abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is Tom Bombadil?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1166arrow-down1message-squareWhat is Tom Bombadil?abbadon420@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
He is not a hobbit, neither a man, but what is he? Is he a dwarf? A wizard? A god? Something else entirely?
minus-squarehallettj@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoTIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agovery cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
minus-squarezkikiz@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoJapanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agooohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
minus-squareHaggierRapscallier@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m pretty sure Islamic art does a similar thing too, to highlight humanity’s imperfection or something.
TIL - I thought of this as a Persian tradition. Apparently the idea of a deliberate flaw in a woven work features in both cultures.
very cool to know… it may have been a pretty common practice at one time…
Japanese do this too especially in pottery, it seems like a very old form of artisanry
oohh, thank you for sharing that… yes, it seems to belong to the very beginning of artistry itself…
I’m pretty sure Islamic art does a similar thing too, to highlight humanity’s imperfection or something.