For those wondering about the radio silence lately, it's all due to a major move: house and studio all packed up, moved and unpacked (mostly). Normal transmission should now resume. The first UFO (unfinished object) submitted to the UFO Project is a beauty: hand dyed, quilted and embroidered. The artist, Ulrike, is not so much in need of technical advice (she's clearly highly accomplished), but seems to have become stuck in getting it to a point where it feels 'finished', at least for now. Ulrike's adventures in dying, weaving and other textile crafts are beautifully chronicled on her bilingual blog, Handspindel. Ulrike says: Not sure if my biggest UFO is actually an UFO or more like an eternal WiP [work in progress]. But where's the difference there anyway? It's a coat I started to sew nearly four years ago. A summer coat in kimono shape. It was kind of finished Sept '08, when … [Read more...]