It might sound a bit mental, but yes – you could certainly do so! However, whether you would or not is possibly open to debate. Anyway. Back at the start of the month, I attended a workshop at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland to make jewellery using microwave fused glass. I like learning new […]
Arts and Crafts
Responding using Art 1
I’ve been doing an online course through Coursera for the past few weeks, looking at how artists and animators can use an awareness of art history to enrich their own practice. This is partly because I teach Contextual Studies at work, and also because I miss art historical practice. My undergraduate degree is in art […]
#Craftblogclub – Upcycle Challenge
The latest #craftblogclub challenge has been to upcycle an item, giving something old some love. The challenge said furniture or homeware but I’m not allowed to touch the furniture in here and I don’t really have any homeware of my own. I did consider buying something small, so I trawled the secondhand shops in Heaton […]
New Crocheted Handwarmers
I haven’t posted about crafting in a while so I thought I’d address that with this post, particularly since I’ve finally made myself something decent to wear using crochet. I sort of taught myself the basics of crochet a while ago but so far I’ve restricted myself to amigurumi (including a cute Cthulu I made […]
#Craftblogclub Icons
I’ve been a busy bee, creating blog buttons for the #craftblogclub community. I’ve got six options so far, and a poll underneath, but obviously if you want to make any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment! Option One Option Two Option Three Option Four Option Five Option Six What do you think? Which option […]
#Craftblogclub Secret Santa
Earlier this year, I took part in two challenges as part of the #craftblogclub community on Twitter. In September I knitted a notebook cover, and in October I made a Halloween lantern. For Christmas we had a Secret Santa challenge, and we were tasked to craft something for a named recipient! I chose to hand […]
