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		<title>Autumn&#8217;s chores</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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As autumn arrives, the chores that comes with it press on the agenda. There is a window of a few weeks where, if one has a vegetable patch, lots of things have to be done. It&#8217;s harvest time. In my garden, amongst tomatoes, zucchinnis, brussel sprouts, lettuce, leek and other things; I have loads [...]]]></description>
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<p>As autumn arrives, the chores that comes with it press on the agenda. There is a window of a few weeks where, if one has a vegetable patch, lots of things have to be done. It&#8217;s harvest time. In my garden, amongst tomatoes, zucchinnis, brussel sprouts, lettuce, leek and other things; I have loads of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marigold_%28common%29" target="_blank">marigolds</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/marigold-garden.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1591" title="marigold garden" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/marigold-garden.jpg" alt="marigold garden" width="490" height="318" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure if it easy to see, but that big plant in the middle is a Brussel Sprouts plant. All those orange, yellow  and red spots are marigolds (Tagetes are these ones). These flowers, quite common and hardy (they grow anywhere!) have different functions: a) give colour to the garden, b) attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators c) they serve as &#8220;repellents&#8221; for bugs and d) when harvested on time can serve well in the dyer&#8217;s pot!</p>
<p>I like plants that can have several uses. The marigolds give a range of green-ish to golden colour in the dyer&#8217;s pot depending on mordants and modifiers. One has to harvest them when the flower is in it&#8217;s prime. I usually manage the &#8220;marigold plantation&#8221;  by leaving some flowers behind to become seeds which in turn will be the &#8220;mothers&#8217; of next year&#8217;s crop.  I don&#8217;t take all the flowers at the same time so bees have some needed  flowery hubs in these days that start being a bit dark, cold and wet.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1588" title="harvesting marigolds2" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds2.jpg" alt="harvesting marigolds2" width="490" height="355" /></a></p>
<p>I put my harvest (this bag has about 1kl of flower heads) in the freezer. According to some literature (I really can&#8217;t remember where I read this! bibliography is extensive&#8230; Jenny Dean? India Flint?) the cold of the freezer helps the water molecules in the flower to break and the colour then comes out easier when defrosted and used in the pot. It is also quite handy to be able to freeze, as I am now busy harvesting a whole lot of stuff, processing it&#8230; and then I can use all these things later on in the year.</p>
<p>So there you go&#8230; if you ever start a veggie garden, add some merigolds. Trusty, hard working little flower which adds a huge amount of colour to your garden, your eyes&#8230; and your dyer&#8217; s pot!</p>
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<p>Llega el otoño a ésta parte del mundo y con el cambio de temporada llegan un montón de tareas que se deben ejecutar en un par de semanas. Cuando uno tiene una huerta, es ésta la época de cosecha de la gran mayoría de las plantas. Hay que preparar el suelo antes de que lleguen las primeras heladas que probablemente llegaran en octubre.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1590" title="harvesting marigolds4" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds4.jpg" alt="harvesting marigolds4" width="490" height="346" /></a></p>
<p>En mi huerta, mezcladas entre tomates, zuchinnis, repollitos de Bruselas, lechugas, rucula y tantas cosas mas (ver foto 1)&#8230; tengo Margaritas de la variedad <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes" target="_blank">tagetes</a> (las tagetes son tambien conocidas como &#8220;Maravillas&#8221; y muchs veces son mezcladas con las caléndulas).  Planta simple que crece en todos lados, es para mi una de las esenciales en una huerta. Cuando uno quiere maximizar la producción de su jardín, tiene que pensar en plantas que puedan cumplir diferentes funciones, y ésta planta es campeona en eso! Por ejemplo: a) da mucho color al jardín; b) atrae abejas, mariposas y otros polinizadores; c) es una planta que acompaña a otras porque atrae a las &#8220;pestes&#8221; d) si es cosechada a tiempo, es una excellente fuente de color en la cacerola del que tiñe sus propias telas.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1589" title="harvesting marigolds3" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds3.jpg" alt="harvesting marigolds3" width="490" height="343" /></a></p>
