I am becoming increasingly fascinated with the art of cross stitch. It started when Dianne – the boyfriend’s mum – showed me her cross stitching of an old fashioned ‘lady’ – it was the work of 15 years she said. It felt like a tapestry, and you could tell how much work had gone in [...]
Yes a new Studio Ghibi movie is out!
I am a self confessed Ghibli fan and have visited the Ghibli museum in Japan! For all you Ghibli virgins out there, it’s basically the japanese version of Disney, except much much better quality. Anyway, i went to see it last night at the showroom cinemas, feeling totally [...]
boy does my back ache – i’m transported back to my A-level class room, where i’m sitting at a beringer sewing machine (Miss Peck’s boyfriends gift to her on her birthday – why the hell she trusted me with the £700 pound machine i have no idea) throughout break time, lunch time and lesson time [...]
I am a thief!
As many of my fellow handmade students are aware, i have an early morning cleaning job at the Sheffield University Union, what they do not know is that i have started raiding the bins in the offices (Rights of Advice and the SSID), hoping to find used envelopes with stamps and postal [...]
We watched the screening for the end of the line today, it was as dramatic as the trailer promised, and superbly choreographed and i enjoyed it – mostly. I enjoyed the fact that it was so well put together, but enjoyed less the information I learnt.
The End of the Line Trailer from Film Sprout on [...]
I found Miss Greer (sculptor and mixed media installation artist) whilst searching for info on Handmade Nation – she blogged about meeting Faith Levine and being at the NY screening of said film. She’s a big fan of the whole shabang, “viva the hand!” says she.
Very ocean-esq – i really love her creations.
I really [...]
New brief ahoy! Handmade students have to create a set of Royal Mail postage stamps to raise awareness of the issue of over fishing, and the book and film ‘The End Of the Line’
We were asked to choose a technique such as paper cutting or screen printing and make the stamps using that method. I [...]
As part of our course we were asked to watch handmade nation, an unambitious but very charming documentary on the increasingly popular craft trend in america.
It’s very American, almost painfully so, but is filled with interesting interviews with people who make their living in craft – which for me is particularly interesting, as that’s sort [...]
Went to craft club today and learnt how to cast on, do garter stitch and cast off!
I would show a picture of my first attempt, but i unravelled it, twas a little bit crap