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Alexandra Kingswell mixes Fibonacci sequence, Pi and vibrant colours in ways which make your eyes and spirit sing. Her infectiously joyous colours and patterns are derived from mathematical equations - do you know anyone else who enthuses about the pattern formed at "some 544 decimal places into Pi..? Her website is a treat of inspiration …
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15 gift ideas for the knitter in your life
How making a salad teaches me about making more interesting creations - and life.
Leaf textile art by Susanna Bauer: Autumn embroidered
In a canyon, in a cavern, with a Kenyon, Cindertalk plays his water glasses, "Spero". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkjWx8jAOhc Recording Notes The uploader of the video wrote of the recording, on Youtube: "We should have known Jonny had a good system for transporting his wine glasses. They were secure, affixed to a custom case. At airports he checks …
Angela was awarded a fellowship to research - she brought together the music of Claudio Monteverdi and the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi into 2 huge linocuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0oWrgfd9iE The scale of the work is impressive. In some parts of the video, she is shown lying on one side on a pillow, so that she is able …
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HP Jewellery makes contemporary lovely metallic accessories, in the middle of Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. Yet available online. I have completely fallen in love with the cufflinks in the featured photo which should be appearing at the top of this post. In case it doesn't, I append it again - otherwise my deep appreciation will seem …
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Here is the World's smallest stop motion animation: https://vimeo.com/15323909 "Dot" is a recording made possible by Professor Fletcher's invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment. The invention was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman. It stars a 9mm girl called Dot as she struggles …
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This is the story of how one young woman, Felicia Lo, began studying pharmacy and immediately knew it was not the career for her - but used it in her personal love: dying wools for handknits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yj1we56Scw If you love colour and textiles, you will likely enjoy this video. As Felicia says, there is a …
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