Last week the team at the University of Kentucky, who have been working on the carbonised papyri scrolls from Herculaneum, announced a new initiative to help decipher the texts. Professor Brent Seales, a computer scientist, has been working for a number of years developing methods for reading ancient texts that are otherwise, for whatever reason, … Continue reading Unwrapping the Past| Pompeian Connections
This is a velvet collage made of 17 separate pieces. In a velvet workshop with Barbara Setsu Pickett we made a warp about 5 inches wide: 4 inches of velvet plus small borders. Everyone took home their samples, but I took home the loom and unused warp threads. That meant a 5” black cotton warp ... Read more| Peggy Osterkamp's Weaving Blog