Monthly Archives: April 2006

Silk fusion paper (and stuff)

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 28, 2006
I have been getting interested in silk fusion paper –it sounds like it would be really cool for origami, although I don’t know if it folds well. It’s basically layers of silk fiber held together with an adhesive, but I bet it’s really gorgeous. I’ve recently bought some handpainted silk from The Silkworker [...]
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Making brown stock tonight…

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 26, 2006
Mike has woken up my palate again, so I am making soup stock. Brown stock, to be exact, roasted bones and vegetables-and-such. I’m using three pounds of beef bones, 2 pounds of oxtail (they were short on beef bones), three carrots, three stalks of celery, and two onions. I’m roasting the vegetables [...]
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I have scored duck eggs!

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 25, 2006
Went to the Alemany Farmer’s Market on Saturday, and found me a source of duck eggs! $5 for a flat of duck eggs. I’m psyched–I very much prefer duck eggs for my egg art. (Duck eggs are slightly translucent, producing deep jewel tones, and have smoother surfaces, allowing finer lines to be drawn than on [...]
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See what you think…

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 19, 2006
…I’m starting to shuffle my treasures around the walls. Here’s a photo of two tapestries and the futon cover. I’m not sure if I like the way they’re hanging right now–something just doesn’t seem quite right. I might swap the red and the black tapestries, or I might hang just the red one–although the red [...]
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Finished the futon cover…

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 17, 2006
…and it is every bit as beautiful as I had hoped! Deep burgundy, luminously glowing with that shimmer only silk can have–gorgeous. Goes really well with the dark cherry frame and dark cherry floor, too. Now I’m turning my attention to hanging my treasures from Southeast Asia, starting with the 2′x4′ silk rug. I think I’m [...]
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