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! :)

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!