Harder Than It Looks
Jolene and I have been given a temporary reprieve with the kids being looked after by their gran for just shy of a week, ideally this would mean loads of extra time for crafting. Unfortunately the opposite seems to be true, although the extra freedom has given us a chance to get out and about [...]
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Painting, or more specifically, what constitutes a ‘good painting’ is something that has no doubt been contested since the dawn of time when man first began daubing paint on cave walls. You can almost discern, through the mists of time, the first critic carefully contemplating some abstract image of a hunting party bringing down a [...]
I’ve really been taken by the work of Kezeff, another artist I found on DeviantArt. I’ve only been following them for a short period, but even in that time I have been fairly impressed not only by the quality of their work but by the creativity behind it and the seemingly highly effective execution of [...]
I spent an hour or two this week ogling at Joel Henriques’ blog and artwork. I was particularly struck by the simplicity and beauty of these wood and wire toys: So inspired was I, that I had a go at making my own wire bird…I think it’s ok for a first attempt. I’m pondering a [...]
As promised here are the two mobile phone cosies I made for a commission. I’m not sure which was more challenging – embroidery on black fabric or getting a semi-decent photograph of it. Hopefully, you can just about see the matryoshka doll embroidery on this one. The fabric is red wool. I just couldn’t get [...]
A while ago now onecrazywoman contacted me with the proposition to swap dotee dolls. She is making me a dotee doll with a Texan theme and I am making her a dotee doll with a Scottish theme. I’ve been making this doll on and off now for the past month and finally last night I [...]
I’m going to shoe-horn this post in here by labelling it “culinary art” … although that may be tenuous at best. In fairness it is ‘Stuff’ and it has been ‘made’! For those that don’t know, macaroon is a traditional Scottish sweet incorporating those well known native scottish ingredients chocolate, coconut, sugar?! It’s final ingredient is potato … [...]
I think I’ve said before that painting is little more than a diversion for me and certainly not something I have any great talent for, although I would like to improve my skills at least a little in the coming years! Bearing this in mind I decided to make use of an online challenge, challenges [...]
Possibly one of the most important aspects of whittling or carving with knives, aside from actually having a knife or two, is making sure that those knives are sharp. Any fool can tell you that you’re more likely to have a nasty accident with a bluntknife than you are with a sharp knife, how to [...]
First of all just a wee note on the runic and ‘little dancer’ pendants, I’ve now uploaded these to the shop and they’ve been priced at $7.50 incl. postage … UK buyers wishing to purchase in £ sterling should drop me a note either via the shop or via the contact page here. Now, on [...]
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