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:Daine twentysomething triple sagittarius

[04k96]

[brarchives]

jaguars in manaus, amazonas, brasil, photographed by caio vieira

[loveridden1999]

visited an old friend today

[stufflikethathere]

[3rabbit]

the lillies are bloomin’

[kuchipachi]

white flag by lucia gallipoli

[dogwoodbite]

[ID: a white lace curtain with the words "I DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN / BUT I CERTAINLY DIDN'T / ASK TO DIE / EXCEPT FOR WHEN I DID / AND I THANK GOD / HE NEVER LISTENS" added with white interfacing just above a flower motif border /End ID]

[achillesinhighheels]

[wetheurban]

Let people misunderstand you, let people miss you, let people be wrong about you. Your peace is not dependent on their accuracy.

[sailorbrazil]

thursday..... and i bet you wish you were her

[unfunsized]

[dogpuppy]

[nodovess]

[knifeofvenus]

inbeautmag

[knightotoc]

"I miss Odysseus; my heart is melting. / The suitors want to push me into marriage, but I spin schemes... By day I wove the web, / and in the night by torchlight, I unwove it."

I made this feverish, unwinding loom for @youremysunshine8 's bday, since she is reading Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

It's made from an old painting frame with the canvas removed. I painted the wood a darker color and hammered in a couple hundred tacks, which I strung with white yarn.

The weaving itself took a long time, since I've never done that before and wasn't using a real loom, though I did make a make-shift heddle from a ruler. The meander is woven in soumak, which means you wrap the weft around each warp instead of just going over-under; this takes a long time but gives it a really cool dimension.

I carved Penelope's hands from chipboard, and painted them the same color as the loom. I wanted to convey the "muscular, firm hand" from Wilson's translation.

[allunderthesamesky]

[velvetcloak]

mantveil

[velvetazuraa]

[zenethemoon]

Lotus Flowers at Kodai Hasu no Sato 2021