Series: Mandala Makers 2020 #3 After going back to black and white basics for week two of Rachel Evans White’s free Mandala Makers 2020 class, week three drew inspiration from natural forms, reintroduced colour, and used the mandala as a frame for text. Once again, I am making no effort to plan these designs, I… Continue reading Mandala #3
Series: Mandala Makers 2020 #2 After creating the colourful mandala for week one of Rachel Evans White’s free Mandala Makers 2020 class, week two went back to basics with black and white. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, especially considering I had absolutely no plan at all at the start. In some ways… Continue reading Mandala #2
Series: Mandala Makers 2020 #1 Oh what a time... I would put more of a definitive timescale on that but my sense of time has become even more broken than usual over the last few months. I had an actual face-to-face (or mask-to-mask) physio appointment a few weeks ago (good thing) and now have some… Continue reading Mandala #1
I like subscription boxes. As long as you can find one which is consistent in quality and matches your general taste without becoming predictable. A few years ago I regularly got the CraftBox subscription and it filled up my stash with embellishments and ephemera beautifully, then the style of it changed and I cancelled the… Continue reading Pastel cormorant
A few years ago I bought a lucky dip bag of SnipArt and in among all the flat patterns and feathers and such like was a kit for this little (about 3 inches wide) trellis planter. I had no idea what to do with it. I probably could have used the individual pieces as texture… Continue reading Mini trellis planter
I love making ATC-sized bits of art — both Copic colouring and using mixed media techniques — but I have been struggling with storing them sensibly. Some were propped up on a shelf, others were just in a pile, and I was in danger of losing track of them. I do have a pack of… Continue reading Art card storage
After proving to myself that I could get the hang of the basics of weaving, I decided to have another go, this time trying a few different techniques. Rather than just grabbing the first things that came to hand like last time, I hunted through my stash for a selection of neutral fibres of various… Continue reading Cream coloured weaving
It could go on a key ring, but really it's more of a fidget toy: I just like the sound the beads make when I play with them 🙂 It started off as a way to practise manipulating wire with jewellery pliers, putting beads on head pins and creating a loop to hang them from.… Continue reading Beaded key dangle
It's a weird time, creatively and generally. I'm not short of things to do and my mojo, surprisingly, hasn't deserted me, but actually getting up and starting work on something? That's the tricky part. I have managed to do a few bits, but I have to almost catch myself unawares and just start doing something… Continue reading Hand-carved stamps
I'm sure that if the internet and YouTube didn't exist I would still be happily drawing away with a black fineliner or copying other people's art with cheap gouache paints. After all, that's the sort of thing I was doing in my early 20s. But we do have the internet and YouTube, and so I… Continue reading A first try at weaving
