Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
Tag Archives: WIP
Adrawingaday project, number 7
Adrawingaday sketches and ink drawings. Self-portraits, pin-ups, surrealism, reverse mermaids and some flowers that look suspiciously like vulvas. Continue reading
Posted in adrawingaday, Experiments, Inspiration, Paper, Puns, Works in progress
Tagged adrawingaday, artist perspective, cartomancy, drawing, drawing exercises, expressions, geometry, Moleskine, queen of clubs, queen of diamonds, queen of hearts, queen of spades, reverse mermaids, Sketching, social media, WIP, work in progress
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Homebrewing and foraging rosehip wine
Rosehip wine brewed at home I think ‘rose hip wine’ has to be the most adventurous of the foraged wine making I have attempted so far. The must has now been racked and the cereal-y smell created throughout the fermenting process has … Continue reading
Posted in Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged fermenting, Foraging, homebrewing, how-to, rosehips, wine making, WIP
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Sketches from the #adrawingaday project (round 2)
A drawing a day is progressing well. Still drawing on sticker blanks for #adrawingaday, a regular and simple project for sharpening drawing skills and also, unwinding at the end of the day. While I can’t noticeably see an improvement, hopefully I will be … Continue reading
Posted in adrawingaday, Paper, Stickers, Works in progress
Tagged adrawingaday, art noveau, beards, belle epoque, drawing, handmade, ink, Instagram, paper, social media, Stickers, WIP
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Crochet leather sole soft boots, crocodile stitch tops
Crochet leather sole soft boots I have recently completed a pair of crocheted, leather soled soft boots to wear around the house. I created a pattern for them as I was working, and there is definitely quite a lot of … Continue reading
Making crocheted earmuffs for winter, Part Three
Making crochet earmuffs for the winter chill Welcome to Part Three of my crochet earmuff tutorial! In Part One, I wrote about creating the crochet body, which the crochet petals are worked onto. In Part Two, I discussed how to … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Crochet & Knitting, Experiments, How-to, Re-use, Textiles, Travelling, Works in progress
Tagged artist perspective, crochet, DIY, Earmuffs, experimentation, handmade, how-to, repair, Reuse, sewing, soft sculpture, textile design, textiles, Travel, tutorials, wearable arts, Winter, WIP, Wool, work in progress
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Making earmuffs using crochet, Part Two
Making crochet earmuffs how-to, Part Two To save my sanity (pattern writing gets very tedious) I have broken up this post into three parts. Part One (making earmuffs for the winter chill) which includes the ingredients, can be found by following this … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Crochet & Knitting, Experiments, How-to, Re-use, Textiles, Travelling, Works in progress
Tagged alterations, artist perspective, crafternoons, Creative Reuse, crochet, DIY, Earmuffs, experimentation, handmade, how-to, soft sculpture, textile design, Travel, wearable arts, Winter, WIP, Wool, work in progress
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Making earmuffs for the winter chill, Part One
Making earmuffs to keep the cold out of my head I don’t know how everyone else does it in the northern hemisphere in winter. I swear, the cold blows straight into the part of my brain that gets a brain-freeze, … Continue reading
Posted in Crafternoons, Crochet & Knitting, Experiments, How-to, Re-use, Textiles, Travelling
Tagged crafternoons, crochet, DIY, Earmuffs, experimentation, handmade, how-to, Patterns, repair, soft sculpture, textile design, Travel, wearable arts, Winter, WIP, Wool, work in progress
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