| Today's creative endeavour - amateur printmaking! |
[Jan. 13th, 2008|02:00 pm] |
A few years ago my ACAD friends and I became enamored with printmaking. I've always loved rubber stamps, but these were pretty hard core ideas - using resist, chemicals and big rollers. Woo! I dabbled with some simple styrofoam printing, but of course styrofoam isn't very permanent as a template.
I bought a carving kit and a piece of linoleum from the bookstore, and acquired tubes of Speedball ink ($3 on the clearance shelf at Michaels, yay!), and some carving rubber. No craft before its time however, and yesterday I finally sat down and started into the carving rubber.
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| Illustration Friday - Stitch |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|11:15 am] |
This week's Illustration Friday is a reminder to do something I've been meaning to do. At my old job, I had craploads of free time. I also thought I would become a cross-stitch designer. I love cross-stitch heart and soul, but darn if I can complete anything. So here I have all these patterns that I made but I didn't get around to making models of, and was too paranoid to put on the web (I'm looking at you, pattern piggies!). Here is an actual pattern that you can stitch if you care too - I did get halfway through making the model, but wasn't able to complete it. Why? What's wrong with me? Am I doomed to be like my Great-Aunt Jo and leave half-finished projects behind? :-)
I will be adding this pattern to the patterns section of my website. If you like it, please consider a little tip :-) You can also email me if you would like the symbol version of this pattern or a larger copy.
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| My Thing a Ma Jig thingie |
[May. 27th, 2007|01:33 pm] |
I went to an annual bead show for the first time on Friday afternoon and I was in heaven! I found some wonderful buys on lampwork and met a lot of local artists. I'm still buzzing a little from the excitement :-) Maybe next year I'll take one of the classes there too.
I bought a starter Thing a Ma Jig by Darice for $6. It came with some pins and sample wire. They're also called Wig Jigs, or Jigs. I have always wanted to try wire wrapping, and for $6 it couldn't hurt. I wish now that I had bought some other gauges of wire while I was there! The craft wire I already had at home was too thin, the sample wire was just right, and I was also able to coax some sterling silver eyepins into shapes. Ooh, the possibilities!
( Here are a few little things I have made so far ) |
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| Knifty Knitter projects |
[Jan. 18th, 2007|06:53 pm] |
Some of you have seen these before, but I'm going to include them here to show off my other hobbies! I love textiles so much - the feel, the colours, the patterns - and with the Knifty Knitter loom I can finally act on all my secret textile fantasies! Being left-handed, learning to knit was always a chore...but no more!
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