Weaving is Fun. Day Two

Welcome to Weaving.. Day two

Todays task was to thread the yarns through the heddles in the harness.  It takes time and patience but the tedious part is almost over.  

There are four harness frames and the order in which you thread the yarn in the heddles will create part of your pattern.  We went one, two, three, four, repeat.

After all the yarns have been threaded, attach all the yarns to the warp stick that then gets wound onto the warp beam.  This takes two people to make sure there is the right tension when getting wound.

After attaching the threads to the breast beam...

Next step weaving!  

The farther I get into the process of weaving the more I enjoy and love it!  

It's been a long time coming but I think I've dicsovered my true passion.  

I'm so excited to see what I can create once I start weaving.  

All the wonderful patterns and colors, the sky is the limit.

Be Bold

peace&love

Rebecca

Process.. Subtractive Printing

Subtractive printing is a fun and simple way to print using a minimal amount of screens.  It takes some planning, thats really the hardest part, but it can be a fast and efficient process.  Just remember always print lightest to darkest, largest to smallest.  Since I'm using drawing fluid, instead of photo emulsion, as the stencil, it is easier to apply the subtractive method.

Start with your largest image on the screen, shown on the left, and printed in white on the right.

Now with your drawing fluid start painting in an area.  Whatever you paint is blocking the next layer of ink and will stay white.  As you can see all I painted in was "Mud Splats".  When I printed the orange layer, "Mud Splats" remains white.

For the third layer I blocked out the lettering with blue tape.  I wanted an orange outline so I painted in around the border around the splats.  And voila! The final product.

This process starts to make more sense when you plan it out and actually go through the printing steps.  As always there is an importance to registration, make sure every layer matches up, and it take patience and practice.  

If you have any questions or comments about the process or would like your own custom shirt made please feel free to comment below or contact me at rebeccazerby@gmail.com.

Be Bold.

peace&love

Rebecca

Tale of the Whale

My beautiful whale collection.  A mix of prints, some that I have printed and others that I have collected.  Theres something about whales, they are grand and graceful, that makes them so beautiful.

Litho Print by Rebecca Zerby

Silk Screen print by Rebecca Zerby

Digital Print by OrangeTail from Esty

I hope to grow my collection as big as the deep blue sea.

peace&love

Rebecca

Weaving Is Fun. Day One

Yesterday I started weaving.  It is one of the oldest forms of art that in todays world can be manipulated and transformed into something completely unique and wonderful.  Weaving is very tedious and there are a lot of steps but I have broken it down into something comprehensible.  I will not be going into the steps in complete depth.  This is more of a introduction with pictures.  enjoy.

I am technically not starting at the beginning.  The first step is to measure and wind the warp thread which you see below.  I will show that another time when I remember to document it.  Basically the warp yarn is measured and wrapped around the warp board then crocheted into this neat bundle.  

Two sticks are placed around the cross of the threads and this is placed on the loom.

This is the loom.  Breast beam in the front.  Beater in the center which holds the reeds.  The spaces between the reeds are the dents, this is what we thread the warp threads through.  A sleying hook is used to sley the threads through the dents.

Place the warp threads on the sticks between the breast beam and the beater.

A close up of the cross that was created from the threading on the warp board.  The treads alternate, making it easier to count out when sleying through the dents.  The Sleying hook is to the left. 

Two hours later the reeds have been sleyed.  

Weaving is one of the slower form of the arts but it can yield beautiful hand made results.  With time and attention to detail, anything is possible.  Keep posted for the next steps in the weaving process.  

Be Bold in your designs.

peace&love

Rebecca

Design 106

Last week I started my second semester of Interior Design classes.  It is so refreshing, after a summer of being in the field, to get back to the drawing board.  I am currently in Interior Design 106 , a rendering class, where I am learning all the basics and trick to drawing interior spaces.  Interior Design is unique in the fact that it takes the technical skills in the drafting stage then the artistic skills in the rendering.  With a balance of the two, a really beautiful piece of artwork is created that correctly represents the space that is about to be remodeled.  

The first project is to design a small bathroom.  Check out the beginning stages of the rendering process.

The Inspiration. 

Sketched out.

Keep posted for ink rendering followed by the color rendering!

Be Bold in your design choices.

peace&love

Rebecca

BlackSunflower

Happy Labor Day!

peace&love

Rebecca

Coozie Time

Even though summer may be coming to an end, it's always coozie time.  Coozies are great all year round for every occasion.  The come in all shapes and sizes.  I've engineered these coozies to fit standard cans, bottles, and the cute little coronita.

It's always important to keep your beverage cold.

Choose from one of my many fabrics and prints or get a custom coozie printed!

And don't forget the CoozieKeeper.

If you like what you see please check out the ZerbyShop on Etsy 

or if you would like to commission a custom coozie contact me at rebeccazerby@gmail.com 

peace&love

Rebecca