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Jan Mostrom
Sep 32 min read
Garden Dye Jar ... a Small Mystery
Our daughter in law is a great gardener and she very kindly devotes space for dye plants and flowers for me! This post is about dyeing...
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Jan Mostrom
Aug 33 min read
A Celebration of Iceland Residency
At the end of our month at the Textile Center in Blonduos, we had an exhibition of the works we made during the month of May. We named...
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Jan Mostrom
Jul 52 min read
The Textile Museum of Iceland
Right next door to the Textile Center in Blonduos is the only textile museum in Iceland. There you will see many national costumes,...
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Jan Mostrom
Jun 271 min read
In the Dye Pots
There was an excellent dye studio at the Textile Center in Bloduos. One day I decided to try dyeing some mordanted linen fabric with two...
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Jan Mostrom
Jun 213 min read
Embroidering a Saga
In one of the rooms of the Textile Center in Blonduos where I lived and worked in May, the Vatnsdæla Saga tapestry is being embroidered. ...
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Mike Mostrom
Jun 71 min read
Last Day in Iceland
The four-hour bus ride from Blonduos to Reykjavik showed quite a lot of change since the ride a month earlier. The grass was greener. The...
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Mike Mostrom
May 271 min read
Another Stitched Piece
This piece is inspired by a photograph of my dad from 1938, when he was twenty years old. He proudly stands with his workhorse colt. The...
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Mike Mostrom
May 261 min read
A Walk in Blonduos
Blonduos is a town in northern Iceland of less than 900 people. Yesterday was quite sunny and warm, though you can see the clouds did...
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Mike Mostrom
May 231 min read
Women's March Project Complete ... Maybe
I have finished stitching the Women's March piece, at least for now. There may be some tweaking to be done and the finishing for...
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Mike Mostrom
May 201 min read
Women's March Project
While in Iceland, the main project I have been working on depicts a memory from the Minnesota Women's March in January 2017. I went to...
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Mike Mostrom
May 181 min read
17th of May
Fellow artist Ragna, from Oslo, was feeling a bit homesick for Norway on Constitution Day. I decided we needed to make a Norwegian cake...
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Mike Mostrom
May 171 min read
Another Hike to See Seals
On a cloudless sunny day, I brought Mary and Sarah to see the seals. On our way, we were met at a fence by several curious Icelandic...
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Mike Mostrom
May 161 min read
Biggest Solar Magnetic Storm in Twenty Years
The promise of northern lights did not really work out here in Iceland. We had total cloud cover and more importantly, even when the sun...
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Mike Mostrom
May 151 min read
A Visit to a Sheep Farm
It is the middle of lambing season. We were lucky to be invited to Johanna's sheep farm to meet the new born lambs. Most of the lambs...
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Mike Mostrom
May 121 min read
The Wool Washery
Almost all of the wool in Iceland is washed in Blonduos before it is sent to the Istex spinnery to become yarn. Fleeces are sorted into...
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Mike Mostrom
May 111 min read
Making Samples
One of the projects I am working on during my residency in Blonduos is a stitching of 5 girls. There will be more later on the theme and...
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Mike Mostrom
May 101 min read
A Walk to See Seals
Today, Laura, a fellow artist who is from Canada, took me on a walk along the ocean cliffs. Our goal was to see the seals. Along the way...
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Mike Mostrom
May 71 min read
A Visit to the Textile Lab
The Textile Centers Textile Lab is the first of its kind in Iceland. It blends state of the art equipment with digital technology with...
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Mike Mostrom
May 21 min read
Arrival at the Textile Center
After a four hour bus ride from Reykjavik, I arrived in the small town of Blonduos. I will be spending the month of May in residency at...
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Mike Mostrom
May 21 min read
Museum Visits in Reykjavik
The House of Collections had some lovely tapestries. Freya by Hildur Hákonardóttir Crescent Moon by Ásgerður Búadóttir Women Fish Workers...
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Mike Mostrom
Apr 301 min read
First Days in Iceland
It is spring in Iceland. The weather is much like early spring in Minnesota. Our first days have been sunny and cool with highs in the...
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Mike Mostrom
Apr 261 min read
Starting my adventure with my on-line gallery of works as well as departing for a month in Iceland.
Welcome to my first blog post. The website has some of my favorite weaving and stitching projects in the gallery. Over time I hope to...
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