New post on Wefty Woman

http://www.weftywoman.com/2009/01/primitive-looms-and-complex-weave.html

Just made a new post on my Wefty Woman blog....check it out!


-JJ & Painted Bull

Helpful ArtFire Users Tips Links

This is a fabulous post from 3zart:

http://3zart.blogspot.com/2009/01/posting-image-in-artfire-forums.html

Awesome, thanks for that wonderful and visual aid!

Anyone Else?

-JJ & Painted Bull

It is not cancer.

Just wanted to post this for all of you that have been so understanding and supportive these past 2 years.
I just got back from Emory, tumors are benign angiomas and I have atypical pneumonia and something called BOOP. The pneumonia is something that will take a long time to get over, and I must have my liver checked by MRI every 3 months. He wants to keep a close eye on the tumors because there is an increased risk of them developing into malignant cancer. That pneumonia is something that also causes a lot of my symptoms. I still cannot drive, due to the epilepsy and must remain on the liver medications. There is still a question regarding the lump in my breast, but for now at least it is not what they thought it was, neuro-endocrine cell cancer.
Thank you for everything!


-JJ & Painted Bull

Do something....

Hey promote handmade, teach a young "hoodlum" how to do something creative. Get those kids off the Wii and text messages and learn them something else they can do with their industrious fingers! Even if it means they give you the finger for teaching them something they think they already know.

-JJ & Painted Bull

Hey you fiber nuts...

Weavolution has begun...

So if you are a Ravelry.com fan, and you happen to be interested in weaving, you may want to check this site out:

http://www.weavolution.com

It is a new website that will be launched sometime in spring of 2009, and I urge everyone to please click on the link above to find out more information. It is truly a labor of love...

They are currently having an auction on EBay , there are not only weaving items, but various yarn and raw fibers...like silk and fleece.

You may find some great deals also help contribute to a new resource for weavers and fiber nuts on the web.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/weavolution08

-JJ & Painted Bull
-JJ & Painted Bull

Where you sell is simply a choice.

http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Art_Daily2&op=viewarticle&adaid=306

Please, I encourage any and all who read or see this to click the link about and read the article entitled "Opening a studio on ArtFire is a choice" that NCTeddyBearLady has written in ArtFire Daily . It is a wonderful and perfect statement.

-JJ & Painted Bull

Explanation for outburst

I wanted to send something to explain my actions today. Please understand this has nothing to do with anyone on the weaveteam.

I have been lobbying to Etsy to give the weavers some recognition. We do not have a main category, and that is okay...but there is not one subcategory for handwoven. Not even in the fiber arts sub category.

I have repeatedly sent weaveteam news and updates for etsy to at least make a little announcement that we even exist. I have sent some info on our members and the work they do, I sent mini articles about Kirsten Kelly article in Handwoven, and Syne Mitchell...about her weavecast and weavezine. I sent just recently a little thing about Claudia Segal and her weavolution.com. These emails were sent in text format and on time...just as Etsy wants, they must be received by the 15th of each month. They also use this text format for updates to the member list on the team global page on etsy. They just cut and paste what the team leaders send them.
It has been very obvious that weaving is not a favorite craft for Etsy. There has been a lot that I have been doing behind the scenes. But, this last stab from Etsy put me over the top. Did you see the excitement from a lot of the commentators? They were getting information, they were curious, they were excited about weaving. Some were even discussing weaving theory and technique.

There was no calling out, no shop names mentioned, it seemed like there was no reason for that to be closed. If they wanted to move it to a different section fine. Move it.

I was posting on that thread, I had to leave to make my brother lunch (he has downs syndrome so he can not cook for himself) I come back an hour later and typed up a comment to someone who mentioned lace and the structure she uses...I go to post it and get that very big black message that reads "this thread has been closed" and I see that Michelle had shut the thread down.

I lost it completely. My emotions got the better of me and I wrote that new thread and clicked the post button. I went and wrote that letter to all of you on the team and sent it out. Then I went and posted the copy of the letter in the thread because I truly did not want any of you all to be affected by my actions.

It was closed after that.


I will still do the guild over at Artfire and have my main online shop there, and I plan to continue the WEAVEmeet project. (online global guild for weavers) http://weavemeet.com

I still want to be very active in promoting weaving, but I do not want my actions in anyway to affect weavers that sell on etsy.

Thank you, JJ

Formal Resignation from Etsy WEAVEteam

Below is my goodbye letter to all the members of Etsy WEAVEteam. To fully understand my disgust and utter despair with etsy please see the two links below.

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5987079
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5987433

To all Etsy WEAVEteam members:

I have really had it and I want to apologize to all the weavers on
this wonderful group.

I am resigning from this group because I feel that my actions will
only hurt all of you.

This is very upsetting to me because I enjoy so much meeting you all
and discussing so much with you.

I was gone for an hour, I came back and saw a wonderful post regarding
tatting in a weave structure.
I went to post a comment about what a good question and the thread was
closed by Michelle.

I have been working so hard trying to build a group of people who are
interested in weaving.
I am physically ill right now because of this and I am very sorry
that my emotions got the better of me.

I will delete my group membership. So that there will be no
association with me to harm any of your shops on Etsy.

I am very sorry for this.

-JJ Walts & Painted Bull

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First off I want to be sure that everyone knows that I have resigned from any and all connection to the Etsy WEAVEteam. I really said some nasty stuff and I do not want it to effect any WEAVEteam member's business with Etsy, and/or regarding the member's sales on Etsy.

But I want to distance myself from those with shops on Etsy, because I feel my remarks where a disservice to the Team and more importantly to the members of the Etsy WEAVEteam.

Now, that said, I am focusing my efforts and energy for my business of selling my handwoven jewelry on Artfire only.

I will still be guild master of the Weavers Guild on Artfire, and I sure will not give up on the http://weavemeet.com site, which is not a sales site or business site.

You can find out more information about WEAVEmeet at: http://weavemeet.blogspot.com

New WEAVEmeet sites...

Check out some new sites.

For the Weavers Guild of ArtFire:
http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Guilds&op=guild_hall&guild_id=5

WEAVEmeet new blog:
http://weavemeet.blogspot.com/

WEAVEmeet new website:
http://weavemeet.com/

-JJ & Painted Bull

I am starting to do the research for a paper or possible article on
comparative woven textiles and culture of various indigenous tribes
throughout the world, specifically regarding the women that weave
these items. Not just the actual weave structures, but the
anthropological aspect of the similarities of these various ethnic
groups. I would like to trace the possible movement regarding the
"culture of warp faced textiles" and relate this to the spread of
peoples, beginning in Africa through to the Middle East and Central
Asia and follow this as it spreads through Northern and Southern Asia,
into Indonesia, as well as into North America, Central America and
South America.
I would like to put this to fellow members of the weaving
community...Can you suggest any possible outlets that are available
for people who want to pursue a study in textiles, but do not belong
in the academic community. I have contacted my Alumni Association at
USF, however they do not have any online services for research that is
available for their Alumni. I just became a member of the Textile
Society of America and also Complex Weavers. If anyone has some
information or can point me in direction of possible resources for my
research please contact me or post a comment.
Thank you,

-JJ & Painted Bull