<p>Hay que cosecharlas a tiempo, cuando la flor está en su mejor momento. Solo la cabeza de la flor, el resto de la planta queda para despues. Usando los mordantes y modificadores adecuados se puede conseguir una gama de colores verdosos a dorados.  Yo hago un manejo sustentable de mi &#8220;plantación de tagetes&#8221;. No cosecho todo a la vez asi las abejas tienen algunas flores en éstas épocas que empiezan a ser frías y oscuras; pero tambien dejo algunas flores para que se sequen en la planta y se conviertan en las semillas que utilizaré el año que viene para mi nueva plantación.</p>
<p>Lo que cosecho (ver foto 2, una bolsa de 1kl de cabezas de flor) lo pongo en el freezer. No puedo acordarme adonde leí ésto (la bibliografía es extensa y muchas veces se me mezclan los libros! Jenny Dean? India Flint?) pero de ésta manera el frío ayuda a romper las moléculas de agua en la flor y asi cuando se descongela, el color salen mas fácil. De una manera u otra, tener la posibilidad de usar el freezer implica que puedo seguir con mis tareas, cosechar y procesar un montón de otras cosas y luego, en la larga oscuridad del invierno holandés, dedicarme a teñir con éstas flores.</p>
<p>Asi que ya saben&#8230; si quieren empezar un jardín o huerta&#8230; no se olviden de las tagetes.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1587" title="harvesting marigolds1" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/harvesting-marigolds1.jpg" alt="harvesting marigolds1" width="490" height="367" /></a></p>
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		<title>Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Happiness, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Playing by theme today&#8230; &#8220;Your favourite Happy&#8221;&#8230; well, what makes me happy I thought&#8230; the parrots&#8217; pic was taken by Mr Husband a few years ago back in the town where I was born, by the sea. That particular pic has been published all over the place [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/4967001549/">Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Happiness</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marucs/">Marian Florcita</a>.</span></div>
<p>Playing by theme today&#8230; &#8220;Your favourite Happy&#8221;&#8230; well, what makes me happy I thought&#8230; the parrots&#8217; pic was taken by Mr Husband a few years ago back in the town where I was born, by the sea. That particular pic has been published all over the place and it also is part of the media archive of endangered species <a href="http://www.arkive.org/" target="_blank">ARKive</a><br />
The sheep from the wool, that little kid (my son), the sea, my husband&#8230; being back home&#8230; all those things make me happy. I could have added a whole lot more&#8230; but mostly&#8230; just the small, simple things make me happy.<br />
All the credit to the photographers who took the pics. If you want to play along, visit <a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com">Mitsy&#8217;s blog.</a></p>
<p>Hoy el mosaico tiene un tema &#8220;cosas que nos hacen felices&#8221;.  Estas fotos son sólo una muestra, tantas cosas simples y cotidianas me hacen felíz.</p>
<p>La foto de los loros la saco el Sr Marido hace algunos años en mi ciudad natal. Esa misma foto ha sido publicada varias veces y hoy forma parte de <a href="http://www.arkive.org/" target="_blank">ARKive</a>, un archivo digital de especies en peligro de extinción. El niño es mi hijo, la oveja  me da lana&#8230; el océano me hace felíz&#8230; mi marido, volver a mi ciudad natal&#8230; este mosaico no me da espacio para todo  &#8230; incluiría la huerta, los viajes, las caminatas&#8230;.</p>
<p>Todo el crédito para los fotógrafos que sacaron éstas fotos. Si quieren jugar, visiten el blog de <a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com">Mitsy.</a></p>
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		<title>Autumn</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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		<title>experimenting&#8230; yet some more.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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In the name of science I keep experimenting! Well, not really&#8230; to be scientific I should have done a whole lot of note taking, measuring and stuff which I didn&#8217;t do. I always say&#8230; &#8220;this time I&#8217;m going to measure everything, write it down so I can repeat it&#8230;&#8221;  and then half way through [...]]]></description>
