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Today, I was absolutely stunned by a blog post on "Kitchen Vignettes" which combined memories of a much-missed mother with her signature summer recipe, together with a video of the daughter picking the fruit and making the dessert. There is a beautiful response on the blog post which says: "The video stunning (because you weave …
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This blog delights in putting together two arts or crafts not normally associated - today we have three. Spotted in the blog by the Shetlands based knitting designer, Ella Gordon! She took motifs from her knitted hat/mittens to be made into a ring by jewellery-maker Mike of Red Houss in Barra. Having made the ring …
I have a large-size book of visual inspiration called "Gee's Bend: the Architecture of the Quilt". Every now and then, I feel the need to look through it again - at pictures of the giant, off-centre, off-everything, bold modern geometric shapes. Made quietly by poor women in Alabama, mostly to keep their family warm - …
Kristy Glass, vlogger knitter interviews the creators of the book "I knit New York" and follows the photo shoot for this book - which is chockfull of architecture designs into knitting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mDLCnsIorc Knitted designs include: 42nd and Lex (the Chrysler building) as a cardigan Interviewed: Kirsten Kapur @throughtheloops on Instagram Kathleen Dames @KathleenDames on …
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A good coffee shop is a thing of beauty, a place to read, type, meet friends, eat, chat, discuss..... here's one very handmade one in New York. https://vimeo.com/75600912 The Digital Distillery Inc shot the short promo and wrote: The owner, Yasser "Max" Habib, shares with us his story about how he conceptualized, designed—and even handcrafted …
Here is Kaffe talking about his needlepoint (he designs for Ehrman tapestry) - and his love of making designs for interiors, as they are then like a window on a fantasy world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpClScg9rR0 He begins by showing a couple of waistcoats for men which he designed: and demonstrates how he sketches a design of …
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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