Jekyll2022-08-06T20:14:09-07:00http://localhost:4000/feed/tag/videos.xmlKnotty Notions ][ VideosA decorative knotting blog.Carol WangLink Dump 2010.02.062010-02-06T00:00:00-08:002010-02-06T00:00:00-08:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/link-dump-2010-02-06<p><a href="http://www.sashweaver.ca/">Carol James</a> went to Korea for a couple of weeks and took an intensive course on maedup (매듭) at <a href="http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_1_1_1.jsp?cid=562863" title="about the museum">Dong Lim</a> <a href="http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_6.jsp?cid=616014" title="scroll down for courses">Knot Museum</a>. Luckily for us, to help herself remember, she’s posted a number of videos to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/sashweaver">her YouTube channel</a>.
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<p>She begins with the <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/connection/">double connection</a> (two strand Matthew Walker, 도래매듭, dorae maedup, machine translation: advent):</p>
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<p>Then the square <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/flower/">flower knot</a> (<a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/book/#chen1">Chen</a>: cloverleaf, 생쪽매듭, saeng-jjong, Korean: ginger) which she calls a “pinwheel”:</p>
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<p>Then a compound dragonfly knot (잠자리매듭, jam-ja-ri) which has the <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/button/">button</a> (knife lanyard, 연봉매듭, yeon-bong, Korean: lotus knot) and the <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/square/">square macrame knot</a> (Chen: flat):</p>
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<p>Then a compound, slightly fractal, 4 into 1 square flower knot (가지방석매듭, ga-ji-bang-seong, machine translation: cushion knot) which she calls a “complex pinwheel”:</p>
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<p>Then a <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/flower/howto6.html">hexagonal flower knot</a> (chen: round brocade, 매듭매듭, mae-deum) which she calls a “plum blossom knot”:</p>
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<p>Lastly the <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/mystic/">mystic</a> (pan chang, endless knot, 국화매듭, gu-kwa, Korean: chrysanthemum knot):</p>
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<p><strong>Translation note:</strong> I just had a look at my major Korean knotting links and they are <em>all</em> gone. Now, over the years, these sites have come and gone under various URLs, so one or another might come back. Even the one run by the <a href="http://knots.or.kr/">Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology</a> is currently gone. Ah!! Found it, they changed the .org to .net, so it’s now at http://www.koreaknots.net/ (nobody cares about link rot anymore). In any case, this set of translations was harvested from a combination of the site just mentioned and a commercial site that existed back in 2002 called crossncross. It may still exist under a different name, but a few searches using their content as search terms didn’t turn them up.</p>
<p><strong>Random thoughts:</strong> I’ve been very lax about the link dumps. On only one of my search terms I had accumulated over 500 posts and decided to plow through them yesterday. An initial triage reduced the posts that I should actually click through to read for an actual viewing beyond a title to 91. In another folder the helpful “over 1000” number is not really a good motivating thought…</p>Carol WangCarol James went to Korea for a couple of weeks and took an intensive course on maedup (매듭) at Dong Lim Knot Museum. Luckily for us, to help herself remember, she’s posted a number of videos to her YouTube channel.The Complete Art of Chinese Knotting TV show2009-08-07T00:00:00-07:002009-08-07T00:00:00-07:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/the-complete-art-of-chinese-knotting-tv-show<p>It should not surprise you that there is a Chinese knotting television show in China (I could be wrong, these could be an instructional DVD set or a web series. Does it matter?) and someone has digitized clips for a youTube-ish website, Videopedia World.
