Comments on: batting to and fro http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/ Deirdre Nelson - Artist in Residence Sun, 20 May 2012 17:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: tawona http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-357 tawona Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:55:27 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-357 threads weave to make fabric in the first place, and then to decorate (embroidery) or to repair (patching), or attach two pieces in making a garment requires thread. i wonder about the possibility of trying to stitch an unlikely material, sort of in the same way you had the red tennis balls? the social impact of requiring two people to work the loom is an interesting analogy on life itself, the challenge of living and working together. it mirrors the sport of tennis where you can't play on your own, which also works well with the idea of trade where there has to be more than one party for that to happen . . . so, as you put it, the batting back and forth threads weave to make fabric in the first place, and then to decorate (embroidery) or to repair (patching), or attach two pieces in making a garment requires thread. i wonder about the possibility of trying to stitch an unlikely material, sort of in the same way you had the red tennis balls?
the social impact of requiring two people to work the loom is an interesting analogy on life itself, the challenge of living and working together. it mirrors the sport of tennis where you can’t play on your own, which also works well with the idea of trade where there has to be more than one party for that to happen . . . so, as you put it, the batting back and forth

]]> By: Cherry http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-65 Cherry Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:58:45 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-65 Something that occurs to me as intriguing is the importance of helixes, eg the blades of the cross-cutting machine only work because they spiral (an early 19c invention); if straight the nap would just be flattened, not cropped. The same mathematics (but doubled!) gives the crucial form for the tennis ball - I always find it amazing that two identical flat pieces of fabric can make a sphere Something that occurs to me as intriguing is the importance of helixes, eg the blades of the cross-cutting machine only work because they spiral (an early 19c invention); if straight the nap would just be flattened, not cropped. The same mathematics (but doubled!) gives the crucial form for the tennis ball - I always find it amazing that two identical flat pieces of fabric can make a sphere

]]> By: Deirdre http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-31 Deirdre Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:32:08 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-31 <p><p><p>thanks for this Hilary ..i have been looking at the website and the artist Louises work ..<br /><br /><br /><br /> http://www.lbostudio.com/gallery/knocked-out.html and this http://www.lbostudio.com/attach/index.html</p> <p><p>thanks for this Hilary ..i have been looking at the website and the artist Louises work ..<br /><br /><br />
http://www.lbostudio.com/gallery/knocked-out.html
and this
http://www.lbostudio.com/attach/index.html

]]> By: Hilary http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-30 Hilary Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:25:59 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-30 "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break." -Chinese proverb Saw this proverb on the opening page of the Red Thread Project which you may have already heard of : http://www.theredthreadproject.com/welcome.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.” -Chinese proverb

Saw this proverb on the opening page of the Red Thread Project which you may have already heard of :
http://www.theredthreadproject.com/welcome.html

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]]> By: Deirdre http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-20 Deirdre Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:57:06 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-20 <p>what a great idea ! i now have embroidered tennis balls attached to swingball travelling through my creative brain ... participants can bat 'history' about !</p> what a great idea ! i now have embroidered tennis balls attached to swingball travelling through my creative brain … participants can bat ‘history’ about !

]]> By: Dawn Youll http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-18 Dawn Youll Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:08:14 +0000 http://sitblog.co.uk/2010/01/19/batting-to-and-fro/#comment-18 the combination of the back and forth of the tennis ball and the working of the loom made me think of playing swing ball and the tangle it gets into!</p> the combination of the back and forth of the tennis ball and the working of the loom made me think of playing swing ball and the tangle it gets into!

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