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Done with the book proposal!

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 30, 2013

Got myself unblocked and finished writing the draft of the book proposal. I’ve sent it out to a couple of writer friends for review (two have already said it looks great), and am waiting for feedback. In the interim, I’ve set the proposal aside for a few days, so I can look at it with [...]

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Hunting the wild book proposal

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 28, 2013

The last two days have been astonishingly productive on the book proposal: I have completed the rough draft of the proposal, including the table of contents, and am working on the first of two sample chapters. I’ve written over three thousand words in the last two days, and while things are still rough, they’re shaping [...]

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Interested in talking to designers in craft

By Tien Chiu | Published: April 21, 2013

Short version: I’m looking to talk to people who are well-known designers in their craft – not just fiber arts, but things like jewelry, ceramics, glasswork, etc. (Plus fiber arts, of course – quilting, fashion design, etc.)  If you have suggestions for people to talk to, please drop me a line at tien @ tienchiu.com [...]

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Win some, lose some

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 17, 2013

By working nonstop for about a day and a half, I have managed to get the phoenix piece mounted onto a piece of black velvet (I changed my mind about the color at the last minute), lined with black silk, and hung from a sleeve. I finished barely before my friend Lieven arrived to help [...]

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Design principles

By Tien Chiu | Published: December 22, 2012

I’m currently writing the section in my book blog on design principles, and since it would take far too long to cover two and three dimensional design in its entirety, I’m trying to pick out a few critical principles – both of how design works and how to create a good design. (Here I’m talking [...]

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