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Tuesdays of Texture: Moss
Posted on June 27, 2017
This moss-covered stone can be found in the grounds of the impressisive Chateau du Meillant, in central France.
Tuesdays of Texture: Sheep-shearing
Posted on June 20, 2017
At last month’s Fête de la Laine, a local farmer gave a demonstration of the art of tonte – sheep-shearing. As the temeperature was over 30°C, I don’t suppose this ewe minded too much.
Tuesdays of Texture: Where clogs come from
Posted on June 13, 2017
Often to be seen at the vide-greniers and miscellaneous Fêtes around here is an artisan who makes wooden clogs in the traditional manner – hand-turned on a lathe. This is his raw material.
Tuesdays of Texture: Woolly
Posted on June 6, 2017
In response to overwhelming public demand – by which I mean a kind comment left by Narami on a previous post – here are a couple more images from the recent Fête de la Laine in nearby Saint-Martial-sur-Isop.
Tuesdays of Texture: Staircase
Posted on May 31, 2017
I think there could be some Health & Safety issues about this ancient staircase in the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop. All very well to admire the textures, but you wouldn’t get me up there.
Tuesdays of Texture: Wool on the Well
Posted on May 23, 2017
Next weekend, the nearby village of Saint-Martial-sur-Isop is holding a two-day ‘Fête de la Laine’ – a wool festival. Already, the village is decorated with wool – around telegraph poles, on benches and also, as here, wrapped around the wooden winding piece and rust chains of an old well. Plenty of textures here:
Tuesdays of Texture: Sea Chest
Posted on May 16, 2017
Lots of textures in this detail of the ornate iron lock of a wooden sea chest, found in the Chateau des Ducs Museum in the French city of Nantes.
Tuesdays of Texture: Quilting
Posted on May 9, 2017
Following on from last week’s images of highly textured bags from the quilting expo at Nantes, here are two details from a display of Welsh quilts that show how the process of quilting adds texture to the fabric.
Tuesdays of Texture: Handbags
Posted on May 2, 2017
I doubt if I could sew on a shirt button to save my life, and I have nothing but respect and admiration for those whose sewing skills leave me in the dust. Which, admittedly, is most people – and especially Madame.
I recently visited an exhibition of quilting and embroidery in Nantes, which included a couple of bags that have been elevated by texture way above their mundane practical purpose:
Tuesdays of Texture: Boulangerie
Posted on April 25, 2017
This shop sign provides an attractive juxtaposition of textures with the wall on which it is set, above a boulangerie (bakery) in the town of St Junien.
To put it into context, here is the street view:
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