FoolishTobias

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[foolishtobias]

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[maruti-bitamin]

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[ewaneneollav]

*sits up in bed, stretches, yawns* it’s another beautiful, glorious day full of opportunity a- *ominous bell toll and i am instantly replaced with a 10,000-year-old mummy sitting in the exact same pose*

[carloskaplan]

Sepulcros reais do Mosteiro de Santa María de Poblet (Tarragona)

[ancientart]

Raised and painted relief from the ceiling of the Hathor Temple at Dendera. Egypt, Graeco-Roman period, 2nd/1st century BCE - 2nd century CE.

Photos courtesy of & taken by Laura H. Knight (first, second). 

[everydaylouie]

heatwave

[conzoop]

happy skeleton warrior week, keep those bones strong!

[stillout2lunch]

Most recent progress pic of my glorious loon sweater. It’s a little old, it has sleeves now!

[aeide]

completed weaving of the penelope skyphos from chiusi:

the header is tablet-woven linen, with the linen weft for the band used as the warp for the rest of the piece on a warp-weighted loom, which you can see in the photos below (there is also a previous post with more process photos here). the reverse is a negative mirror image of the front, since I wove this as double-weave pickup rather than tapestry:

additional details below the cut:

the bottom and side borders of the finished piece are tablet-woven with a mixture of linen and mercerized cotton. the sides are a classic meander motif, while the bottom border includes the "X" square from the skyphos itself. the bottom border was woven directly onto the piece using the remainder of the warp beneath penelope's feet (tablet draft for anyone interested—I designed it to be twist-neutral and everything). the side borders are sewn on because I didn't set up the side borders when I started the project, but ellen harlizius-klück previously executed a stunning version here that has the side borders woven in, as well as a really helpful video on this technique.

I was originally planning to leave part of the black warp threads unwoven to serve as penelope's warp, the way I did a few years ago with the amasis painter vase:

but I couldn't figure out how to execute it well in this version, especially since I was doing double-weave and not tapestry. perhaps next time! overall, this was a complicated and fun project as a first warp-weighted loom piece. I learned a lot of important lessons—chief among them being to actually calculate warp lengths instead of eyeballing them and to increase the loom weights on the warps for better tension. unfortunately, I also learned I want to build a large warp-weighted loom (the one I have now was made by jennifer marcus at fiber paintings studio and it is lovely, but I would like to weave larger pieces.)

the original pot also features telemachus standing over a grieving penelope (I had room only for his spear), perhaps a reference to the scene in book 1 when he reprimands his mother and orders her back upstairs:

Odysseus was not the only one who did not come back home again from Troy. Many were lost. Go in and do your work. Stick to the loom and distaff. Tell your slaves to do their chores as well. It is for men to talk, especially me. I am the master. οὐ γὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς οἶος ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἐν Τροίῃ, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι φῶτες ὄλοντο. ἀλλ᾽ εἰς οἶκον ἰοῦσα τὰ σ᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε, ἱστόν τ᾽ ἠλακάτην τε, καὶ ἀμφιπόλοισι κέλευε ἔργον ἐποίχεσθαι: μῦθος δ᾽ ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει πᾶσι, μάλιστα δ᾽ ἐμοί: τοῦ γὰρ κράτος ἔστ᾽ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ.

Od. 1.354–359. Emily Wilson translation.

my plan is to eventually create a larger version of this piece that includes telemachus and the meta aspect of unwoven warp threads. it would also be interesting to figure out if I can weave a different image on the back of the cloth, since the reverse of the pot itself depicts eurycleia recognizing odysseus as she washes his feet.

[90-ghost]

NEW POST

I’m speaking my feelings out because u are family to me and i want to remind you of our situation.

First and foremost, I want to extend my deepest thanks to every single one of you who helped me. Because of your incredible support and generosity, I was able to evacuate Gaza safely. I will never forget that you are the reason I am standing here today.

However, our struggle is far from over. The brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip has stripped us of everything. My family and I lost our home, our belongings, and our sole source of income. We have been forced to start from below zero.

Currently, part of my family is in Egypt, trying to rebuild their lives. But human solidarity and attention have faded over time, and the donations have drastically slowed down. We are now struggling immensely to cover basic monthly needs, including rent, utilities, and daily expenses.

More painfully, my brother, Mohamed, is still trapped in Gaza, enduring unimaginable suffering every single day. He urgently needs monthly financial support just to secure his basic daily necessities and survive the harsh conditions there.

Throughout my life, I have always believed in the power of giving. I have constantly extended my hand to help anyone in need, and I continue to do so whenever I can. Today, it is my family that desperately needs that helping hand.

No donation is too small. Every single dollar you give can help us pay our rent in Egypt, keep a roof over our heads, and send life-saving support to my brother Mohamed in Gaza. If you cannot donate, please share our story.

We deeply appreciate your ongoing kindness, empathy, and support during the darkest chapter of our lives. Thank you for not forgetting us.

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[barghest-land]

Fight it, dear boy, fight it! Till the end, even if they say it's impossible to win.

(some process under the cut!)

[medievaljournalist]

idgaf about palace intrigue just let me chill

[mioritic]

Images from a larger sequence of Trinitarian miniatures.

Rothschild Canticles, Flanders/Rhineland, ca. 1300 (Beinecke MS 404, f. 75r, 81r, 83r, 84r, 98r)

[foolishtobias]

The time has come for me to leave the huge cult called the unemployed. Do not fret, bretheren. I will return to you someday.

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[necrolagniia]

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[themysteriousmurasamecastle]

hey.. two people were asking about you… so i gave them your address and phone number… their names were Skeletal Warrior and Skeletal Ice Mage