Showing posts with label kdrama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kdrama. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Tuesday Thoughts


I am completely addicted to Korean Drama, but having to wait for new episodes of Arang and the Magistrate is difficult.   

Arang is so spunky and funny: defying the Death Angels who want to carry her off to whatever fate awaits her in the next world, fighting with other ghosts,  trying to regain her memory and discover who she was in real life, and recklessly challenging the Jade Emperor who, according to folklore, is the ruler of Heaven, Earth, and Hell.  When Arang discovers that she was murdered, she fearlessly crosses the Styx and confronts the Jade Emperor in person, berating and scolding him.  She's a cheeky, impertinent little thing.  

Arang  discombobulates personages in Heaven and Earth, and Lee Jun Ki as the magistrate, finds himself drawn to the plucky ghost in spite of himself.  He initially agrees to help her regain her memory as part of his own agenda, but the more he works with Arang, the more attached he becomes.
Iljimae -- Lee Jun Ki
 
I really liked Lee Jun Ki in Iljimae (historical drama) and Shin Min Ah in My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox (romantic comedy) so having both of them star in Arang is really fun.  Both stars have the ability to make you care about their characters.

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Newly discovered:  Totally Tutorial -- almost anything you might want to make will have a tutorial on this site!

And thanks to Sophie, I've been enjoying the work of Anne-Valerie Dupond!
Virginia Woolf


I've been working on two new mixed-media Eccentrics for the last few days.  One uses a wire "toaster" used to toast bread over an open fire--at least, I think that is what it is.  I have another one, but is a completely different type, so I'm not absolutely certain about the purpose of this rusted wire piece.

VINTAGE ANTIQUE TEXTILE WOODEN  SPOOLS (3)The other figure uses an old manufacturing thread bobbin.  I have several in blue and in natural colors.

As I keep looking through my vintage and found objects, I'm getting more ideas.  It has been months since I've wanted work on dolls, and now, Eccentric figures and mixed media creations are the only thing on my mind.  :)  And I'm having fun with them!  

Monday, August 20, 2012

Monday Musings

 Remember this manipulated piece of raw silk from last fall?

I've cut it up and used it to make a bodice and sleeves for a new doll (well, a doll that was in progress from several months ago).  Then I added an encrusted piece.
Then I began adding beads to the sleeves.

I worked on this while watching Episode One of Arang & the Magistrate--a romantic comedy about a ghost who has lost her memory and the handsome, but cynical magistrate who can see ghosts--

Arang & the Magistrate is a lot of fun, and I can work on tedious things with pleasure while watching.