Posts Tagged ‘craft’

The Love of It Indoor Picnic

Caper-causing site launch brings the outside in. Contributor Amy Hughes investigates a more eco-friendly way to have fun while being creative!

All photographs courtesy of Amy Hughes
Hiding in the loo from the conductor; tearing your hair out at awkward crossword clues; playing I-Spy; attempting to mop up spilt coffee with a …

Katherine Eves has Been Thinking Of You – Sewing Circle

Artist Katherine Eves has been working on a participation project centered around sewing. Here she tells you lucky folks about how to take part!

All photographs and images Courtesy of Katherine Eves
DATE
The sewing circle will take place on the 13th January 2010.
TIME
Some sewing must take place between the hours of 12 noon and 12 …

The Makery – Bath gets Crafty

It’s a buoyant sign of the times when a child chooses to celebrate their birthday not with fat-fuelled tour around the local burger chain kitchens and a game of musical …

Arts Editor’s pick: Christmas Gift Guide

It's that time of the year again! And boy, don't we have a truckload of Christmas goodies for your appreciation!

At Amelia, we thought you should know about these before you go out and brave the cold for that all important shopping trip! From limited edition prints to games and …

Cut Out and Keep Customising with Cat Morley!

Online craft community, Cut Out + Keep celebrates 30,000 members worldwide!

Photograph courtesy of  Cut Out and Keep
Cut Out + Keep, the online craft community has just celebrated the 30,000th member joining the site! For a site which began as a …

All I Want for Christmas is cards!

Bristol based charity gets über cool illustrators to design its Christmas charity cards- festive promotions don't have to be boring and tacky any more!

Illustration by Peskimo
The Christmas festive season is now upon us and many artists are selling festive products. However few are initiated to help the poor, the downtrodden and the destitute. …

Art Listings November 23-29

A HONOURS ILLUSTRATION – I-Spy Holborn
Illustration by Holly Trill
Haven’t got that Christmas present sorted? Here is an idea; Holly Trill is a student at Middlesex University’s BA Hons Illustration course. …

LFW 09 Cooperative designs S/S2010 Happy Birthday Bauhaus

Fashion Scout, Freemasons Hall, 20th September 2009

Cooperative Designs presented their latest designs aboard a Bauhaus Chessboard and on entering the presentation hall I was greeted with delicious looking (and tasting) Bauhaus birthday cake. The collection …

Prick Your Finger knitting talk at Howies

The knitting revival

Howies in Carnaby Street hosted a very cosy and exclusive “lecture” this week on the joys of knitting. The event was part of the Do lectures project – or a …

Teenage Kicks

Interview: Millie Cockton

While most of us at the tender age of 19 rooted our existence in smacking down vodka jelly shots at the bar with kebabs at four in the morning and …

Art Listings: 10th August – 16th August

Weekly Listings, Countrywide

William Cobbing: Thoughts From the Bottom of a Well
Gymnasium Art Gallery
Berwick Barracks
The Parade
Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1DG
Until 13th September
Wednesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm
Free

Sculpture, video and installation from London based artist William …

Art Listings: 27th July – 2nd August

Weekly Listings, London

Hackey Wicked Festival
Various Locations in Hackney Wick
1st August – 2nd August
Free Entry

Photo by Margaret Stone
Hackney has for a while now been a hub of new exciting art activity. In celebration …

Misako Mimoko: Girl and Dolls

Craft, Interview

I have a new happy place.
Sometimes when I find these rare serene pools of magic and inspiration my selfish streak comes through and I want to keep them to …

Doodle Box Project: Ticking all the Boxes

Cardboard Collective

“The rules are quite simple: rearrange a box to make any kind of figure or object. Make the most of least.”

Zeel
A staple afternoon post-school television viewing for me as a …

The Meaning of Light

Textile Jewellery

Jewellery designer Israel Roca can be normally be found working in his countryside house in La Coruña, in the northwest of Spain, in a large, light-filled space. Light is one …

Dumpster Couture

A History of Trash

Returning just for a moment to the R-Art collective collaboration with Nova Dando to make a dress entirely from everyone’s favourite page-turner The Financial Times, it’s funny to see examples …

R-Art Attack!

Interactive Arts Education

At Glastonbury when not navigating through guy ropes clutching half drunk bottles of cider with dirty shorts, haystack hair and generally looking like I’ve emerged from the mountains, I like …

Reclaiming Craft

The act of Making

Under, over, under, over… who would have thought a spot of weaving could help me feel better? These past few weeks have been some of the most stressful of my …

Art Listings: 22nd 28th June

Art Listings

Small Words
Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
73-81 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 0NQ
Until 3rd July
Mon – Sat 10:00am – 5.00pm
Free Entry

A truly unique exhibition in that all exhibiting artists are under the age …