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I finally made it to the Legion of Honor yesterday to see Isabelle de Borchgrave‘s Pulp Fashion exhibit. All I can say is, “Wow. Wow. Wow!” Her body of work is absolutely amazing, as is her attention to detail.

In one dress, she hand painted in the lines for a pin striped walking dress. The stripes are about 1mm wide and 3mm part. For the entire dress! The pleats. The flounces. Wow. I was just blown away.

For the fichus and other lacework, she painted in the lace designs on photo lens cleaning paper (in giant sheets) and then carefully cut into the paper with a scalpel. Absolutely divine.

Hurry. The exhibit has been extended through June 12th. There’s one more week to view this fabulous collection. I don’t believe it’s being shown anywhere else in the US.

Pulp Fashion
The Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park, San Francisco
Tuesday through Saturday from 9:30 am – 5:15 pm

I took at three day workshop with Sharon Alderman a week ago. This is the first of a 2 part series that Black Sheep Handweavers Guild is putting on. Sharon’s class is about designing handwoven cloth for garments. Specifically, cloth for a jacket that Daryl Lancaster will help us create in September.

We created a study group to keep the workshop attendees on track for finishing the cloth by the September workshop. A new website and blog was created for the study group to share information and progress with each other and with Sharon & Daryl. You’ll find the link to it on the left under “guilds.”

I’ve posted pictures of my class samples over there.

Is this not the coolest book cover ever? Cover features card woven bands from guild member (and wife of one of the authors), Gudrun Polak.

And whose idea was it to use the card woven bands? The co-author, Eleanor, not the weaver’s own husband. Hmm.

If you wonder what card weaving has to do with Quantum Computing, the answer is nothing. Eleanor just thought they were pretty and would soften up what would otherwise be a dry book. It’s nice when your work is appreciated, isn’t it?

By the way, just flipping through the book gave me nightmares of my senior year in college. They lied on the cover. There’s nothing “gentle” about the book. But if you feel the need, here’s the full link to Quantum Computing, A Gentle Introduction.