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, …
Debra Spincic is a quilter who has just signed up for the bags of fun challenge . Debra’s blog is Design Studio . She already has her jeans and some ideas about what she is going to do with them. In her comment she suggested a button which is a …
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 …
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 …