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<p>In the name of science I keep experimenting! Well, not really&#8230; to be scientific I should have done a whole lot of note taking, measuring and stuff which I didn&#8217;t do. I always say&#8230; &#8220;this time I&#8217;m going to measure everything, write it down so I can repeat it&#8230;&#8221;  and then half way through the experiment I get so absorbed in the process I forget about all my scientific efforts&#8230;</p>
<p>So, in case it helps other people&#8230; while I was dying with<a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1545" target="_blank"> brazilwood</a>, I added some raw wool&#8230; it hadn&#8217;t been washed or mordated.  I just threw it in the pot afterwards&#8230;to see what would happened. And the result was this pink colour:</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/brazilwood-chips_raw-wool.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1572" title="brazilwood chips_raw wool_florcita" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/brazilwood-chips_raw-wool.jpg" alt="brazilwood chips_raw wool_florcita" width="490" height="367" /></a></p>
<p>When I was dying with <a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1554" target="_blank">weld</a>, I dipped the wrap in an old copper pot. I didn&#8217;t heat it up or anything&#8230; long exposure to copper, or heating a copper source &#8211; as I understand- would release the particles that are toxic to us.</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/silk_cap_weld-_-copper.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1571" title="silk_cap_weld _ copper" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/silk_cap_weld-_-copper.jpg" alt="silk_cap_weld _ copper" width="490" height="348" /></a></p>
<p>So since it was a wrap -something you wear and comes in contact with skin-  I took it out very quickly.   It was dipped for like&#8230; half an hour and then I got bored <img src='http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  But I did throw in the raw wool&#8230; and I forgot&#8230; so a week, 2 weeks went by and I remembered them. And this is what I found: very dark purple&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/brazilwood-chips-copper_raw-wool.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1570" title="brazilwood chips-copper_raw wool" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/brazilwood-chips-copper_raw-wool.jpg" alt="brazilwood chips-copper_raw wool" width="490" height="396" /></a></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>(ES)</p>
<p>En el nombre de la ciencia, sigo experimentando&#8230; bah no&#8230; en realidad, si quisiera ser un experimento científico tendría que tomar notas, medir cantidades y demases&#8230; cosa que nunca hago. Siempre me digo &#8220;ésta vez voy a anotar todo&#8221;. Y naturalmente a mitad de camino me olvido, me pierdo en lo que estoy haciendo y no anoto nada. Lo cual implica que tampoco puedo repetir exactamente un experimento. Todo único e irrepetible&#8230;</p>
<p>Pero en caso que de todas maneras ésta experiencia mia le sirva a alguien..cuentoles.</p>
<p>La semana pasada estaba yo <a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1539" target="_blank">tiñiendo con &#8220;Brazilwood&#8221;</a> y sumé a la teñida unos gramos de lana cruda, sin lavar y sin mordantar. Salieron esos rulos rosados (FOTO 1).</p>
<p>Cuando estaba tiñiendo con <a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1554" target="_blank">Reseda</a> (o weld en inglés), metí la chalina en una cacerola vieja de cobre que tengo. No la calenté a la cacerola ni tampoco dejé a la chalina por mucho tiempo. No solo porque me aburrí de esperar algun cambio en el color, sino tambien porque la exposición prolongada al cobre, es nociva. Entonces nuestra piel -siendo ésta una prenda de vestir- iría a estar expuesta a esas partículas tóxicas del cobre. (FOTO 2).</p>
<p>Pero lo que si añadí fueron esos rulos de lana cruda que había teñido y habían quedado rosados. Los metí ahi y me olvidé. Y me olvidé en serio porque pasaron 2 semanas antes de que ayer los volví a ver&#8230; y eran violetas! (FOTO 3).</p>
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		<title>Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Dandelion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Dandelion, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
Doing some research for a project I have in hand. Studying the shape of the dandelion&#8230;. to many, dandelions are weed.  To me a simple flower, beautiful and delicate.
