Crizantema

O noua lucrare,

facuta printre picaturi. Insa m-am bucurat de fiecare moment in parte.

Crizantema i-am spus.
Fir de iuta vopsit; detalii pene colorate, floare din panza de sac colorata, fluturi si bilute colorate. :)

Poze / Pictures

Si iata imaginile cu ultima mea creatie. Doar doua si nu f bune pentru ca inca nu am un aparat foarte bun si pozez cu telefonul, dar cele mai bune pe care le pot face in acest moment. :).

Bucurati-va de ele! :)


So, here they are; pictures with my latest creation. Not so best because I still don't have a good camera but as best as I could made them now.

Enjoy!

Deci sunt in Anglia. Si ... astept. Ca sa incep sa lucrez am de primit un cazier juridic de aici. Care nu mai vine. De vreo 3 saptamani deja.
Hmmm, plictisitor. Intre timp insa, ma plimb, dorm, ma odihnesc si lucrez. Am gasit aici sfoara de iuta deja colorata in multe, multe, multe culori. Bineinteles ca am cumparat. Ce a iesit veti vedea maine. O a doua lucrare colorata pe care am s-o numesc "Inceputul". Asta este inspiratia mea de acum. Poate ca maine voi schimba numele. Cine stie?

So, I am in England. And I am waiting. For m to begin to work I have to receive a document from English authoritiers. It is what they call DBS. And it is not coming. And there are already three weeks.
Boring. Meanwhile, I walk, sleep, rest and work. To my macrames. I've found here jute twing in so many colours. Of course I have baught myself and started to do things. What resulted you'll se tomorrow. A second coloured work which name will be "The Start". This is my today inspiration. Maybe tomorrow I'll change it's name. Who knows?

Sarbatoarea Pastelui si Coronitele mele inflorate (Passover and my Floral Wreath)

Pastele este pentru mine o sarbatoare de liniste, pace, lumina. Ma bucur de timul liber, de vremea frumoasa (sau nu :) ) de curatenia din casa. Ma bucur de schimbare, de transformare. Asa simt eu Pastele de fiecare data, ca un fel de curatare profunda, o schimbare energetica pana la cel mai profund nivel. 

Si chiar este. Cel putin la mine. In weekendul urmator plec pentru un timp in alta tara. O provocare extrem de mare ptr mine. Transform iar tot, ma transform iar la nivel profund si ... merg inainte. O alta bucata de viata, ale lectii de invatat, alte lucruri de trait, un alt drum.Sunt curioasa si increzatoare in ce-mi va aduce viata in cale.

Ce am lucrat de data aceasta? Coronite, pentru o colega. Doua coronite fumoase, inflorate, vesele, primavaratece.
Si ce am mai facut? Hmmm, a fost saptamana altfel a scolilor so, am lucrat  impletituri, am facut cosulete decorate si am vospit oua din plastic. A fot superfun :).



Passover si for me a peaceful, quiet, bright celebration. I enjoy my free time, nice weather (or not so nice :D), my cleaned house. I enjoy change and transformation. This is how I feel Passover; as a profound cleaning, an energetic change on every level.

An so it is! At least for me. Next weekend I am moving to another country. A very provocative thing for me. I again change everyting, I change myself again and ... go forward. Another piece of life, new lessons to be learned, new things to be lived, another road. I am curious and confident in what life has for me on this new road :).

Meantime, what have I created for tis Passover? Not much. I have worked with a lot of kids in "Different week" and made a lot of funny things. And also, amde for a former colleague some floral wreath.

Enjoy them :).

Ultima mea creatie / My latest creation

Mandala in mov si portocaliu / Mauve and orange mandala


Am facut mandala aceasta la dorinta unei colege dragi. Pentru ca si-a dorit aceste culori, mov si portocaliu, a durat un pic pana am facut rost de materialele de care aveam nevoie. Trebuiau sa fie culorile dorite si in acelasi timp firul sa aiba o anume consistenta astfel incat sa pastreze in el modelul lucrat. So, pentru aceasta lucrare am ales fir de lana 100% lana vopsita in mov si portocaliu. Si a iesit ceea ce vedeti mai jos.


I've create this mandala for oane of my dearest colleaugue. Because she wanted this particula colours: mauve and orange it took me a while to finde the materials I needed. It had to be in desired colors and also it had to have some consistency so to keep in it working model. And so, for this work I choose 100% wool yarn dyed in mauve and orange. And voiala the result!

Enjoy it!

Macrame handmade - noduri/knots - Lectia 3, Lesson 3

Astazi voi incepe sa va explic nodurile folosite in macrame.
In primul rand, ca sa incepem orice lucrare in macrame sau micromacrame trebuie sa ne prindem cumva firele.
In micromacarme, lucrurile stau un pic altfel. In sensul ca tipul de prindere nu necesita neaparat fixarea firelor pe un suport initial care sa fie si capatul lucrarii. Astfel, la o bijuterie care include o piatra de exemplu, firele se fixeaza in jurul acesteia si apoi se termina in bratele bijuteriei (care poate fi bratara, inel, colier etc). De asemenea, daca vb de ex de realizarea unei bratari firele, la capete pot fi fixate cu acele capete de bratari pe care apoi se prind inchizatorile acesteia.

