Craft
The idea of printing on fabric has been something I’ve been wanting to try for some time now. I’ve neither had the time nor the inclination until this weekend, when the urge suddenly took me to get my finger out and make something for a change. In my head this was going to be a [...]
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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’s been a wee while since I finished these off and I’m afraid they’ve been lying around gathering dust until I managed to find some time to take some photo’s of them. As ever, each Poke has been created using a combination of power-carving, hand-carving, sanding, pyrography and oiling to protect the wood from the [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been wanting to try lino printing for quite some time now but I don’t have the correct tools or the inclination to buy the tools. I do however, have a pack of vinyl floor tiles and a series of gouges that Alasdair uses for his carvings. Ever the type to make do with what [...]
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, [...]
We’ve been renovating our house since moving in almost four years ago. Progress is slow but steady and lately we’ve (read Alasdair) been ripping out the old electrics in one room that will eventually be our living room. The old wire is a lovely thick copper wire that we just couldn’t throw away. So, I [...]
I don’t think I’ve owned a pair of plimsolls since, ooooo, forever! If I had to make a guess then I might suggest it’s been at least 25 years, certainly not since leaving primary school! This is something that’s been pulling at me for some time to do and, Mmmmmm, there’s nothing quite like the [...]
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The Morningside Makers Market is a monthly affair that takes place at the Columcille Centre in Edinburgh on the first Saturday of every month and accommodates around 30 stalls each featuring arts and crafts made by-and-large by the stall holders themselves, this in itself is a huge attraction, all the crafts for sale are created [...]
Preparations are well under way for our first craft fair of 2010, which will take place in Hillhead Library in Glasgow’s West End this coming Saturday. In the true spirit of leaving everything until the last minute, we have a list as long as both our arms of work to complete before Saturday morning and, [...]
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