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curlyguuurrrlyy: Shane Garcia - So You Think You Can Dance -...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:04:37 -0500

Shane Garcia - So You Think You Can Dance - Season 10 (Austin Audition) (by IdolXfactor3)

So amazing. This show kills me.

idiadega: Tilda!

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:31:38 -0500

idiadega:

Tilda!

grimsperation: Michele Caragher Embroidered details in Game of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:55 -0500

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com

bigboxcar: It’s Pronounced Jif.

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:29:16 -0500

bigboxcar:

It’s Pronounced Jif.

Cutie McCutiepants.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:46:20 -0500

Cutie McCutiepants.

mucholderthen: Phylogenetic Tree of Life The OpenLearn site...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:35:44 -0500

mucholderthen:

Phylogenetic Tree of Life
The OpenLearn site used to offer this phylogenetic chart in the shape of a tree as a free poster, but no more. They do have an online version of this same illustration, expandable and with links and an explanatory guide:
Tree of Life - Open University.

40 years later, you’ll realize he is just a drunken...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:47 -0500

40 years later, you’ll realize he is just a drunken narcissistic asshole, and that you are better off if you cut him out of your life like a cancerous tumor. Wait, we’re not talking about my dad.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 09:36:52 -0500

quiet-earrings: Happiness is a tapdancing cosgrove. “My...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:17:38 -0500

quiet-earrings:

Happiness is a tapdancing cosgrove.

“My mother. No, my first girlfriend.”

willyoucallmeyours: this is so great

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:38:38 -0500

willyoucallmeyours:

this is so great

marmotillastuff: Well, I haven’t had a life in the last weeks...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:04:53 -0500

marmotillastuff:

Well, I haven’t had a life in the last weeks and this is the reason. But my baby is finally online and I’m proud of it. I still want to add some more content and improve some things, but you can check it out. Like it on facebook or just visit the website: www.lasluchadoras.com.

I shot and edited the videos, took the photos, created the website and translated everything into English and Spanish.

Also, if you have a job for me, don’t hesitate to let me know. I have a Journalism degree and two master’s, years of experience in Spain, Germany and the United States, I can make videos and photos all by myself and on a budget, I speak four languages and I will probably be the one collecting money for your birthday gift.

www.marmotilla.com

amazing!

latenightjimmy: Game of Desks Portraits Game of Desks is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:52:57 -0500

latenightjimmy:

Game of Desks Portraits

Game of Desks is coming… May 24, 2013

samorchard: I did a comic about marriage...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:11 -0500

samorchard:

I did a comic about marriage equality…

(Original: http://www.roostertailscomic.com/?p=1588)

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:22:32 -0500

nprfreshair: Kevin Whitehead reviews Sarah Vaughan, Divine: The...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:41:05 -0500

nprfreshair:

Kevin Whitehead reviews Sarah Vaughan, Divine: The Jazz Albums, 1954-1958:

A lot of jazz singing is about consonants—the percussive attacks the music swings from. With Sarah Vaughan, it’s also about the way she rolls out her vowels, reveling in a held note like Miles Davis. Later her vibrato could get excessive, but in the mid-’50s her taste and control were a marvel. That much is clear from a new anthology of Vaughan on EmArcy, Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 (Verve Select). (In that period she was made pop albums with strings, and some of the same tunes.) It’s six albums-plus on four CDs, recorded live or in the studio, with bands big and small. All but one session is sparked by another bebop institution, drummer Roy Haynes. He has a springy beat, using brushes, and doesn’t overplay.

Sarah Vaughan had a gallery of vocal timbres, gravelly to silky, round or strident, white-gloved or blues-drenched. Her pitch range was operatic, and her low notes have uncommon power. She drew inspiration from great soloists and gave it right back

Image via vainsmith

harvestheart: that’s a beauty - hare

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:06:05 -0500

harvestheart:

that’s a beauty - hare

suitep: It’s not for everyone ( it is VERY dark), but I love...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:23 -0500

suitep:

It’s not for everyone ( it is VERY dark), but I love Mads Mikklesen as Hannibal. He is sooo creepy good.

And he was great as that one-eyed viking.

Our rain garden, ten days after it stopped snowing. I’m...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:00 -0500

Our rain garden, ten days after it stopped snowing. I’m encouraged by the healthy growth. Once the silver maple has leafed out, it will be mostly shady. Wild ginger, two kinds of ferns, wild geranium, squill, lungwort, Virginia bluebells, Jack-in-the-pulpit, volunteer violets and peonies and lily-of-the-valley that was already there. Last year, when we had almost no rain all summer, I just wanted the plants to survive. This year, I’m hoping they’ll spread out and fill out the garden. It’s still early days, but I’m thrilled.

juliamckenzieartist: Such a beautiful day, very apt for...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:49 -0500

juliamckenzieartist:

Such a beautiful day, very apt for Orchards and small fruits atlas page that I’ve drawn bees, birds and apple blossom (scrumped from neighbours apple tree). Woodlands and timber to go for open house that starts next week

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:30 -0500