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Aranyakanya ♀️ [20316068] [2011-12-26 22:54:13 +0000 UTC] "Fibers and pencils" (Belgium)

# Statistics

Favourites: 88; Deviations: 141; Watchers: 16

Watching: 19; Pageviews: 8631; Comments Made: 292; Friends: 19

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: At this very moment : Kim Dong-Seong with his booklet "Waiting for mama". Generally illustrators of children's books, fantasy books, concept artists,...
Favorite bands / musical artists: Any folk, Faun, Omnia, Rapalje, Prima Nocta, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, John Williams, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Nicholas Hooper, Isbells, Fleet Foxes, Paul Simon, Sigur Rós, Anoushka Shankar,....
Favorite writers: Roald Dahl, Tolkien, Annie M.G. Schmidt, Robin Hobb
Other Interests: Photography, ecology, history and archeology, living history, ethnic art

# About me

Years ago I started drawing my own Christmas and Birthday cards because the cards in the shops were either expensive or not my style. Many people like the drawings, but as I'm not very good with computers or design programs the cards don't look too professional. I'd like to have a pixie-series printed one day. I'm putting them up here to see if there is any interest from the 'outside world', that is, beside my friends and family.

I taught myself card weaving about five years ago and after that I took up a part-time weaving course in Ghent. I'm now in my fourth year and studying South-American inkle weave techniques. I demonstrate card weaving as an iron age reenactor on various living history festivals and in schools. I own a four-shaft Leclerc loom.

Next to weaving and drawing I like photography, especially macro pics of flora and fauna.

Nature is very important for me and this shows in my drawings, my photos and the fibres I work with.

# Comments

Comments: 28

rhizin [2015-01-01 17:42:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for adding Hugh Laurie vs3 to your favourites.

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erzebeth-rouge [2014-07-04 12:35:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fav :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to erzebeth-rouge [2014-07-19 21:34:27 +0000 UTC]

't was well deserved ;) (Wink)

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rhizin [2014-07-01 21:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the favs :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to rhizin [2014-07-02 21:47:26 +0000 UTC]

They were very much deserved :) (Smile)

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tatsu-sachiko [2014-02-23 16:25:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank You for favs :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to tatsu-sachiko [2014-02-24 09:34:52 +0000 UTC]

They are well deserved ;) (Wink) I admire the patience with which you embroidered the whole tissue for the purse, and not just the borders. It's almost like weaving with a needle :) (Smile)

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tatsu-sachiko In reply to Aranyakanya [2014-02-24 14:36:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes, You have right, that is like a weaving with a needle. It takes many, many hours (about 72-75 h only for embroidery) but the effect is worth every minut which I spend on it :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to tatsu-sachiko [2014-02-26 17:59:00 +0000 UTC]

It's a lovely craft ! And you can take it on the bus, train and anywhere you like. When I want to weave something like this, I have to stay at home with my loom ;) (Wink)

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tatsu-sachiko In reply to Aranyakanya [2014-02-27 06:11:55 +0000 UTC]

To take it to train or bus is not that easy as You think... We had (in Poland) horrible roads with many holes in it. When you ride the bus, everything is shaking and you can not hit the needle in the right place. In the trains are very similar. So yes, I can take embroidery with me, but only to work on it, once I get to the destination. ;) (Wink)

Just polish reality :P (Lick)

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Aranyakanya In reply to tatsu-sachiko [2014-02-27 21:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I get that :D (Big Grin) Belgian buses are not very comfortable either, but the trains are mostly good for needlework :) (Smile)

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tatsu-sachiko In reply to Aranyakanya [2014-02-28 06:13:21 +0000 UTC]

I could embroider in train only if it stop in the middle of the nothing for hour for example ;) (Wink) And that situation is happen. Not always but often - yes. :D (Big Grin)

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Nigdziekolwiek [2014-01-22 08:12:14 +0000 UTC]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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Aranyakanya In reply to Nigdziekolwiek [2014-01-22 20:36:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !! I had a great day :) (Smile)

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Nigdziekolwiek [2013-10-26 12:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to Nigdziekolwiek [2013-10-27 11:43:26 +0000 UTC]

That band more than deserved a favourite ;) (Wink)

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Svetodara [2013-01-28 19:18:21 +0000 UTC]

Tanks for watch & fav :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to Svetodara [2013-01-29 22:06:46 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the watch too ;) (Wink)

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erzebeth-rouge [2012-11-10 05:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Merci pour le Watch et pour le favori! Ta galerie de tissage est absolument magnifique, j'aime beaucoup les try-outs vert et blanc! De plus, ta reconstruction de tissus selon la technique de métier à tisser datant de 1850 est très impressionnante. Et tes dessins sont simplement adorables :) (Smile)

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Aranyakanya In reply to erzebeth-rouge [2012-11-12 16:49:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for returning the watch :) (Smile) I took some more time today to properly browse your gallery and I love your embroidery work. I tried to take up embroidery some time ago but never got much further than the cross stitch. Do you know if there is a good online manual for early medieval embroidery techniques ?

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erzebeth-rouge In reply to Aranyakanya [2012-11-15 03:47:05 +0000 UTC]

I have no idea.. my mother has this awesome embroidery book that i borrowed to learn some specefic stitches, but even then i developped what i did from one project to the next, doing what felt confortable... the only stitche i know i did to be historical is the bayeux tapestry technique used for filling spaces... But you can always try the search engine, youre bound to find something. Sorry i cant be of more help :/

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Aranyakanya In reply to erzebeth-rouge [2012-11-16 10:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks anyway ^^ It's a shame we can't go back in time and watch how they did it...

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erzebeth-rouge In reply to Aranyakanya [2012-11-16 22:37:27 +0000 UTC]

we would then learn from our own mothers!! :) (Smile)

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Nigdziekolwiek [2011-12-28 12:39:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for watching!

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Aranyakanya In reply to Nigdziekolwiek [2011-12-31 11:23:33 +0000 UTC]

i like your card weaving, very neat and great colours ! :) (Smile)

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deviantmallory [2011-12-27 20:44:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the "watch" and the "favorite"!

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Aranyakanya In reply to deviantmallory [2011-12-31 11:47:55 +0000 UTC]

I envy your persistence in weaving big things like blankets. I usually get tired of a pattern after half a meter and then change it, which sometimes makes the end result look rather patchy...

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deviantmallory In reply to Aranyakanya [2011-12-31 13:23:02 +0000 UTC]

I understand! Most of the interest is getting it warped, and then seeing if the pattern will work...once I've got everything going, I want it to be finished so I can start a new project...the rhythm of weaving can be a good meditation, however, and I do enjoy the finished pieces!

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