In macrame, in lucrarile mari, in realizarea de panouri decorative, lucrurile stau un pic altfel. Firele necesita un anumit tip de suport pe care apoi vine creata lucrarea.
Ca si fixare a firelor se foloseste cel mai mult nodul tip lat sau mai literar, nodul de capat. Cum faci un lat? F simplu. Pui firul in doua si prin bucla bagi capetele celor doua jumatati de fir. Oki, acum ca am fixat firele pe suportul pe care vrem se ne realizam lucrarea, sa invatam si cateva noduri de baza.

Primul nod si cel mai simplu: nodul patrat. Acesta implica existenta a 4 fire dintre care doua, cele din mijloc sunt fire purtatoare si cele doua exterioare se numesc fire lucratoare.
Un astfel de nod arata astfel:

In imaginea de mai sus este o lucrare realizata din noduri patrate.

Ca si tehnica de realizare, nodul poate fi inceput ori din stg ori din dreapta. Sa presupunem ca incepem din stanga (partea mea favorita, stangace fiind :).

Deci:

1. Firul din stanga se indoaie peste ambele fire purtatoare.

2. Firul din dreapta se trece peste cel din stanga dar prin spatele celor doua fire purtatoare

3. Se trage de extremitati si astfel s-a realizat prima jumatate de nod.

4. Ca sa inchidem nodul, realizam exact aceleasi operatii dar din dreapta spre stanga.

Ceea ce rezulta este unul dintre nodurile din imaginea de mai sus.

Iar acum nu  pot sa va spun decat sa exersati. Iar daca va place cu adevarat, lucrurile vor merge de la sine. :)

Pana la urmatoarea lectie, spor la lucru!

Today I will begin to explain nodes used in macrame.

First, as we begin any work in macrame or micromacrame we must somehow cling our wires.

In micromacarme, things are a little different. This kind of work does not necessarily require fixing wires on an initial support. Thus in a piece of jewelry that includes a stone for example, the wires are fixed arround the stone and then ends in the arms of jewelry (which can be a bracelet, a ring, a necklace, etc.). 

In macrame, in large works, in making decorative panels, things are a little different. The wires require a certain type of initial support on which afterwards we creat our work.

Wires are fixed on the initial support with the end knote. How can it be done? Very simple. Bend a wire in two and through the formed loop you will put the ends of the wires.

Oki, now that we have fixed the wires on the support we are going to leran basic knots. few basic knots.

The first node is the square knot. This implies the existence of four wires, from which the ones in rhe middle are the wires on which we work and the exterior ones are the working wires.

Such a node looks like in the above picture.

This kind of knote can be started either from the right or left. Suppose we start from left (my favorite part, being left handed :)).

So:

1. Bend the left thread over both carrying wires.

2. Then bend the right thread to left but behind the two carrying wires.

3. Pull the ends and thus made the first half of the node.

4. To close the node do exactly the same operation but from right to left.

What results is one of the nodes in the picture above.

Until the next lesson, exercise :).

Martisoare - Trinckets

Ei si a trecut si Martisorul. Nu am lucrat f mlt insa ce am facut am facut cu placere maxima. Am redescoperit broderia si ... am aplicat. :)

So the Martisor festivity is over. I haven't worked too much but what I have done I've done with a lot of pleasure. I have redescovered the embrodery and... aaplied :).

Panoul meu Incas - My Inca Macrame work

Am decis sa fac poze noi panoului meu incas, in lumina frumoasa, detaliate si in culorile relale sau cat mai apropiate de realitate. Iata ce a iesit.

I decided to do new pictures to my Inca Macrame work so it's colours to be the real ones. Enjoy them! :)

Ultima mea creatie - Panoul Incas! My latest creation - Inca Pannel!

Macrame handmade - episodul 2 (second episode)

Materiale folosite in macrame

De la cel mai subtire pana la cel mai gros, orice fir poate fi folosit in macrame. Cu firele subtiri putem crea minunate bijuterii sau dantelarii iar cu cele din ce in ce mai groase, panouri decorative, haine, perdele, snururi samd.

Dupa mine, o conditie esentiala a firelor este aceea de a pastra forma nodului pe care il cream. Nu vrem un fir prea moale sau prea pufos ptr ca asa nu vom mai putea pastra modelul pe care ni-l imaginam si va iesi doar o masa mare de fire prinse intre ele dar fara o forma consistenta.

In afara de fire, in macrame mai folosim: pietre, margele (de toate tipurile si dimensiunile), inele de lemn, metal, plastic, orice alte elemente de decor sau pe care le putem incorpora in creatiile noastre.

Practic, gama de materiale pe care le putem folosi in macrame si in micromacrame este inepuizabila.


