Today’s post is brought to you by the colour —all of them. I am on a solid rotation now for spin, skein, dye and repeat. It’s been hard to get anything to dry with this weather, but I’m plodding along and things are getting done.
Disney is taking a little nip out of my time again and I’m on set today with a new wheel and making Rumplestiltskin spin more straw into gold. It’s exciting and a bit scary to go on set with an antique wheel and be the one to tweek it, spin on it and make it work for the actor in the shoot.
I’m so lucky to have already worked with Robert Carlyle (who has a natural knack for the craft) and John was right, it turned out to be an amazing experience. Robert’s spinning translated beautifully on film and the drive band only tried to jump ship once. I even received a round of applause from the director and crew for my down and dirty wheel repair prior to the last take.
I had the good fortune to meet Deborah Sparrow for the first time who was also consulting on set. Although we both teach at Birkeland, somehow we just never managed to cross paths.
Deep breath……now the real work begins.