All the credit to the photographers who took these pics. If you want to see more data or [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/4943961621/">Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Dandelion</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marucs/">Marian Florcita</a>.</span></div>
<p>Doing some research for a project I have in hand. Studying the shape of the dandelion&#8230;. to many, dandelions are weed.  To me a simple flower, beautiful and delicate.<br />
All the credit to the photographers who took these pics. If you want to see more data or see the pic larger, click on the mosaic.<br />
If you want to play, visit <a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Mitsy&#8217;s blog</a></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>Estoy estudiando la forma del &#8220;panadero&#8221; para un proyecto que tengo en mente.  Flor simple que llena los jardines, para muchos un yuyo&#8230; para mi delicadamente hermosa en su simpleza.</p>
<p>Todo el crédito para los fotógrafos que sacaron éstas fotos. Si quieren ver la foto mas grande o data, hagan click en el mosaico.<br />
Si quieren jugar, visiten el <a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com" target="_blank">blog de Mitsy.</a></p>
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		<title>Merry Go round</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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Every month a group of 9 crafts women from around the world, join to answer each in their own way, the same question. This month is a challenge!  Each of us submitted a picture of our own making, voted and then the idea was to make with our medium of choice a version of the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Every month a group of 9 crafts women from around the world, join to answer each in their own way, the same question. This month is a <strong>challenge</strong>!  Each of us submitted a picture of our own making, voted and then the idea was to make with our medium of choice a version of the winning picture.Translate 2D to 3D.</p>
<p><a href="http://viltalakim.blogspot.com"> Kim&#8217;s </a>photo of water balloons won. Here it is:</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/globos_merry1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1560" title="globos_merry" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/globos_merry1.jpg" alt="globos_merry" width="490" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>So I thought&#8230; I want round shapes, I want them in different colours&#8230; I have to make something to reproduce or at least hint at the at the air bubble there on top of the balloons&#8230; different heights and it has to be included or surrounded by another round shape&#8230;so this is what I got:</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1561" title="Merry_globos1" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos1.jpg" alt="Merry_globos1" width="490" height="421" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1562" title="Merry_globos2" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos2.jpg" alt="Merry_globos2" width="490" height="348" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1563" title="Merry_globos3" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos3.jpg" alt="Merry_globos3" width="490" height="386" /></a></p>
<p>And my husband already found a purpose for it (although I was planning to hang it on the wall!)&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1564" title="Merry_globos4" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Merry_globos4.jpg" alt="Merry_globos4" width="490" height="411" /></a></p>
<p>That reflection on the kettle&#8230; Olaf, our black lab&#8230;  I am standing behing him and on the right&#8230; the future studio!</p>
<p>Do please check the answers of the other artists that take part of this Merry- go -round. The links are on the right hand menu!</p>
<p>&#8212;-ESP</p>
<p>El &#8220;Merry go Round&#8221; o calesita, &#8220;Tío vivo&#8221;&#8230; como se le llame en cada país de habla hispana; es un grupo de 9  artistas de varias partes del mundo que se juntan todos los meses para responder la misma pregunta, aunque cada una a su manera. Este mes tuvimos un <strong>desafío</strong>. Presentamos todas una foto y luego votamos. La foto ganadora tenía que ser traducida a una pieza utilizando el medio que cada una usa en su arte&#8230;</p>
<p>La foto es la primera, la de los globitos de agua en una piletita. Es una foto que sacó <a href="http://viltalakim.blogspot.com">Kim</a>.</p>
<p>Desgranando un poco la foto vi muchas redondeces: los globos, las burbujas de aire arriba de todo que tenían que ser mostradas de alguna manera, el círculo que contiene a todos los pequeños círculos, los colores brillantes, la diferencia en alturas y tamaños, etc.  Y lo que salió, son las fotos que siguen&#8230; el Sr Marido ya le encontró un uso&#8230;como se ve en la última foto. Yo tenía planes de colgarlo pero el dice que asi es mas útil.</p>
<p>En la última foto, en el reflejo en la pava, se ve a nuestro labrador negro, Olaf, a mi detrás de él sacando la foto y a la derecha el Estudio&#8230;que va marchando!</p>
<p>Si pueden tomensé el tiempo de visitar a las otra artistas que forman esta &#8220;calesita&#8221;. A mano derecha, bajo &#8220;merry-go-round&#8221; están los links.</p>
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		<title>The pot keeps boiling&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember a few days ago I posted about this wrap or scarf made with silk and merino. Very light and soft. Well, I dyed it with weld which gives a very pretty yellow. Since I was experimenting, afterwards I dip it in an old copper pot. I didn&#8217;t heat it up at all but I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember a few days ago I posted about <a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1512" target="_blank">this </a>wrap or scarf made with silk and merino. Very light and soft. Well, I dyed it with weld which gives a very pretty yellow. Since I was experimenting, afterwards I dip it in an old copper pot. I didn&#8217;t heat it up at all but I think the colour, the yellow, became even brighter.</p>
<p>The subtle variations in the colour absorption between the wool and the silk, make of this wrap something very delicate and elegant&#8230; I think!</p>
