5 December 2008

Sarah's Drawing Pocket

Sarah's gift

It seems like we're running off to another Christmas or birthday party every second day at the moment. Crafting is most definitely for Other People for the foreseeable future. But that's OK, because it's all de-stashing, right?

Unfortunately I cannot remember where I got the idea for a drawing folder like this. If it was you, thank you! I love the extra pocket for completed artworks and stickers. Also, please to be noting that my sewing machine does not do embroidery, so yeah, that was free-handed with two colours of thread at once. Hardcore.

drawing folder

20 November 2008

Fake boys


What is it about faux bois that makes it the thing of the moment? It's horrible and seventies and reminds me of the cabinets in my mum's kitchen. Faux bois = laminate peeling from chipboard. Not an aesthetic I need to reproduce. But if you do, at least have the dignity to paint your own. No more wood print vinyl, please!

19 November 2008

Hisano Takei

Hisano Takei Grotesque






















I really like these forms Hisano Takei has created in pure wool felt, but I can't help thinking they have an unfinished look to them. I can see how colour would detract from the shape, but wouldn't it give each piece a little more emotion? I'd love to see Grotesque in shades of green and blue-grey.

17 November 2008

Rock 'n Roll Machine



MAKE blog points us to the Visible Sound project, a realtime sound wave sewing concept. It's cute, but seems limited. What I really like it the idea of a sewing machine that looks like a stereo component. If mine looked this rock 'n roll, I'd sew every day!

14 November 2008

Vintage Hidden Secrets

An article in The Age today features the only shopping tour that has ever appealed to me - a Vintage Outing. A 4.5 hour tootle around the eclectic vintage boutiques of Melbourne in a chauffeur driven restored Fiat 1500s with guides Betty and Miss Shirley.

But I only want this for a Christmas present if it comes with a large wad of spending money.

13 November 2008

New crafty blog!

I'm quite aware that the internet is not in need of another craft blog, but I'm not going to let that stop me, dammit.

I read so much by designers, artists, and craftypeople that I may as well post some of my findings. Also my bookmarks folder is bursting at the seams with projects I will never have the time to do. If I tell you about my ideas that's almost like doing them, right?

OK, today's discovery is that 2009 has been declared the International Year of Natural Fibres by the UN. And my question is, could they have come up with a worse logo?