Bird
I think we tried all the major online craft outlets over the years and have remained largely unimpressed with either the serious US bias or the lack of facility in return for commission, hence we have now developed our own online platform. Today the shop is (partially) restocked and ready for use. You can still [...]
Just a couple of bits of news to share with you today, with it being Sunday and with me having spent the day away from home not making anything. Alisa Burke has announced her online sketching class this week to start on Feb 7th. Sign ups are open now for the most reasonable price of [...]
OK, so I previewed these in my previous post however I finally managed to source some ribbon I was happy with and I’ve got them finished and pictured: available from coriandr and etsy
Regular readers may remember a post I made a few weeks ago, Trial by Clay, in which I featured a rough attempt at a clay bird, I’ve since refined the notion and have been merrily creating a range of slightly smaller free standing birds with a simplified design in red and white, the scheme works [...]
I know, another Christmas post, but really it’s not that long until the big red cheery chap comes again! I’ve made quite a few of these hanging birds but they don’t photograph well. I think they’re shy! They’re a simpler take on the fabric finches regular readers will be familiar with, which makes them quicker [...]
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Paper fabric is fabric made with layers of paper and other bits and pieces, in this case glitter and threads, covered with a whole layer of tissue paper. I used an old sewing pattern instead of plain tissue paper. All of this is glued in sequence on top of a piece of muslin with watered [...]
It was about two years ago that someone suggested that I should have a go working with clay when they saw the wood carvings I was turning out, at the time it wasn’t a suggestion I took particularly seriously, not to say that I wasn’t interested I just couldn’t get my head around it as [...]
Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to come across a lengthy piece of blue (what we think is fake) suede in the fabric shop. It was screaming out to me to make some birds…so I did. It was kind of difficult to sew with. I kept feeling as though the needle hole would tear, [...]
It seems like forever and a day since I originally thought about giving my bonnie birds wings, indeed, it seems like forever and a day since I actually started making this one! Based around the same principles as it’s forebears I had to add some additional armature to build the wings both from a practical [...]
Peacock’s are well known for their fantastic plumage and for proudly strutting their stuff, they’re also an immense source of inspiration for a huge number of people; as you’ll discover if you type ‘peacock art’ into google and look through the image results. It’s easy to see why they should act on the imagination and [...]
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