How dark can blue be before it turns black? In this set I wanted to catch that deep dark blue that makes you think something is black but then it catches sunlight and, oh, its blue! I chickened out of painting them black first and then covering it with a coat of blue, instead I mixed black and blue linseed oil paint and I’m very happy with the result.
The shape is abstractly architectural, with a hole so that the heddle can be hung on a wall when not in use: I like to think of these as little objects of art as well as useful tools. Perhaps a little confusing for people who don’t know their use, but maybe that adds to the allure?
There are 20 heddles going up for sale on November 1, 21.00 Swedish time.
The heddles are made out of birch wood and painted with a linseed oil paint. They all have my name glyph carved at the bottom of one side. The wider ones also have a little X that marks the middle of the heddle, which saves the user time while threading the heddle. The slimmer ones don’t have an X, because I don’t think they need it.
Hand for scale!
All heddles in the gallery below have their measurements stated but in case numbers seem abstract, here’s my hand with a bunch of heddles from the set, from the smallest to the largest.
This set consists of 20 heddles that will be released on November 1, 21.00 Swedish time. The heddles will be for sale in the webshop, not here on the blog. This is a preview for you guys, so you can have a look at the heddles before they hit the web shop. Click or tap the images to enhance them and see the heddle measurements! If you are buying heddles from me for the first time you might want to read this blog post in preparation.
Ps. When browsing this blog post on a mobile device the text with the measurement + price info does not appear automatically when you tap a picture to enhance it. After enhancing the picture, look at the bottom right hand corner of the screen where there is a small white dot. Tap that and the info will appear!
