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Bug Crossing 🐛
I got the idea for this piece on a sunny day a while ago after seeing a beetle in the park struggle to get across the hot tarmac path, just a silly visual to explore the question of how much we should be mindful of the wildlife we share a habitat with - they live here too!
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Child's Sock from Egypt, c.250-350 CE: this colorful sock is nearly 1,700 years old
This sock was discovered during excavations in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus. It was likely created for a child during the late Roman period, c.250-350 CE.
Similar-looking socks from late antiquity and the early Byzantine period have also been found at several other sites throughout Egypt; these socks often have colorful, striped patterns with divided toes, and they were crafted out of wool using a technique known as nålbinding.
Above: a similar child's sock from Antinoöpolis, c.250-350 CE
The sock depicted above was created during the same period, and it was found in a midden heap (an ancient rubbish pit) in the city of Antinoöpolis. A multispectral imaging analysis of this sock yielded some interesting results back in 2018, as this article explains:
... analysis revealed that the sock contained seven hues of wool yarn woven together in a meticulous, stripy pattern. Just three natural, plant-based dyes—madder roots for red, woad leaves for blue and weld flowers for yellow—were used to create the different color combinations featured on the sock, according to Joanne Dyer, lead author of the study.
In the paper, she and her co-authors explain that the imaging technique also revealed how the colors were mixed to create hues of green, purple and orange: In some cases, fibers of different colors were spun together; in others, individual yarns went through multiple dye baths.
Such intricacy is pretty impressive, considering that the ancient sock is both “tiny” and “fragile."
Given its size and orientation, the researchers believe it may have been worn on a child’s left foot.
Above: another child's sock from Al Fayyum, c.300-500 CE
The ancient Egyptians employed a single-needle looping technique, often referred to as nålbindning, to create their socks. Notably, the approach could be used to separate the big toe and four other toes in the sock—which just may have given life to the ever-controversial socks-and-sandals trend.
Sources & More Info:
Manchester Museum: Child's Sock from Oxyrhynchus
British Museum: Sock from Antinoupolis
Royal Ontario Museum: Sock from Al Fayyum
Smithsonian Magazine: 1,700-Year-Old Sock Spins Yarn About Ancient Egyptian Fashion
The Guardian: Imaging Tool Unravels Secrets of Child's Sock from Ancient Egypt
PLOS ONE Journal: A Multispectral Imaging Approach Integrated into the Study of Late Antique Textiles from Egypt
National Museums Scotland: The Lost Sock
No one is watching you as much as you think they are. No one cares if you're biking alone, playing basketball by yourself, or sitting by a river with a blanket and a book. What actually matters is how those things make you feel. Do they bring you peace? Do they make you happy? That’s what counts. Not some random stranger’s opinion that won’t even last ten seconds. think again
And even if they are watching you, you aren’t that important to them or their day and they will simply move on and go back to focusing on their own endeavors. Don’t let the momentary eyes of others prevent you from living your life.
made by @clarabrunetvalls
Art by Kevin Gnutzmans
さあ。連休中のメインイベントです。先般見つけた猫風゜呂さんのカリカリ柄の肉球もとい手ぬぐいを浴衣にして、Jさんに着せてみよう!の回です。
お前首いいのかよ、というツッコミはさておき…すっごいいい姿勢でチクチクしたんです、私。頑張ったの(苦笑)
今はストーキングを止めて二階でうたた寝中なのは把握済みですが…
何。起きたの。
寝てていいよ?
寝起きを襲って着せます。帯はポリの半襟を転用。
あー、予想どおり、豆力士っぽい。
半眠りです(笑)いやおっさん、似合いますよ?
そのまま人のベッドに突っ伏して寝始めました。
意外と悪くないですがはだけていくので、がっちりマジックテープで止めるのが良さそうです。でも今日はこれで満足。Jさんにもおいしい夕ごはんをあげなくちゃ。
コミュニティラベル審査中につき消えちゃうかもしれないので、今のうちにご覧いただけたらと思います😿
It's currently undergoing community label review and may disappear, so I hope you'll take a look at it now...