Wednesday, April 18, 2012

TAST Week 16: French Knots

French knots are a familiar stitch.  I have used hundreds of them to make a sheep, added them to other TAST pieces as embellishments and played with different numbers of threads and tightness of knots.  I used them to create some cattails and a dragon fly, common sights in the Forest Preserves in the area.

I also used French knots to illustrate some elements of the natural world -- the constellation Orion that I have been observing in the night sky for many years, a caffeine molecule, and one of George Gamow's illustrations of the cosmic big bang.  I have been thinking about cosmology, physics, and bio-chemistry recently as I read Ordinary Geniuses by Gino Segre.
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4 comments:

  1. Shami Immanuel12:33 AM

    A good stitch to illustrate the constellation orion. Creative and good move. Keep going.

    Shami.
    www.shamiatcraft.blogspot.com

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  2. Queenie Patch11:47 PM

    I agree with Shami, knots are great to illustrate stars in the sky.

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  3. Isabelle10:53 AM

    using french knot to represent a constellation is a ver good idea !

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  4. Julie10:18 PM

    French knots work out well in the scientific world...also very futuristic! Cool ideas for embroideries. Eye opening for me!

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