Lottiotta's Steampunk peacock shawl. T-Shirt + Small Stitches = ? This weekend my daughter agreed to model my latest scarf.
Initially the tiny irregular stitches and the not so inventive circles seemed a waste of time. But often, when many small stitches come together the eye creates a pattern, so when the scarf was finished and assembled, it looked as if it was planned. Threading the needle without a vision is sometimes tricky….what if all those stitches are nothing but an enormous waste of time? In NY we are on winter break, which means lots of time with daughter and friends and little time for writing posts, so the blog this week will be mostly visual. It’s also time to start my long overdue spring cleaning project. Kintsugi – Mending the Broken Plate. 18th century tea bowl Kintsugi originated in the 15th century and is the Japanese term for mending broken pottery with lacquer resin and gold powder.
My friend Suschna shows how she mended hers here using a slow drying glue called “Anlegemilch” and gold leaf (post in German). Mending is more than just saving an item from the landfill, the pieces are often far more beautiful after they have been repaired. No wonder that Japanese collectors deliberately broke ceramics to have them mended in gold. Blake Gopnik explains the attraction of mended ceramics in this excellent article in the Washington Post: “it’s like a tiny moment of free jazz played during a fugue by Bach”. I’m fascinated by the concept of embroidering disposable items although, I’m painfully aware there is neither a moment of free jazz nor Bach in sight. Horses « ann wood. Way back in 2006 I made 100 cardboard horses as an experiment and creative exercise – I exhibited the group in Los Angeles in 2007.
I’ve added cormac and the other 16 remaining horses (some of my favorites) from the collection to my shop. Paper mache teacup pattern « ann wood. A paper mache teacup pattern to mark the 5 year anniversary of my blog, my experiment.
A perfect time to say thank you and give you a present. There is a template you can download here. And lots and lots of photos and instructions. If you do make teacups I’d love to see and you can upload a photo here if you like or leave a link to your photo in the comment section below. What you need: Click here to download the templatepaste – I use golden harvest wheat paste ( wall paper paste)light cardboard – cereal or frozen pizza box is great and a bit of thicker cardboard for a basenewspaper – it’s nice to have different colorsscotch tape ( not the invisible gift wrap stuff- the shiny sticky stuff)glue – elmers, glue stick, hot glue - whatever you likepencil, scissors, exacto knife, and paint and brushes, glitter, fabric – whatever you’d like for decoration. Click the photos for larger images. Cut out the templates for the teacup, handle and bottom and trace them onto your cardboard.
The End! Paper mache boat pattern « ann wood. And instructions.
Epic instructions. They just go on and on. Sneak peek: ann wood. The super talented ann wood was sweet enough to share a special diy project with us, but now she’s back with an incredible sneak peek into her brooklyn home/studio near prospect park. ann typically works with vintage or salvaged materials for her work, describing the certain tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that were once personal and perhaps treasured possessions. funny how the same can definitely be said for her home as well. i don’t know how you all feel, but to me, this peek into her home feels like a look into a mythical dream world (complete with castle!)
, so don’t miss additional images here. [thanks so much, ann!] -anne. Ann wood handmade. : JUNKO OKI / woky shoten. Time, the Stitch and the Wardrobe. When I wear my hand stitched Alabama Chanin style skirts, the reactions I get are these: “Did you make this?”
(because it is clearly hand made) and then the next one: “BY HAND? It must have taken forever”. Funny thing, sometimes these reactions come from knitters! Boro textile from Japan. Embroidered Designs. A brief portfolio to summarise my illustration work to potential clients.Advertising, Digital Art, Illustration2012 Quirky characters and landscape illustrations for Candy Land packagingCharacter Design, Illustration, Packaging2014 Sneaker-inspired art prints and mini-zine!
Make Alpaca Wool Sweater into Felted handmade Bag tutorial - The Inadvertent Farmer. I paid $3.00 for the sweater...
I found two sweaters with this tag...lucky me! Start by cutting off the sleeves just inside the arm-hole seams Next cut at the neck... I lined up a straight edge across the bottom of the armpits to make sure my neck cut would be as deep as my arm cuts. Try to make the arm curves and the neck curves match...I had to fool with it a little after these pics to get them even. These will be your handles After you cuts are made shift the sweater around till the handles line up. Needle Tatting and other Nonsense. Learn Needle Tatting With My Flower Pendant. Sashiko samplers. Hand sewing. Ñanduti claire guara.