tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post4901705374333860947..comments2024-03-29T03:35:11.890-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Diptychs: Two New Hooked Wool DrawingsAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-10948865946025652382015-02-09T07:09:22.724-05:002015-02-09T07:09:22.724-05:00Awesome pattern draw, I very like it.Awesome pattern draw, I very like it.Widelwenhttp://www.widelwen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-18818598192749161052013-10-06T14:52:41.997-04:002013-10-06T14:52:41.997-04:00Thank you, Lori; I don't usually use subdued c...Thank you, Lori; I don't usually use subdued colors in my textiles, but it's nice for a change. <br />Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-13548791939307453172013-10-06T10:40:47.817-04:002013-10-06T10:40:47.817-04:00Love the grays. So soft and calming, yet the line...Love the grays. So soft and calming, yet the lines give a sense of movement. Perhaps a midnight stroll. I need silence during the design process but love to watch t.v. or pop in a movie while hooking.Lori LaBergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359673505050157296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-15442140925530880462013-10-05T11:47:46.666-04:002013-10-05T11:47:46.666-04:00Olga, I do my rug hooking in the evening, while li...Olga, I do my rug hooking in the evening, while listening/watching tv. Once the design is worked out, the hand work doesn't require much thought, so I find it relaxing to have some "noise" while working, as you do. <br />I'm glad you like the diptychs. Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-29347514007611914492013-10-05T06:13:11.017-04:002013-10-05T06:13:11.017-04:00I love radio silence when I am working out designs...I love radio silence when I am working out designs, and leave the sounds of the nearby ducks and other birds to provide the background. But I must admit to loving having either BBC Radio 4 on, or Jazz playing when I'm stitching - my mind seems to be able to filter them out when deep thought takes over.<br />I love the lines and the subtle colours of your diptych curves. What beautiful designs you execute.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-87936480300790895432013-10-03T20:29:56.217-04:002013-10-03T20:29:56.217-04:00Thanks for your comments, Ms Wis and rappel. I am ...Thanks for your comments, Ms Wis and rappel. I am still vitally interested in news, but get it online, with the NY Times and political blogs. In that way, it's quiet, I read what I want when I want, and have my mind free when I'm working. Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-69697306513370884382013-10-03T19:44:40.651-04:002013-10-03T19:44:40.651-04:00where my mind is when I'm working has always b...where my mind is when I'm working has always been of great importance to me.... and listening to any kind of news report is particularly counter-productive - not that I'm not vitally interested in the news! just while I'm concentrated on working, my mind needs as much spaciousness as I am capable of providing....rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-621464316983684862013-10-03T17:38:04.912-04:002013-10-03T17:38:04.912-04:00Such subtle colors in the bottom pair. We don'...Such subtle colors in the bottom pair. We don't do much radio and usually only public TV, so nothing too stressful there as we don't watch the news shows. We get the NYTimes M-F and are pretty much just reading the Arts, Home, etc. and ignoring the news. So much bad news and so little one can actually do. All my years at the newspaper make this kind of behavior hard to do, but I think it is becoming an issue of physical as well as mental health. And this year any time I was making art it was usually with very little background noise, just now and then a little music.LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.com