Johannes Itten as his colour theories in the Art of Color is one of the key influences in my ideas about colour. In fact I would say he is my grand master as Itten is a colour genius. As a student we had his Elements of color as a text …
It was a long weekend this week in Canberra and as you can see I have finished the block I was working on. I went a bit mad with the buttons and beads I think but nevertheless it turned out OK
Digital Color Wheel is a wonderfully simple interactive site. You can use it as a tool to either teach the principles of colour, as a resource to draw on for information it is laid out succinctly or if you are in the mood for a dash of inspiration this will …
After Sunday’s incident Jerry pointed out to me that Mercury is in retrograde. Yes, the man has TWO PhD’s and still knows about such things. I may call him doctor squared but who am I to argue. As he pointed out to me “Computers and other processes that work with …
Ever since I experimented with using waste canvas in order to work a blackwork motif on a crazy quilting block I have been interested in using evenweave stitch techniques applied to crazy quilting. I must also say that I am constantly reminded of this as Linda at Chloe’s place constantly …
Encyclopedia Mythica contains over 7,000 articles on mythology, folklore, and religion. The encyclopedia is searchible but possibly the most interesting section is their Folklore section which houses folklore, and old favourites such as the Arthurian legends, Greek heroic tales, and folktales from many lands. There is also an image gallery. …
As I said on Monday I was going to blog the progress of a block. Well there has be a little progress so here is the next shot. As you can see most of the seams have basic stitches on them and I have started to add a second layer …