Materials used in macrame

From the thinnest to the thickest, any thread can be used in macrame. The thin wires we can create beautiful jewelry and laces and with increasingly thicker, decorative panels, clothes, curtains, cords and so on.

In my opinion, an essential condition of the wires is to keep the shape of  knote that you create. We do not want a too soft or too fluffy yarn because so we will not be able to keep the model that we imagine and will only get a big meal of wires fastened together but without a consistent form.

Besides wire in macrame we also use: stones, beads (of all types and sizes), rings of wood, metal, plastic, or any other decorative elements that we can incorporate into our creations.

Basically, the range of materials that you can use in macrame and micromacrame is inexhaustible.

Macrame Handmade - primul episod, istoria / Macrame Handmade - first episode - History

Un pic din istoria nodurilor

Tehnica innodatului sau tehnica macrame, ca si tehnica de lucru manual este cunoscuta din cele mai vechi timpuri. Cuvantul macrame are la origine arabul "migramah" care inseamna franjuri ornamentali sau mai bine cunoscutii ciucuri. Prin extensie, aceasta denumire a fost data obiectelor realizate prin innodarea manuala a firelor, intr-o anumita ordine, in dorinta de a realiza un model. Aceasta tehnica a fost foarte dezvoltata in sec al XIII-lea de catre arabi. Apoi spaniolii au invatat-o de la mauri si au practicat-o cu foarte mare indemanare. De la spanioli, macarameul a trecut foarte rapid la italieni care au realizat din fire albe de in dantele foarte frumoase. Treptat, macrameul a trecut in Franta, Olanda si apoi in Anglia. Tehnica reinvie in a doua jumatate a sec al XIX-lea cu o mai mare amploare in intreaga Europa.

Cei care au contribuit in mod sustinut la raspandirea acestei tehnici in intreaga lume sunt marinarii. Pe aceasta cale au ajuns macrameurile si in America. 

Gama firelor folosite astazi de aceasta tehnica este foarte larga; de la matase pana la cel mai gros fir de sfoara iar lucrarile care pot fi facute nu au ca limita decat imaginatia creatorilor.

Little bit of knots history

Knotting or macrame technique is an old well known handmade technique. Word macrame comes from arabic "migramah" which means fringe. By this technique, from threads knotted in certain order one can realise beautiful patterns, beautiful handmade works. This technique was developed by arabians in 13-th century. After that Spanish people took it from Moorish and through Italians it reached Europe, in France, Holland, England. In the second part of 19-th century this technique experienced a revitalization all over Europe. 

Sailors spread this technique all over wolrd. Today there is a wide type of threads one can use in macrame works; from silk to jute the tipe of works and patterns are only limited by creators creativity.

A good place to start on learning about macrame is Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macram%C3%A9

Aceasta este o scurta introducere in tehnica macarmeului. Cu fiecare episod care va urma ca voi aduce din ce in ce mai aproape de lumea minunata, plina de culoare si creativitate a macramelului.

Stati aproape si bucurati-va. 

Un weekend minunat sa aveti!

So, this is a little bit of start in this technique.

With every episode I will introduce you to the wonderful coloured and extremely creative world of macrame. 

I will present you techniques as well as creators.

Stay tuned and enjoy the ride. I surely do :).

Have a nice weekend!

Martisooor si impletitura mea supercolorata/ Micromacrame work and my supercoloured wall hanging

Ei da, martisorul se apropie cu pasi repezi repezi. Si lucrez si iar lucrez precum Penelopa. Ce o sa vedeti in pozele urmatoare este munca mea de sambata si duminica (zile lumina :)). Insa, ptr mine, e placere pura. Ador sa incerc noi si noi modele, sa inventez, sa experimentez. Nu am cuvinte sa exprim cata bucurie imi aduce lucrul acesta.
Si bonus, pe langa modelele de martisoare si bratari, cea mai colorata lucrare a mea de pana acum :). Trebuie sa spun asta: o ador; iubesc sa lucrez in culori, iubesc handmade-ul colorat, inveseleste orice incapere si cu siguranta voi face din ce in ca mai multe astfel de lucrari foarte colorate. Poate in sfoara din ce in ce mai groasa. Efectul trebuie sa fie absolut spectaculos.

Well, 1-st and 8-th March are rapidly comming. So, I work and work and work like Penelope :). What you will see in below pictures are my handmade works from Saturday and Sunday (full day work). But, for me this is pure pleasure. I love to try new and new models, to innovate, to experiment.
Bonus, besides micromacrames I've made for 1st and 8th March, here, in avanpremiere, my most coloured work till now. And I must say, I love it, I love working with colours, I love coloured handmade, it brings joy to any place, and I will do this kind of hangings more and more. Maybe in much more thick rope. I think the effect must be spectacular.

Red/white heart bracelet

Red/white heart bracelet

Red/white bracelet

Red/white bracelet

Red/white bracelet

Little hearts

Clover

My work in progress