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The Classicist

This is the main tumblog of Silvie Kilgallon. I'm a conceptual artist and my work is largely influenced by my academic interests in classics, ancient history, translation, and philosophy of language. This blog details conceptual, casual and personal projects on which I am currently working. To see the Stitched Iliad project, please check out the Stitched Iliad blog below.

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As You May Recall When I Posted About It Before, Anchor Have Changed The Dye Lot For Their Red 19 Colour.

As you may recall when I posted about it before, Anchor have changed the dye lot for their red 19 colour. It is visibly different, and useless to me.

And it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to find the old one, and I reckon I need at least 12 more skeins.

So, here’s the deal, if you have...

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11 years ago
Two Roads Diverged In A Yellow Wood... I Was Having Doubts About The Colour Palette Last Night, But I

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood... I was having doubts about the colour palette last night, but I feel a lot better about it this morning. I'd say this is just over a quarter done.


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11 years ago
Day 72. I Took A Few Days Off Because I Need To Buy More Thread And Needles, An Because Of Our Minor

Day 72. I took a few days off because I need to buy more thread and needles, an because of our minor heat wave. I do not function well in heat.


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12 years ago
A--R. Half Way Now. An Detail Of M And N. M Might Look Pretty Much Like G Above It, But I Promise You
A--R. Half Way Now. An Detail Of M And N. M Might Look Pretty Much Like G Above It, But I Promise You

A--R. Half way now. An detail of M and N. M might look pretty much like G above it, but I promise you they're different stitches. G is just a plain vertical cross, M is knot stitch/ four-legged knot stitch, where you wrap the thread around the cross before completing the final leg. The big stitch is captive rice stitch, to complement the triple rice stitch of the G above. N is Turkman stitch, and a spiral of my own design in the middle. Let's call it four-legged spiral stitch!


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11 years ago
Small Relaxation Project From Last Night. Lots Of Detached Chain Stitch, Buttonhole Variant, A Whipped

Small relaxation project from last night. Lots of detached chain stitch, buttonhole variant, a whipped woven wheel (or double whipped, I wrapped around the two strands of the chain stitch spokes separately) and Ceylon stitch in the middle. It was more an experiment in shape and design than stitch techniques. As you may be able to tell, I'm rediscovering my love for geometry.


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11 years ago
Stitch Play. Originally I Was Just Intending To Try Out The Thread Itself, To See What Stitches The Variegation

Stitch play. Originally I was just intending to try out the thread itself, to see what stitches the variegation would work well with, and then I just ended up playing with stitch ideas I'd had in my head for a while. Unfortunately, this thread wasn't really the best for some of the chain stitch variations, so I'll probably do those again on another sampler.


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