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December 30, 2010 by Tien Chiu

2010, and 2011 goals

I didn’t do too badly with last year’s goals, as it turns out:

  • Get married!!
  • Finish weaving and sewing my wedding dress, using couture techniques
  • Exhibit the wedding dress at CNCH and Complex Weavers
  • More studies of weave structures
  • Play with color
  • Write a few more weaving articles
  • Finish the cashmere coat, hopefully with more assistance from Sharon Bell
  • Lose that 20 lbs I wanted to lose last year

In fact I got pretty much everything but the last two finished.  I will work on those in the coming year.

Now, what do I want to do in 2011?  I think my creative goals are:

General goals:

  • Learn to draw/continue studying fine arts
  • Begin working in some surface design techniques, and think about how to apply them in the context of handwoven fabric
  • Start teaching; submit at least one teaching proposal for Complex Weavers
  • Continue my dye studies, focusing on Cibacron F fiber-reactive dyes

Specific projects:

  • Finish the cashmere coat, the cherry blossom jacket, and (maybe) the qiviut shawl
  • Dye several sets of gradated colors, in 30/2 silk.
  • Dye a full set of two-color combinations of Cibacron F

There! I think that’s a reasonable set of goals for the new year. I’m sure other projects will unfold in time.

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