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<p>Here’s the link to the “channel”: <a href="http://b5.videopediaworld.com/search/?search_id=%E7%BB%93%E8%89%BA&search_type=search_videos&submit.x=35&submit.y=18&submit=+">中国结艺大全</a></p>
<p>The show is called 中国结艺大全.<br />
Chinese knot (simplified): 中国结<br />
art: 艺<br />
big: 大<br />
full/complete/entire: 全<br />
these characters together: 大全 <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t#zh-CN|en|%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%A8">Google translates</a> as “Guinness” which I find very unhelpful.</p>
<p>In any case, I’m calling it as “The Complete Art of Chinese Knotting”.</p>
<p>The production values are very good here, and the host speaks wonderfully clear Mandarin.</p>
<p>The uploaded segments are half an hour (more or less) and cover a range of related knots and projects.</p>
<p>The videos are titled with what I now believe to be episode and segment numbers, but when I was taking my personal notes, I didn’t pay attention to that. So, here’s my notes for the Videopedia World videos:<br />
vp29807 cloverleaf flowers<br />
vp30199 compound cloverleaf<br />
vp30038 crown sinnet<br />
pan chang<br />
vp14313 zhongguojie-org<br />
vp27104 button knot rose, double coin ring<br />
vp27316 double coin rings<br />
vp27397 history tool intro, pan chang<br />
vp27549 double coin intro<br />
vp27688 round mat ring<br />
vp27808 ocean plat, other mat<br />
vp27993 snake sinnet, square mat<br />
vp28067 square mat continued, creeper knot<br />
vp28422 good luck knot<br />
vp28814 woven hat, button and pipa knots<br />
vp29132 plafond, portugese sinnet, sauvastika<br />
vp29807 3x3 pan chang<br />
vp29971 mystic variations: long, cross, hollow triangle<br />
vp30038 mystic: hollow square, stone chime<br /></p>
<p>During the introduction/theme song portion of video clips, a logo for “youku” appears. A little searching around turns up <a href="http://www.youku.com/">youku.com</a>, a youTube-a-like. Or maybe a broadcaster/TV channel that’s posted many clips of their shows online?</p>
<p>In any case, <em>their</em> page indexing their clips of tCAoCK is here:<br />
<a href="http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_996533.html">http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_996533.html</a></p>
<p>The clips are shorter here, 20 minutes or so vs 30 minutes or so on Videopedia World and they seem to have put more effort into finding a relevant image to put on the clip’s teaser image.</p>
<p>Obviously the material is the same except for the segmentation. I have not viewed many of these videos yet, and so have no notes.</p>Carol WangIt should not surprise you that there is a Chinese knotting television show in China (I could be wrong, these could be an instructional DVD set or a web series. Does it matter?) and someone has digitized clips for a youTube-ish website, Videopedia World.Korean knotting videos: ssamzisarang2009-08-07T00:00:00-07:002009-08-07T00:00:00-07:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/korean-knotting-videos-ssamzisarang<p>South Korean <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ssamzisarang">ssamzisarang</a> has been posting videos about Korean culture. They look somewhat like short segments from TV (interstitials?), but original or not, the video compression was dialed way up, at least on the good luck (chrysanthemum) knot video. The soundtracks on the videos are kinda distracting which makes me think that they are not professional productions, but I could easily be wrong.
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<p>In any case, there are only 2 knot-relevant videos:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJQV40FWg5Y">동심결매듭 전통매듭 korean knot</a> which is the good luck (chrysanthemum) knot and a 4 ear variant<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6ffYwy5Rs">전통매듭 Korean Knots - 자리매듭 brooch knot 만들기</a> which shows the ocean plat, if I’m not mistaken.</p>Carol WangSouth Korean ssamzisarang has been posting videos about Korean culture. They look somewhat like short segments from TV (interstitials?), but original or not, the video compression was dialed way up, at least on the good luck (chrysanthemum) knot video. The soundtracks on the videos are kinda distracting which makes me think that they are not professional productions, but I could easily be wrong.Chinese knotting videos: int3012009-08-07T00:00:00-07:002009-08-07T00:00:00-07:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/chinese-knotting-videos-int301<p>I’ve discovered the youTube channel of a 60 year old person (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/int301">int301</a>) in Taiwan which consists entirely of Chinese knotting instructions. The videos are silent, so the only language issue is the titles of the videos themselves. That’s where I can help a bit. 8) The following translations are not formal with canonical knot names, they’re just off the cuff notes I took for myself when I was looking at the videos
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<p>Looking at the full title of a video, the first one looks like this:<br />
五福結 影片 中國結一線生機 提供</p>
<p>This part is duplicated, more or less in the title of almost all of the videos: 中國結一線生機 提供</p>
<p>Chinese Knot: 中國結 <br />
