Anyone who has ever done any sort of creative activity has had times when their mind just goes blank – nothing comes or worse what does develop is like thick peanut butter on the kitchen bench. A globby mess! This is when it is handy to have a few tricks …
I am cooking up something for a Katrina refugee assistance fundraiser. Yep its still cooking there is activity behind the scenes and will be for a couple of more days. I don’t mean to sound mysterious but I have to make sure some key things are in place before I …
Dalton Ghetti carves tiny minature sculptures into the graphite of a pencil. ” At school Dalton always sharpened pencils by hand, and would sometimes peel the paint from the pencil and carve intricate designs into the wood. He noticed that a good blade cuts through both the wood and through …
I am late this morning simply because I got side tracked playing with another colour toy on Colr.org which describes itself as a site for playing with colours and words. To use it you select a colour then in the tag box describe it the two are connected to produce …
William Morris (1834-96), was a designer, writer, and typographer that had a distinct lean to the left. In other words he was a Socialist. The William Morris Society highlights the work of this prominent figure in the Arts and Crafts movement and links to sites that relate to his work, …
Talwin Morris (1865-1911) was the Art Director for the publisher Blackie and Son. The image gallery of this site houses an electronic catalogue of 60 images of designs. Anyone interested in book design and illustration in the Glasgow Style, which was a Scottish expression of Art Nouveau, will find this …
I recently accepted Dover’s invitation to receive a free weekly sampler and it has become one of my Saturday morning pleasures as their weekly email of offerings has rolled into my inbox. I have been on their list for 3 months or so and not a week has gone passed …
