Gosh its been a busy week. I had no idea that so many people would be inspired by the Bags of fun challenge . I thought perhaps 5 or 6 people would be interested and when I proposed it all I needed was a little push but I had no …
The Society of Dyers and Colourists hosts a virtual Museum of Colour. This is a great resource site as it primarily relates to textiles and textile industry, housing online interactive projects that demonstrate aspects of how we see colour such as colour illusions and after images, colour blindness, and how …
A really exciting development in the Bags of fun challenge is a comment left by Alice who has an elementary class as she indicated her class might join in. (Alice I did try to email you but your mail bounced back) Time is a bit a of a problem as …
We have more bag ladies wanting to join in. So I am welcoming Belle from Northern NSW and Carole Kokinis from the UK. I didn’t realise yesterday when I listed everyone that Jacqui Mulcahy in the UK keeps all stitched up. So I am waving to everyone in the bags …
Martha’s blog Your Daily Art provides a brief snips of art history and links to resources and further information about artists, movements, and techniques.
I am seeing ways to embellish recycled denim bags all over the place now. I discovered this tutorial on how to make a Needle felted flower on the craftlog site. I thought some of the people who read this would find it useful.
Frances Pickering is a contemporary textile and book artist who has done and taught the City & Guilds courses and lives in Kent, Britain. Frances has produced a series of hand made books that are a personal response to battlefield landscapes and the poetry of the First World War. I …