This part, I believe, means “video” more or less. Perhaps “instructional video”, but I have put no effort into an actual translation: 一線生機 提供</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96C1UsD4xKU">五福結 interlocked double coin medallion</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLqizV20Q4">雙錢結 double coin</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jANgFRu-Zk">五股六花 circular mat</a> (five:五, unit/ply/portion/section:股, six:六, flower:花)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uXW0f6EMV0">六股五花 circular mat</a> (6 unit 5 flower)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx1M-h1DBS8">十字結 cross knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWB3M2BP0Q">綬帶結 double loop cross</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi9WbUKd7gQ">吉祥結 good luck knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM7UZRT0sRA">鈕扣結 button knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en0-u-IezRI">琵琶結 pipa knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EquZo3HkXuE">雙線長扣 double (long) button knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgS-c66aMDY">單線長鈕扣 inline double (long) button knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiVTNX4o05Y">萬字結 sauvastika</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSTCylksnM">藻井結 plafond</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q27cpGWh9I">蛇結 snake knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPXC20v010A">金鋼結 interlaced snake knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTOs3wyrL8">雙連結 double connection knot</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwsoOyizJ0">項鍊伸縮 fisherman’s bend sliding clasp</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-lipm6wDs">酢醬草結 cloverleaf knots</a></p>Carol WangI’ve discovered the youTube channel of a 60 year old person (int301) in Taiwan which consists entirely of Chinese knotting instructions. The videos are silent, so the only language issue is the titles of the videos themselves. That’s where I can help a bit. 8) The following translations are not formal with canonical knot names, they’re just off the cuff notes I took for myself when I was looking at the videosLink Dump 2009.03.152009-03-16T00:00:00-07:002009-03-16T00:00:00-07:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/link-dump-2009-03-15<p><a href="http://www.pitchengine.com/maryjurekdesigninc/mary-jurek-design-redefines-tying-the-knot-for-2009-wedding-season/6383/"><img src="http://www.chineseknotting.org/blog/linkdump/knotted-tableware.jpg" alt="stainless steel tableware with overhand knots tied in them" align="left" /></a> <strong>Articles</strong><br />
A series of articles (in English at the link) published in a <a href="http://www.caam.net/es/atlantica.htm">Spanish art magazine</a> by a German writer (?). The topics range from quipus to computer generated but physical Gordian knots.<br />
<a href="http://myvisit.to/franz-ost/langswitch_lang/en">http://myvisit.to/franz-ost/langswitch_lang/en</a>
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<p><strong>Events</strong><br />
During their annual spring sale which was March 12-15, 2009, <a href="http://www.knit-purl.com/News/">Knit Purl</a> in Portland, OR was giving free mini-workshops. One of which was “Chinese Knot”. Was it a knitting stitch called “Chinese Knot” or was it, y’know, actual Chinese knotting? Any Portland resident/visitors actually know?<br />
<a href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/knitting/2009/03/impending_portlandarea_knittin_1.html">http://blog.oregonlive.com/knitting/2009/03/impending_portlandarea_knittin_1.html</a></p>
<p>Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at the <a href="http://www.destateparks.com/attractions/life-saving-station/">Indian River Life-Saving Station Museum</a> in the Delaware Seashore State Park they had a class on making turks-head knot bracelets, which are also called sailor’s bracelets.<br />
<a href="http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200903/ropeknot06.html">http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200903/ropeknot06.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Things to buy</strong><br />
A scout/guide style badge. Silly and cheap, but currently out of stock.<br />
<a href="http://www.boyscoutstore.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=10273">http://www.boyscoutstore.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=10273</a></p>
<p>Mary Jurek ties (overhand) knots in stainless steel cutlery and tableware.<br />
<a href="http://www.pitchengine.com/maryjurekdesigninc/mary-jurek-design-redefines-tying-the-knot-for-2009-wedding-season/6383/">http://www.pitchengine.com/maryjurekdesigninc/mary-jurek-design-redefines-tying-the-knot-for-2009-wedding-season/6383/</a></p>
<p><strong>Fashion</strong><br />
Apparently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26search-alias%3Daps%26ref%255F%3Da9%255Fsc%255F1%26qid%3D1237184069%26field-keywords%3Dslumdog%2520millionaire&tag=skateorg&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Slumdog Millionaire</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=skateorg&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> (haven’t seen it) started a new fashion trend of the moment with long lightweight scarves. Vague scarf wearing instructions at the link. There may also be a video, but with Javascript and such turned off I’m not sure and don’t care enough to turn it on and find out.<br />
<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/941811.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/941811.html</a></p>
<p>A website with instructions for tying a tie is an invention? You be the judge.<br />
<a href="http://inventorspot.com/articles/fashion_advice_men_got_you_tangled_knots_learn_tie_tie_2tieatiec_24780">http://inventorspot.com/articles/fashion_advice_men_got_you_tangled_knots_learn_tie_tie_2tieatiec_24780</a></p>
<p><strong>Blogs</strong><br />
A blog post from someone who has come across Chinese knotting on the ‘Net. Someone for whom English not their first language.<br />
<a href="http://smiley66s.dumpthoughts.com/2009/01/12/chinese-knotting.html">http://smiley66s.dumpthoughts.com/2009/01/12/chinese-knotting.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Videos</strong><br />
