Showing posts with label Ruedesheim patchworktage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ruedesheim patchworktage. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 June 2011

Medieval wall paintings in Ruedesheim


These beautiful paintings are undergoing restoration at Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett in Ruedesheim (short clip from the guide's description here).


From the next room (the former chapel) -


There are some nice video clips from the museum here, although the mechnical dolls are a bit creepy - don't click the link if you really don't like the sound of mechanical music! The Bruder Bros. concert organ was the first encounter, a bit overpowering under that vaulted ceiling (click photo for audio link).


Outside the museum. There are bell carillons mounted in the upper window recesses either side of the main entrance (just visible far right), which played on the half hour.


An unusual museum, and worth a visit.

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Ruedesheim - missing workshop photos found


Friday's workshop - Yuza Sashiko 'Grass and Bamboo' - I had filed them in the wrong folder on the computer.


Not from the workshop, but using some of my kamon crest designs from 'Japanese Quilt Blocks' and 'Japanese Taupe Quilt Blocks' in the centre. You can read about it (in German) on Andrea's blog. It will look amazing when it is finished - the corner triangle sections are unusual and the colours are very subtle.


Display with my books in the marketplace... wow...

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Ruedesheim - design inspirations


No time for typing captions this morning, so just enjoy a small photofest of images!


















Ruedesheim Patchworktage - sashiko workshop


I taught two sashiko workshops over the weekend - 'Grass and Bamboo' (two hitomezashi patterns from Yuza-machi) and the Sashiko Furoshiki workshop. I know I took a photo in the first workshop, but I haven't found it yet (over 200 photos taken on this trip so...) These photos are all from the furoshiki class. Some lovely work started there. I hope everyone will send me photos of their finished panels! For once, the sun and room architecture obliged and we could use the windows as giant lightboxes.