Great things from the bathroom - The Kaye Effect

Great things from space

I modified my loom

and it works.

Clean slate

Started working on a new film with John.

At the weaving lab

Last week I went to a talk about textile printing organised by The Society Of Chemical Industry at the University of Huddersfield. After the talk I took a tour round the textile department, to see what has changed in the past eight years since I have been studying there.

Things that make me happy

A trip to the art supplies store.



A coffee with my favorite boys.

Some time to print and think

I love experimenting with new colours and ideas. The new paint I use for screen printing is quite runny, but I am happy with the results. The samples turned out great.

Weekend walk

As it's been sunny at the weekend I went for a long walk at the Sculpture park with both kids.



Johanna was thrilled to find some snowdrops

and exciting sculpture.

It's perfect for a walk with the kids. I don't like walking along the road with lots of traffic. In Frankonia we go for walks in the forrest or use Feldwege, small roads amongst fields. They don't have these here in Yorkshire. There are lots of footpaths across fields, but you'd have to climb dry stone walls, so not ideal for pushchairs.

The light was fantastic in the afternoon.

The Camellia House and a sculpture by Sophie Ryder.

Inside the Camellia House it smelled of wood and flowers and you could hear water running. 

I like the structure and marks on this sculpture.

 Johanna finding Isamu Noguchi's sculpture Finding.

On stepping on Legoman

There should be a word for the pain you experience when stepping on a Lego man, as it is such a common pain in parents. Suggestions?

Freitag's Link:
Lego startet neue Serie "Gescheiterte deutsche Großprojekte" 

Friede ist mehr als die Abwesenheit von Gewalt - es ist die Anwesenheit von Gerechtigkeit. 

Peace is more that the absence of violence - it is the presence of justice.

Happy Valentine's Day

Lovely message from John (with spelling mistake).

Links:
Temporary Tattoo, perfect for Valentine's Day - via swissmiss 
Heart shaped smittens for holding hands - lover gloves knitting tutorial
Love will tear us apart - Joy Division on YouTube
"Sorry green design, it's over" - dezeen magazine via Martin Smith

Hanna making Pizza

Late in the evening we made pizza. I was watching Johanna and suddenly I became aware of all the things she CAN do. I picked up my phone and started filming her. Despite just using my phone and imovie and the fact that this is my fist ever edit, this little clip shows that she's overcome all difficulties. She was nine weeks premature and very ill and we've been told all sorts of things she might not be able to do. It's wonderful to start to stop to worry.

A short and fun video of my two year old daughter Johanna making pizza.

 

Making Pizza from Katrin Freitag on Vimeo.

Freitag's Links:
Toddlers in the kitchen
how we montessori - a family trying to incorporate the philosophy of Montessori into their home lives
At Home with Montessori - more Montessori info and inspiration