tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post2527718170394960489..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: historical weaversjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-86387645462995084002010-04-07T12:07:43.934+02:002010-04-07T12:07:43.934+02:00There is a good book on how occupations change gen...There is a good book on how occupations change gender - "Job Queues, Gender Queues<br />Explaining Women's Inroads into Male Occupations", by<br />Barbara F. Reskin and Patricia A. Roos<br />(see:<br />http://sfsworld.temple.edu/tempress/titles/644_reg_print.html)<br />It only looks at these changes since the 1970s, but very interesting anyhow.<br /><br />enjoy the weaving!Anne-Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-29661428863102120062010-04-07T05:05:54.877+02:002010-04-07T05:05:54.877+02:00Oh, if you keep this up I will have to take up wea...Oh, if you keep this up I will have to take up weaving in this life, when I was planning to save it for the next...mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-32790657783977827762010-04-07T04:59:41.098+02:002010-04-07T04:59:41.098+02:00that's a series i've seen before but had f...that's a series i've seen before but had forgotten...thank you for reminding me. i'm so loving your classes. it reminds me how much i miss taking some sort of class.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-91209399575249943882010-04-07T00:57:44.186+02:002010-04-07T00:57:44.186+02:00I had no idea VanGogh had done a weavers series. ...I had no idea VanGogh had done a weavers series. Great stuff!http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888838201074339916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-89506490580180671392010-04-06T19:54:11.709+02:002010-04-06T19:54:11.709+02:00Very interesting post! Great van Gogh portraits!Very interesting post! Great van Gogh portraits!Jill C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13429519580609636001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-20582783031214751392010-04-06T16:06:36.575+02:002010-04-06T16:06:36.575+02:00So excited to see the VanGogh series, had never se...So excited to see the VanGogh series, had never seen them before! Too Cool. Your gender question made me think about the American Indians in our country, I think of women doing the weaving, I'll have to look into it. So what makes you think you can't paint! Astonishing! I've seen your art journal...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911064672272472232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-40290100378368026252010-04-06T14:19:31.929+02:002010-04-06T14:19:31.929+02:00I especially like the last photography.I especially like the last photography.Suecae Soundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949168285331693357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-48197987053154438522010-04-06T13:57:04.029+02:002010-04-06T13:57:04.029+02:00I would love to learn how to do this.
Fascinating!...I would love to learn how to do this.<br />Fascinating! I love this post!!! Thank you for writing and posting in the middle of your packing and moving. Appreciate that!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089539958756864952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-61718686643283623332010-04-06T09:04:07.211+02:002010-04-06T09:04:07.211+02:00You are gonna be such a happy person when you loom...You are gonna be such a happy person when you loom is standing in its new place and ready to be used. <br /><br />Although I don't understand why you want to be able to paint?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470810820417327936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-86209317109931252562010-04-06T05:51:35.645+02:002010-04-06T05:51:35.645+02:00J - the other industry that this happened in was c...J - the other industry that this happened in was computing, but the gender shift happened in the other direction. First it was all women with punch-cards, and then, when men saw the potential in computing and its status was rising... you guessed it - it became more male.... gave us computer engineers and eventually the male tech-geek - think about the images from those movies in the 1980's.... <br /><br />the big red button in the middle of me is a "gender discrepancy" button, so I tend to notice these things.... thanks for noticing too! <br /><br />michelle/madisonMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094043560248810906noreply@blogger.com