Monday, 20 October 2008
Babushka finished
She started out life firmly as a Matroyshka but now I think she is definitely a happy granny Babushka. Laura Ashley fabric from the 60s or 70s and lots of felt.
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Frustration
I think my camera is on the way out. There is no light either and so my photos are pretty dingy. So here's a couldn't-care-less, didn't-even-iron-it picture of some potato prints I did. They were just an experiment but they were fun so I think I'll do some more at some point.
Lots of craft 3...
Foxes with sockses...
A painting/collage for my friend's new baby. It is painted, collagued and embroidered on canvas. I will never emroider on canvas again because it is sore, broke two needles and went wonky since it's impossible to pass the needle through and out on the same side. I find I go very wrong when I have to stab back-and-forth.
The baby was a boy ... is Foxy too girly?
A painting/collage for my friend's new baby. It is painted, collagued and embroidered on canvas. I will never emroider on canvas again because it is sore, broke two needles and went wonky since it's impossible to pass the needle through and out on the same side. I find I go very wrong when I have to stab back-and-forth.
The baby was a boy ... is Foxy too girly?
Lots of craft 2...
...a matroyshka teaset. Actually, not really a set, but a couple of mugs, a couple of big teacups and saucers and a set of (more abstract) plates. I think they are destined to head off as presents, but they look nice with my teapot.
Lots of craft...
...finally finished in push ahead of going away for three weeks. Conference first, then a holiday in Orkney and then a week with my folks.
They are...
My version of the Berserker from the Lewis chess set. These little walrus-ivory pieces were found in a sand-dune in Uig in the 1800s and promptly removed to the British Museum, never more to return. The worst bit of all is the terrible guide to the pieces produced by the museum, which states that it's difficult to imagine how precious Norse pieces might have turned up on our 'wild' and 'remote' coast. Remote from London, perhaps, but the Vikings viewed the sea as one big motorway and Lewis was an obvious stop on the way to Man and Ireland. Almost all of the place-names here are Norse. Shame on you, British Museum.
The Berserker is biting his shield to get himself in the mood. My mother says the word derives from bear sark, or bear shirt, and that the Berserkers originally wore one of these. Mine is wearing some pretty patterned fabric but I hope he looks a wee bit mad.
They are...
My version of the Berserker from the Lewis chess set. These little walrus-ivory pieces were found in a sand-dune in Uig in the 1800s and promptly removed to the British Museum, never more to return. The worst bit of all is the terrible guide to the pieces produced by the museum, which states that it's difficult to imagine how precious Norse pieces might have turned up on our 'wild' and 'remote' coast. Remote from London, perhaps, but the Vikings viewed the sea as one big motorway and Lewis was an obvious stop on the way to Man and Ireland. Almost all of the place-names here are Norse. Shame on you, British Museum.
The Berserker is biting his shield to get himself in the mood. My mother says the word derives from bear sark, or bear shirt, and that the Berserkers originally wore one of these. Mine is wearing some pretty patterned fabric but I hope he looks a wee bit mad.
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