The Time Weaver's Tapestry
The Time Weaver's Tapestry

Author: A.N.F.Simoes

Publisher: OLYSSIPO

Published: 2024-11-03

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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This work embarks on a grand survey of history, archaeology, and modern physics, re-examining the past through the lens of quantum mechanics and the multiverse. It challenges the traditional linear view of time, exploring anomalies in the archaeological record and inconsistencies in historical narratives that suggest a more complex, multi-faceted past. The work delves into the quantum revolution, the dethronement of time as an absolute entity, and the implications of a multiverse of histories, questioning the very nature of historical "fact." It proposes a new model of historical inquiry, one that embraces uncertainty and the multiplicity of possible pasts, drawing on quantum concepts like superposition, entanglement, and non-locality to reinterpret the past. This exploration extends to the realm of archaeology, proposing a "quantum archaeology" that seeks information encoded not just in physical artifacts but in the fabric of spacetime itself. It examines enigmatic artifacts, unexplained phenomena, and cryptic accounts that defy the limitations of their eras, suggesting a past more complex and enigmatic than previously imagined. The work concludes by emphasizing the ethical implications of this new perspective on history and archaeology, calling for a responsible and compassionate approach to the exploration of the past and the shaping of the future.

Weaver
Weaver

Author: Stephen Baxter

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780441015924

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As Germany launches a successful invasion of England during World War II, American historian Mary Wooler, her warrior son Gary, and Ben Kaman, a Jewish refugee, become caught in the middle of the conflict as a dark conspiracy threatens to destroy the very fabric of time itself.

Tapestry Weaving
Tapestry Weaving

Author: Joanne Soroka

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2015-05-31

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1785000659

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Tapestries were among the most prestigious of art forms, created for the mightiest in the land and valued for centuries. Despite its illustrious history, tapestry weaving is actually a simple technique that requires little equipment or expenditure, and can be done anywhere. Written by a prominent tapestry weaver, this lavishly illustrated book gently leads you through the whole process with detailed diagrams and exciting work by contemporary weavers. It will be useful to the absolute beginner, but experienced weavers will also find new ideas and techniques to tempt and inspire them. The book includes a step-by-step guide to setting up a small frame loom and starting to weave; basic and more advanced techniques, and how to create shapes and textures; advice on taking your work into the third dimension, whether bas relief or fully sculptural; information on the qualities of different materials and how they can be used to create the effects you want; and design ideas for tapestry and how to follow supplied designs. This will be an essential source book for experienced and novice weavers, and is beautifully illustrated with 190 colour illustrations and diagrams.

Anatomy of a Tapestry
Anatomy of a Tapestry

Author: Jean Pierre Larochette

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764359330

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Jean Pierre Larochette is a renowned top-level artist, making this opportunity to learn from him a treasure for all levels of weavers.

The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things

Author: Tommye Scanlin

Publisher: University of North Georgia

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781940771724

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The Nature of Things weaves together a life full of happiness and sorrow. In these fourteen collected essays, Tommye McClure Scanlin reflects on her artistic journey and how crafting and life are interwoven, two threads that comprise a larger picture. Readers will find themselves lost in Scanlin's full-color tapestries and comforting writing style as they explore the natural fields and woods of southern Appalachia. A final part of the book gives an overview of tapestry weaving basics with diagrams and descriptions for setting up a simple pipe loom and weaving a small tapestry sampler. Glossary, simple pipe loom illustrations, and a resource list are included for reference.

Emperor
Emperor

Author: Stephen Baxter

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780441014668

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A first installment of a four-book alternate history epic traces the rise of a powerful family whose successes are linked to an ancient prophecy that guides their financial and political choices, in a tale that begins with a Celtic noble's betrayal and culminates in the fall of the Roman empire. 20,000 first printing.

Tapestries
Tapestries

Author: Betty K. Staley

Publisher: Rudolf Steiner College Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780945803980

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Tapestries uncovers the unique patterns that you weave throughout life. At a time of immense interest in biography, here is a unique set of keys to understanding the pattern and rhythms of your life. The unfolding phases of life are presented as the 'warp' of personal growth. You are invited to consider the 'shuttle' of the threads you use as the 'weft' of your life story. These threads include your temperament, gender, love, family, ethnicity, birth order, and developing relationships. A vivid picture of adult growth is presented. You can follow twelve very different people and their stories as they go through each life phase and wonder what will happen next. You can consider how you would respond to the choices they face. Life's dilemmas are explored: career versus parenting and choices related to old age. This opens up options: which roads to take in life and encouragement to reflect.

The Art Is the Cloth
The Art Is the Cloth

Author: Micala Sidore

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780764359927

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A colorful guided tour from an expert, enabling weavers, textile lovers, and art lovers to notice and appreciate what tapestries can do and how they do it. This guide from expert tapestry weaver and historian Sidore gives how-to strategies enabling weavers and nonweavers to notice and appreciate the meaning of these artworks. You'll discover much to enjoy in photos of more than 300 tapestries from the 12th to the 21st centuries. Sidore enables you to think about the weavings in ways you have never before considered as she groups pieces that talk with each other--and that also converse with the viewer. Enjoy learning basic elements of weaving to help you become increasingly sophisticated in understanding what you're seeing. Then, learn six ways in which tapestries can call attention to themselves as cloth. This eye-opening guide to seeing explains the great range of materials and visual themes, the use of trompe l'oeil, the importance of the direction in which the weaver weaves, and more. After this learning experience, you'll bring smarter eyes to your museum wandering, deeper enjoyment to your collection and purchases, and surprising new skills and creativity to your weaving of fibers . . . and of life.

Tapestry Weaving
Tapestry Weaving

Author: Kirsten Glasbrook

Publisher: Search Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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Projects: Sun sampler -- Peruvian birds -- Cat and fishes -- Simple landscape -- Cover design -- Tulip -- The parrot gets the last word -- Little owl -- Sleeping dog -- Sleeping cat -- Bird.

Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond
Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond

Author: Tommye McClure Scanlin

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780764361562

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Once ideas and images come to mind, the next step in weaving your tapestry--interpreting these into effective compositions--may be challenging. Learn here, in ways that relate specifically to tapestry art, the design basics you need to make your best work. Renowned master weaver Scanlin offers 60 step-by-step "explorations" that lead you from understanding design concepts in your head to using them on your loom. Be inspired to explore "weavable" ways to manage line, shape, color, texture, emphasis, balance, rhythm, and more for results that bring your tapestries to a new level. In Part 1, dive into the fundamentals of design. Parts 2 and 3 hold explorations--exercises with a tapestry twist. Part 4 teaches ways to turn designs into cartoons. A resource treasure trove offers ideas for finishing tapestries (essential to the design's completeness), helpful templates, glossaries, and other core information to carry forward on your creative path.