Do you all know about Flickr? It is one of the photo-sharing websites out there. There are others; this is the one that I happen to use. Hours of entertainment! It is like social networking with pictures. Some of the pictures have nice descriptions and some just leave you wondering. I belong to several groups where I can view photographs by other people with like interests. For example, the
Tesutti- Woven Stuff group. Full of inspiration!
My friendship with fellow weaver , Laverne Waddington, is a result of me
seeing her photos on Flickr, and then her blog and then meeting her at a conference. It was not a chance meeting. I knew I wanted to meet her because I saw the photographs of her beautiful weaving on Flickr first!
There are statistics tracked by Flickr. I can see how many people looked at which of my photos. Sometimes they mark them as favorites or add them to a collection. Every day somebody somewhere in the world is looking at my photographs! Over time, here are the top ten favorites, the ones that get the most views.
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| Detail of Guitar Strap Woven from a Tie-Dyed T-shirt |
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| T-Shirt Strap on the Loom |
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| My Son Max & I at the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous 2009 |
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| My Collection of Red Sashes |
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| Inkle Mosaic |
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| Family Love- Me & the Kids Got Tattooed |
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| Variations on the Celtic Knot Pattern |
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| Mola Shoes with Woven Shoelaces |
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| Detail of Guitar Strap |
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| The Easterners- Taken at Pacific Primitive Rendezvous 2009 |
And then,
here are some of my favorites by others. I love color!
And some of my "contacts". Shari, a talented basketweaver and photographer from Nova Scotia, Canada shares
her lovely photos via Flickr. We also read each others' blogs.
I know that at least one customer has come to me because he saw my photos on Flickr. But, that is another story.
I don't spend near enough time on flickr I guess. Everything was beautiful, but those mola shoes, where did you get those shoes???? My most favorite top has a mola I purchased onwards of 20 years ago, still all in service and it has given me great joy. It is showing it's age though as is the top. But I can cut the mola off.
ReplyDeleteHave a grand Thanksgiving!
Theresa- Use Flickr with caution. You could easily get lost there!
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a previous post on this blog about my mola shoes. It contains a link to the website for MamaShaman, the company that makes the shoes. http://aspinnerweaver.blogspot.com/2009/03/who-goes-to-quilt-show-to-buy-shoes.html
Thanks for the kind words Annie! I agree, Flickr is a great place to share and be inspired by the whole world. I am always amazed at the connections we have with people around the world and that a simple photo can tell a great story.
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