Make Work

Welcome! I'm Greta, and I'm a student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. This is where I'll be posting process work, doodles and photos of finished pieces.


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Working on some Ikat scarves. The weave is rather open so they should be nice and drapey.

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Wall o’ silk

Wall o’ silk

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Roger Hammerstein

Roger Hammerstein



So I’m in phase one of my summer long textile studio (first class is tomorrow, yes I’m a keener), AKA “The frantic search for mulberry plants”. Pictured above is my very own white mulberry (which will be known as the most expensive stick I have ever owned until the tiny buds open) now located on the school deck. The bucket it’s in was kindly provided by the school’s Painting and Drawing technician and I’ve had amazing support from our Textile technician as I’ve been trying to locate food for the silkworms I will be ordering. I would like to point out that all of NSCAD’s technicians are freakin’ AWESOME, they tend to go above and beyond what is required of them to help students and are just generally, fantastic, knowledgable people.

So I’m in phase one of my summer long textile studio (first class is tomorrow, yes I’m a keener), AKA “The frantic search for mulberry plants”. Pictured above is my very own white mulberry (which will be known as the most expensive stick I have ever owned until the tiny buds open) now located on the school deck. The bucket it’s in was kindly provided by the school’s Painting and Drawing technician and I’ve had amazing support from our Textile technician as I’ve been trying to locate food for the silkworms I will be ordering. I would like to point out that all of NSCAD’s technicians are freakin’ AWESOME, they tend to go above and beyond what is required of them to help students and are just generally, fantastic, knowledgable people.

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Tormund Giantsbane!  Husband of bears, etc, etc. The idea popped into my head and I couldn’t resist doing these quickie (creepy?) doodles.  One of my favourite things about Tormund in the books is the insane stories he tells Jon about how he got his nicknames.  I keep hoping it’ll come up in the show but so far no dice. I remain hopeful though…

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sorting cocoons from the disastrous summer of far too many silk worms. the ones on the left are good for reeling, the ones on the right are being picked through.  I did this on the back porch because the cocoons smell a bit and my property manager kept walking by very determinedly not looking at me.  Hooray for freaking out the neighbours!

sorting cocoons from the disastrous summer of far too many silk worms. the ones on the left are good for reeling, the ones on the right are being picked through.  I did this on the back porch because the cocoons smell a bit and my property manager kept walking by very determinedly not looking at me.  Hooray for freaking out the neighbours!

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Handwoven merino wool scarf with handmade pin.

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Rejoice!  I started this blasted brocaded band at least two years ago so I could learn the technique and then kept getting distracted (why spend time on a band when you could weave fabric?), but I finally powered through and finished the warp and got two different patterns out of it!  The one with the gold x’s is based on a 13th century find, the pattern is from Nancy Spies’ book Ecclesiastic Pomp and Aristocratic circumstance which I recommend if you’re interested in brocaded tablet weaving.  The other band was really just an improvisation so I could weave the rest of the warp off quickly.

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Haha, well this blog’s just gotten the most attention it ever has thanks to the wonders of fanart.  Thanks for the love guys!  I’ve been getting a lot of textiley things done while I wait for the summer session to start.  Here are some silk scarves dyed with different natural dyes.  Prepare yourselves for more textile posts coming up although I’m gonna keep that fanart thing in my back pocket for later…

Haha, well this blog’s just gotten the most attention it ever has thanks to the wonders of fanart.  Thanks for the love guys!  I’ve been getting a lot of textiley things done while I wait for the summer session to start.  Here are some silk scarves dyed with different natural dyes.  Prepare yourselves for more textile posts coming up although I’m gonna keep that fanart thing in my back pocket for later…

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Let’s Draw Sherlock submission numba two.  Originally titled Death’lock and the KnightJohn, based on the Durer print pictured bellow.  Funny thing is he’s not a knight, he’s a Landsknecht (that was a real derp moment for me just now as I did some quick googling and the wrong source image kept coming up, I mean look at his outfit, really should have known.)

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