Author: Pam Holland
I travel the world teaching and talking.
Photographing and writing,
Sharing experiences
What a way to go.
New Books
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had more books to review. Now I’ve added more….I have dozens of books on the Bayeux tapestry.2 new ones I got recently have me enthralled. The Bayeux Tapestry, The life Story of a Masterpiece. Dr. Carola Hicks. I bought it in Borders in Adelaide after seeing it…
Video Podcast…..again….
I’ve made the video shorter, so I hope you can view it now…. However, it is shown in Quicktime and if you don’t have it on your computer, I have added the URL. It’s free and is what most video’s are configured in nowdays. I’ll let you into a secret…. For years now, I’ve listened…
whoops, the video isn’t working, I’ll have to figure out a different method…!!!!! give me a day folks….!!!!
I did something twenty five times today. But, it’s not quite right yet. ……XXXXXXXXXX! Darn it…… I picked up the Video camera and walked around and shot a little vision of all the things I love….So out of my frustration, I will compose a short movie of my studio’s, my shed, my garden…I’ll put…
We just go to the shop to buy our fabric….
In the previous post I was talking about the amount of flax, needed to make 80 meters of linen….!!! No one came up with any good answers…!!!!! This is a picture of the Linen. In Medieval times everything was labor intensive and time consuming. There was a long process from plant to fabric, however, once…
I’m stumped
I actually began the morning with a question….? How many fields of flax would it take to make 80 meters of linen fabric.I think I’m stumped…. I do know that the weave is fine. 18 or 19 threads per centimeter, woven in the most basic construction called "tabby" (toile in French) which alternates single horizontal…
Frida Khalo Collage.
It’s been a warm day, but I came out to the shed at about 4.00 am to get an early start. I have a schedule to keep which has been a little askew the past few weeks….so I thought I would work longer hours today. I write for at least three hours a day on…
Face to Face.
I visited this wonderful exhibition this morning….. wonderful photos of wildlife. The it’s called Face to Face and I urge you to visit it if you can. The faces of some 20 primates, enlarged to around 6 ft X 4 ft stare with kind, thoughtful eyes into a darkened room. As with humans there are…