<p>(more details in pictures bellow).</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/silk_cap_weld_logo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1555" title="silk_cap_weld_logo" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/silk_cap_weld_logo.jpg" alt="silk_cap_weld_logo" width="490" height="344" /></a></p>
<p>Hace algunos días les mostraba <a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/?p=1512" target="_blank">este</a> envolvente o shwal hecho con seda y lana. Muy liviano y suave. Como estoy con la cabeza metida en las cacerolas, tiñiendo con plantas, aproveché y usé  Reseda (en inglés se le llama &#8220;Weld&#8221;). Ya que estaba experimentando lo sumergí luego en una cacerola vieja de cobre. No lo calenté ni nada por el estilo pero creo que el color se volvió mas intenso con le interacción con el cobre.</p>
<p>Las  variaciones sutiles en la absorción del color, hacen del contraste de la seda con la lana, una combinación muy delicada y elegante&#8230;pienso yo!</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/silk_cap_weld_mosaico_logo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1556" title="silk_cap_weld_mosaico_logo" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/silk_cap_weld_mosaico_logo.jpg" alt="silk_cap_weld_mosaico_logo" width="490" height="490" /></a></p>
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		<title>Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Apple season around the corner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Apple season around the corner, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
One of the many things I like about autumn, is the fact that there are good, fresh apples all over the place. Around here it seems like autumn is starting to take over&#8230; and that is fine by me. I love autumn and [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/4923016322/">Flickr Favorites Tuesday: Apple season around the corner</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marucs/">Marian Florcita</a>.</span></div>
<p>One of the many things I like about autumn, is the fact that there are good, fresh apples all over the place. Around here it seems like autumn is starting to take over&#8230; and that is fine by me. I love autumn and all it&#8217;s culinary goodies.<br />
All the credit to the photographers who took these pics. Click on the mosaic for a better view. If you want to play, visit<a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com"> Mitsy&#8217;s blog.</a></p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p>Una de las tantas cosas que me gusta del otoño, que pareciera se está por venir, es que es la temporada de las manzanas. Manzanas frescas, jugosas por todos lados. Me encanta el otoño y todas sus delicias culinarias!<br />
Todo el credito para los fotografos que sacaron estas fotos. Click en el mosaico para verlo mas grande. Si quieren participar, visiten el <a href="http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com">blog de Mitsy.</a></p>
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		<title>better pics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Felt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibre Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brazilwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encaje]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuno felt. felt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took some better pics today of the nuno felted wrap. I hope the lace which was nuno felted is more visible now (here bigger). Some of you asked how brazilwood looks like&#8230; wood chips&#8230; pic bellow!
Have a nice week everyone!

Saqué fotos nuevas del envolvente nuno que mostré ayer (aqui mas grandes). Espero que de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I took some better pics today of the nuno felted wrap. I hope the lace which was nuno felted is more visible now (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/" target="_blank">here bigger</a>). Some of you asked how brazilwood looks like&#8230; wood chips&#8230; pic bellow!</p>
<p>Have a nice week everyone!</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mosaic_brazilwood-nuno.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1547" title="mosaic_brazilwood nuno" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mosaic_brazilwood-nuno.jpg" alt="mosaic_brazilwood nuno" width="490" height="490" /></a></p>
<p>Saqué fotos nuevas del envolvente nuno que mostré ayer (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/" target="_blank">aqui</a> mas grandes). Espero que de ésta manera se vea mejor el encaje que usé. Algunos preguntaron como es el &#8220;brazilwood&#8221; con el que teñí ésto&#8230; bueno&#8230; es madera&#8230; foto abajo&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/brazilwood-chips.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1546" title="brazilwood chips" src="http://florcita.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/brazilwood-chips.jpg" alt="brazilwood chips" width="490" height="376" /></a></p>
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		<title>Nuno felt -Hand dyed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mariana</dc:creator>
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Nuno felt -Hand dyed, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
My weekend: I nuno felted lace and then hand dyed it with brazilwood chips. This is the first extraction of colour and I am looking forward to see the other shades that this dye stuff can give. This piece was mordated with alum. The colour is so [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marucs/4915695877/">Nuno felt -Hand dyed</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/marucs/">Marian Florcita</a>.</span></div>
<p>My weekend: I nuno felted lace and then hand dyed it with brazilwood chips. This is the first extraction of colour and I am looking forward to see the other shades that this dye stuff can give. This piece was mordated with alum. The colour is so vibrant and the fabric so soft! Love it!</p>
<p>My Fin de semana: hice fieltro nuno con encaje y luego lo teñi con &#8220;Brazilwood&#8221; (no se como se le dice en español, pero aca se vende como brazilwood. El nombre del árbol: <em>Caesalpinia echinata). </em>Este tono lo ha dado la primera extracción de color usando alum como mordante. Todavía tengo que experimentar con las siguientes extracciones de color y otros modificadores. El color es tan vivo y la tela formada tan suave! Me encanta&#8230;</p>
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