to very water conscious. You still need a wet area for throwing though
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Post by koffipot on Oct 25, 2015 16:37:49 GMT
Now the leaky roof has been repaired, she can probably start making progress. A wet area is necessary, but not from above!!
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Post by zed on Dec 4, 2015 10:59:51 GMT
We've had a new lady come to the classes the last couple of weeks, I can't remember where she's from, but only speaks French and Arabic. The first week one of the others was helping to translate, but words or phrases like 'open weave', 'wisps', and 'fulling' are not the kind of thing you come across day to day so we were still a bit stuck! She came late, and I was already doing a layout, so I got her to do a piece similar to mine, wispy/fine layers of tops with tassley/eyelash yarns layered through, like a cobwebby weaving effect. We only had solid, and nuno felt pieces to show her though, so she was disappointed in her results, she brought it back this week to show it dry, everyone told her how gorgeous it was, but she kept pointing to the holes. What do you think? Also, this week, she seemed to be getting on really well, but then when it came to fulling, her first layer separated from the second. I've never come across that before, so couldn't even guess how it happened. Her work looked and felt wet and soapy enough, she was rubbing, rotating, flipping etc. Very odd. And talking of language, she asks us to say it in English so she's learning too, and it was the funniest thing hearing her repeat 'enough' the way I say it!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Dec 4, 2015 13:50:31 GMT
Love the color combos! If the holes bother her, she could always needle-felt them closed. But then you will be teaching a new skill. In spite of the holes, the language issues and the separated felt--sounds like she is having a great time!
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Post by zed on Dec 4, 2015 14:04:00 GMT
She told the translator last week that she wanted to thank everyone because we made her feel like part of a family and it gave her goosebumps I'll know for future to expand my samples collection so I have a relevant one for demos. I've not spoken so much French since the early 80's! I can not for the life of me remember Hot and cold is chaud and froid, not froid and chaud, or that 'and' is et, not i or y like Croatian and Spanish.
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Post by MTRuth on Dec 4, 2015 15:44:07 GMT
You're doing better than I could for sure Zed. I know almost nothing in French. Were the layers that separated a different kind of fiber or the same fiber.
I think her sample is great. I do think that using a variety of fabric etc. makes it hard for a beginner to get anything even at all so her piece turned our remarkably well.
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Post by Pandagirl on Dec 4, 2015 15:54:46 GMT
The students sample looks great Zed. Is is possible the material used is not wool? That would explain some separation.
I had French in HS, too. But don't remember a thing. I used an app this summer in Europe summer to help translate. My DH and boys are great with other languages, but I'm lost.
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