My printer is going to be running hot as soon as I finish writing this post. An 1886 catalogue of embroidery designs from the New Sample Book of Our Artistic Perforated Parchment Stamping Patterns , has been put online. The catalogue is from J. F. Ingalls of Lynn, Massachusetts who established …
Cynthia of Colorado Art Studio describes herself as a Ceramic artist who occasionally dabbles in fiber art and painting. On her blog I found she also has an interest in contemporary dolls and printing and recently Cynthia has been exploring linocuts. Also her website houses fiber art and don’t miss …
For those who are interested in art journals, altered books, ATC’s, postcards and related paper based activities, ARTchix studio has a a huge number of free tutorials online . The side bar is a smorgasbord of techniques and ideas. They include processes such as beading, burning, mixed media, transfers, collage, …
Working with your creative processes is always and interesting challenge! It is worth popping over and reading A Grain of Salt as Anahata Katkin talks about working with the 5 stages of the creative process to overcome Creative Resistance. I am not sure I would call it resistance but the …
Are you ever stuck for colour inspiration? Here is another Palette generator which enables you to upload a photo and a palette of colours based on the colours in the photo will be generated automatically. It’s an ideal tool to use for producing colour schemes for craft and textile projects. …
Micro-Fiber Militia is run by a group who describe themselves as Crochet Graffiti Artists that take crochet into public spaces. They cover urban objects such as parking meters with cosy crochet pieces. Subversive textile practices such as this always makes you look at textiles in new light. Check out the …
A new flickr group Craftabulous Tutorials has started. Tutorials on how to do various crafts are posted with links to either the flickr set or blog. Check it out as there are some great instructional material being listed there.
