Comments for Tien Chiu http://www.tienchiu.com The Traveling Tiger Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Itchiku Kubota by LauraSue http://www.tienchiu.com/2010/03/itchiku-kubota/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 LauraSue Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:28 +0000 http://www.tienchiu.com/?p=5301#comment-1532 When I was a quilter I read about the Japanese schools for learning quilting. To go through the entire program took years. I mourned at the time that there was nothing like that in the U.S. And to this day I firmly hold that in order to create art, one must first be a consummate craftsman. When I was a quilter I read about the Japanese schools for learning quilting. To go through the entire program took years. I mourned at the time that there was nothing like that in the U.S. And to this day I firmly hold that in order to create art, one must first be a consummate craftsman.

]]> Comment on Plaster mummy by Ruth Temple http://www.tienchiu.com/2010/03/plaster-mummy/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 Ruth Temple Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:57:07 +0000 http://www.tienchiu.com/?p=5298#comment-1530 D&S are online now! Coolio! Having FantasticPlastic Tiens to properly display the dress and coat is a fabulous idea: detail, detail, detail, and perfect fit. Being interested in dress forms for sewing, this sounds like a solution Lise and I might be interested in. Nancy, your art-school pal's scrapes are hilarious (especially now that they're safely in the past and the arm well-healed). Thanks for the laugh! D&S are online now! Coolio!

Having FantasticPlastic Tiens to properly display the dress and coat is a fabulous idea: detail, detail, detail, and perfect fit. Being interested in dress forms for sewing, this sounds like a solution Lise and I might be interested in.

Nancy, your art-school pal’s scrapes are hilarious (especially now that they’re safely in the past and the arm well-healed). Thanks for the laugh!

]]> Comment on Itchiku Kubota by Ruth Temple http://www.tienchiu.com/2010/03/itchiku-kubota/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 Ruth Temple Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:17 +0000 http://www.tienchiu.com/?p=5301#comment-1529 Oh. My. and - yes - that level of astonishment and resultant aspiration comes through in your work. Oh. My. and – yes – that level of astonishment and resultant aspiration comes through in your work.

]]> Comment on Using Photoshop to simulate colors in weaving by Nancy Lea http://www.tienchiu.com/2010/03/using-photoshop-to-simulate-colors-in-weaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Nancy Lea Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:29:06 +0000 http://www.tienchiu.com/?p=5295#comment-1528 why not present it as an article for Weavezine? You;d reach more people. I got kind of "scared off" CW by all the unpleasantness I encountered on "WeaveTech" since I realized those are mostly the same people. why not present it as an article for Weavezine? You;d reach more people. I got kind of “scared off” CW by all the unpleasantness I encountered on “WeaveTech” since I realized those are mostly the same people.

]]> Comment on Plaster mummy by Nancy Lea http://www.tienchiu.com/2010/03/plaster-mummy/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 Nancy Lea Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:29:43 +0000 http://www.tienchiu.com/?p=5298#comment-1527 made me recall a friend back in art school who was noted for leaping without looking and getting into some memorable scrapes. One of her best was trying to get ahead of the rest of her sculpture class on the "self-portrait" assignment and sneaked into the "sculpture shack" after hours to cast parts of her body before the instructor showed them how to do it safely. She coated her entire arm...bent, by the way...in plaster-of-paris then realized, after it was set, she had no idea how to get her arm OUT. Hysterical call back to our dorm produced me and another buddy who sneaked out at 2 am, with a six-pack and some saws, chisels and anything else we could use, to the "shack," where we spent the rest of the night alternately crying and giggling (since we were terrified we'd injure her) cutting and chipping the cast off. Of course, had we all just admitted what happened, somebody could have obtained the proper tools from an orthopedic office. She was already in violation of campus rules, though, as were we all, with mega-trouble if we owned up. We finally got it off, along with pulling out a good deal of body-hair and leaving her with very red skin for a couple of days. Needless to say, the lesson on "how to" in the next sculpure class included the information that she should cast half her arm at a time, lengthwise, and use vaseline on her skin. I could go on for several pages of her antics, but won't! (-; made me recall a friend back in art school who was noted for leaping without looking and getting into some memorable scrapes. One of her best was trying to get ahead of the rest of her sculpture class on the “self-portrait” assignment and sneaked into the “sculpture shack” after hours to cast parts of her body before the instructor showed them how to do it safely. She coated her entire arm…bent, by the way…in plaster-of-paris then realized, after it was set, she had no idea how to get her arm OUT. Hysterical call back to our dorm produced me and another buddy who sneaked out at 2 am, with a six-pack and some saws, chisels and anything else we could use, to the “shack,” where we spent the rest of the night alternately crying and giggling (since we were terrified we’d injure her) cutting and chipping the cast off. Of course, had we all just admitted what happened, somebody could have obtained the proper tools from an orthopedic office. She was already in violation of campus rules, though, as were we all, with mega-trouble if we owned up. We finally got it off, along with pulling out a good deal of body-hair and leaving her with very red skin for a couple of days. Needless to say, the lesson on “how to” in the next sculpure class included the information that she should cast half her arm at a time, lengthwise, and use vaseline on her skin. I could go on for several pages of her antics, but won’t! (-;

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