This week, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TyingItAllTogether">Tying It All Together</a> shows us how to tie a cargo net. <br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VWgVJM2jw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VWgVJM2jw</a></p>Carol WangArticles A series of articles (in English at the link) published in a Spanish art magazine by a German writer (?). The topics range from quipus to computer generated but physical Gordian knots. http://myvisit.to/franz-ost/langswitch_lang/enLink Dump 2009.01.242009-01-25T00:00:00-08:002009-01-25T00:00:00-08:00http://localhost:4000/linkography/link-dump-2009-01-24<p><a href="http://beautifulpictureall.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-zealand-students-learn-weaving.html"><img src="http://www.chineseknotting.org/blog/linkdump/new-zealand-kids-learn-knots.jpg" align="left" /></a> Tomorrow is Lunar New Years’ Eve, so I thought I would bump up my usual Sunday link dump to Saturday on the off chance it helps anyone get out to an event on time…
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<p><strong>Things to see and do</strong><br />
At the Glendale Main Library in Glendale Arizona<br />
<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2009/01/22/20090122gl-library0122-ON.html">http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2009/01/22/20090122gl-library0122-ON.html</a></p>
<p>A restatement of the <a href="http://www.somerset.lib.nj.us/warren.htm">Warren Public Library</a> Lunar New Year festivities in New Jersey on February 7, 2009<br />
<a href="http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090120/GETPUBLISHED/901200324/-1/newsfront">http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090120/GETPUBLISHED/901200324/-1/newsfront</a></p>
<p>Pointers to 843 videos and animations of knots from the <a href="http://www.wonderhowto.com/">WonderHowTo</a> instructional video directory site.<br />
<a href="http://www.wonderhowto.com/search/knot/">http://www.wonderhowto.com/search/knot/</a></p>
<p>A step by step photographic how-to for the bowline from the University of Kansas student newspaper.<br />
<a href="http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jan/22/diy_bowline_knot/?jayplay">http://www.kansan.com/stories/2009/jan/22/diy_bowline_knot/?jayplay</a></p>
<p><strong>Pretty Pictures</strong><br />
Kids from New Zealand learning knot tying in Shandong Normal University in Jinan, capital of east
China’s Shandong Province<br />
<a href="http://beautifulpictureall.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-zealand-students-learn-weaving.html">http://beautifulpictureall.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-zealand-students-learn-weaving.html</a></p>
<p>A shoe made of chocolate, and what’s the first thing I notice? The knots decorating the shoe, unfortunately not made of chocolate. 8)<br />
<a href="http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2009/01/highfashion-shoe-made-of-chocolate.html">http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2009/01/highfashion-shoe-made-of-chocolate.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Things to buy</strong><br />
Looks like 6 sided <a href="http://www.chineseknotting.org/luck/">good luck knots</a> to me<br />
<a href="http://clinecreations.blogspot.com/2009/01/took-plunge-im-starting-to-make-jewelry.html">http://clinecreations.blogspot.com/2009/01/took-plunge-im-starting-to-make-jewelry.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19900491">http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19900491</a></p>
<p>Pretty crown sinnet wire jewelry<br />
<a href="http://www.tahmi.com/products.asp?cat=32">http://www.tahmi.com/products.asp?cat=32</a></p>
<p>A font made of photos of a blue rope. For the astonishing price of €70 (or is it just me that’s astonished?)<br />
<a href="http://www.handmadefont.com/cord-blue.php">http://www.handmadefont.com/cord-blue.php</a></p>
<p>From the same people (and price) a font called “knot” which, of course, has got nothing to do with knots. Tangle or squiggle would probably be more appropriate.<br />
<a href="http://www.handmadefont.com/knot.php">http://www.handmadefont.com/knot.php</a></p>
<p><strong>Knotty sayings</strong><br />
To introduce this new segment, here’s a thought: I have <a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> send me daily search reports on
“knot” and “chinese knotting”. Overwhelmingly, most of the new links
reported are about weddings. After that are business mergers, ties at
sports events, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(speed)">wind conditions</a>.
Also fashionable neck ties and scarves. I almost forgot about the <a href="http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Red_Knot_dtl.html">birds</a>,
<a href="http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/black_knot/blacknot.htm">fungus</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_Knot">conundrums</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet#Production_of_knotted_pile_carpet">carpet</a>
and more. Fairly close to the bottom of the list of items mentioned
is actual tied with string type knots. On the bright (??) side
there’s more string type knots mentioned than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(mathematics)">topological
knots</a>. 8) But every once in a while, someone is quoted, there is
a turn of phrase that shows how basic to human existence knots seem to
be. Let’s start here:<br />
Premier Wen Jiabao said, “As a Chinese saying goes, the one who tied the knot should be the one who unties the knot.”<br />
<a href="http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20090122&id=9534688">http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20090122&id=9534688</a></p>Carol WangTomorrow is Lunar New Years’ Eve, so I thought I would bump up my usual Sunday link dump to Saturday on the off chance it helps anyone get out to an event on time…