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Joe Cunningham, male quilter
Joe Cunningham is a quilter, who has been inspired by Gee's Bend. In a video which mixes his own amazing style, he meets, pays tribute to the women quilters at Gee's Bend and joins them in quilting. "I'm trying to be free by making quilts and it seemed to me that they had very free …
Coffee Shop: Milk & Honey, Brooklyn
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 …
Happy Birthday, Kaffe Fassett!
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 …
Knitting Inspiration: Kaffe Fassett
This 5 minute video lets Kaffe Fassett describe in his inimitable, colourful way, how he discovered knitting and brought his painterly eye to it, bringing a wave of colour into 1980s knitting in Britain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vR_hi1Gtw Also, don't miss another post on this blog about quilting here. Both these videos are recorded in his home, which …
Alexandra Kingswell: Quilting and Maths
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 …
Why is Haute Couture so cheap?
Working from a 2D flat 1939 Christian Dior Design, a skilfull dressmaker, Domenique Erb, takes proportions, measurements, then drapes, pins and sews muslin on a dressmaker's bodyform dummy to bring it to 3D life as a template for an evening gown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGULpcJKbmc Why do Couture garments cost so much? Well, once you've viewed this video, …
Highlands Scotland contemporary jewellery
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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Geek Knitting: Bridget Thuemmel
For anyone who loves sci fi and TV culture and wool.... a designer who feels the same: Bridget Thuemmel at Steven Be studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ghd2E4fi-s Not only does she design, she also knits while reading a book. Fingerless mittens thumbs up - for someone who clearly loves her day job - as does the presenter, Kristy …
Couture Knitting (and tattoos), Scotland: Di Gilpin
Di Gilpin, a self-taught knitting designer in Scotland, speaks in this video about her collaboration with couture designers, including her shrug inspired by the White Witch in "the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - and the tattoes of a Russian warrior princess. As she points out, with a lacey knit worn over bare skin, …
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