kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Crafternoons
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Craftnoons, Jan 2012. Pt. 2: Felting, felting, felting
So, I am getting close to finishing the first large step in what may be the first of several felting projects, all in anticipation for theGRID‘s beginning in February. In these last couple of days, I am frantically trying to finish what I can, remember what I was supposed to do, be ready to move in and
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Crafternoons, January 2012.
My artist residency (did I say that right?) begins at theGRID on Wednesday 1st Feb. I am looking forwards to it, a home away from home, and I can probably draw on the walls. I am currently midway through a huge felting project, definitely related to the commencement of this latest adventure. You may recognise
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Begin anew.
I never got around to the why of all those mushrooms. Those were used in a frantic fortnight of late, late nights and the hysteria you develop after days of reduced sleep. Looking back, I am glad I have photos as it’s all a blur of stitch, stitch, stitch, with brief intermissions when Micheal, the owner, wandered
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Crafternoon, July.
Every afternoon this last week has been a crafternoon, and it has been fabulous. After finishing a major work, I was having trouble starting anything else. That was fear of commitment, and a fear of the ol’ blank canvas. How about some low-key, minimal risk pieces to increase my confidence, and re-focus? Back to some
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Pimp My Dress #1
I altered this dress for my birthday. I found it for $3 at an op-shop called the Good Samaritan. It is one of my favourites, as they have a $2 costume bin I dive into every time I am in the store. Costumes….more like every day casual wear! Also, the dress did not have a tag, and
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Crafternoon, June.
The ingredients Old shoulder pad + scissors = cut up shoulder pad and a piece of foam for an ink pad. Milk bottle lid…and there’s my ink pad. Got my letters lined up and ready to go. This afternoon I was lettering some 6cm x 4cm tags from a recycling paper experiment from a few
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Fairy-ring 2; an update.
So, over the last few weeks my work ground to a halt as I have started prac and moved house, but I have too much stuff I want to do so after some late nights working I am getting towards the end of Fairy-ring 2. I am helped by the amount of rags in shades of green I
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