Bg Patterns is a online tool that is aimed at web designers who want to create background patterns easily and quickly but I am sure textile practitioners will see all sorts of ways to use this tool to provoke design ideas. You can change the colour and transparency while rotating …
Causes of Colour starts out with the question “Why are things coloured?” and proceeds to answer it. Along the way they explore all sorts of aspects of colour and why we perceive it as it is. The complexities of colour are well explored like why some things have iridescent surfaces …
Readers who are interested in earning money from their work will be interested to hear about ArtFlock as it is an alternative to Etsy which is free with no listing fees with commission rates are from 3.5% You can also use it as a basic business website as you can …
Craft Stylish is a new ezine/craft site which is part of the Taunton chain of sites. Taunton publish Threads magazine. There are lots of small quick and useful tutorials and articles which make the site well worth browsing if not subscribing to in your RSS feed. Take a good look …
This is one of those posts in which you have make sure you have ink and paper loaded in the printer, make a cuppa and browse the goodies There are facsimile copies of the Craftsman magazine edited by Gustav Stickley hosted at the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and …
Wonder How to is a search engine and directory site for free instructional videos online. To be listed on the site your video must be instructional. Videos made to promote and market are not listed and since videos are reviewed by human editors this ‘rule’ is enforced. There is also …
WeaveZine is a new ezine online that focuses on contemporary weaving. The first issue has some excellent articles in it. Since I am an avid recycler I pounced on Recycled Plastic Bag Weaving by Jana Trent. This piece is clearly illustrated and the project is explained in a straightforward manner. …
