I’m joining Becky in her February Square Photo Challenge over at The Life of B. The rules of the challenge are simple: most photos must be square and fit the theme word Odd, referencing one of these definitions: different to what is usual or expected, or strange; a number of items, with one left over as a remainder when divided by two; happening or occurring infrequently and irregularly, or occasionally; separated from a usual pair or set and therefore out of place or mismatched. Look for #SquareOdds.
While we didn’t travel as much as usual in 2021, we were fortunate to enjoy several holidays in our home state of Queensland and one short trip over the border in New South Wales. Join me this month in a retrospective look at the very odd year of 2021.
Warwick Art Gallery QLD, July 2021
The Jumpers and Jazz in July Festival in Warwick included several exhibitions and displays. We were intrigued by an exhibition at the Art Gallery of textile arts using unconventional media.
Can you guess what material was used to create this miniature dress?
Look closely and you will see hundreds of metres of tape originally found in audio cassettes.
Who’s old enough to know what I’m talking about?
I don’t think I’d want to wear it but it’s a great idea 🙂
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This one was tiny but yes, I agree. I don’t think it will catch on as wearable art. 🙂
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It looks stunning, but it might tickle!
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I think it might even be a bit scratchy.
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Yep 🙋🏼♀️I remember them well and the heartbreak when they got caught up in the cassette player. 😩
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Devastating!
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oh my, might get very warm wearing that!
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It would be prickly too.
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ooh yes, don’t think I will be getting one anytime soon!
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Probably the best thing to do with those tapes! Always getting tangled in my car.
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Yes, they were very unreliable.
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That’s quite ingenious. I’ve never seen the tape but I’ve seen lots of things made with strips of the plastic bags from stores.
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I’ve seen those too, especially recycled into new reusable shopping bags.
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Knew that straight away! They were always getting fankled and rewound with a pencil (which didn’t always work).
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Now, there’s a word I have never seen before: ‘fankled’. Are you Scottish?
verb SCOTTISH
entangle.
“the tape got fankled in the motorbike’s front wheels”
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Yes, it’s a good Scottish word!
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Anabel is “The Glasgow Gallivanter”! You should visit her blog – lots of lovely Scottish content.
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I remember trying to wind up a cassette with a pencil. You needed one with the six sides, because a plain round one didn’t have enough grip. Those were the days… 🙂
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And they were never the same if they got crumpled. Even worse when they wound round the recorder itself.
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Disastrous!
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Haha yes I guessed it was tape from cassettes! It brought back very early memories 🙂
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You would have been like my girls and had lots of children’s story tapes or music, Lorraine.
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Wow! How cool!
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I know – I wouldn’t think of using tape for craft work.
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I remember what a horror it was when you opened up your cassette player and they looked exactly like the picture. Ruination! It’s a great art piece, though. 🙂
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Disaster!
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