Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?

[fractionMan]

A work in progress:

 

[friedaweed]

A work in progress:

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That's just fab

 

[friedaweed]

I've been working on a painting called 'Grounds for divorce' whoa oh oh oh whoa wo wah
Polishing a compass that I hold in my sleep, whoa
Doubt comes in on sticks, but then he kicks like a horse, whoa
There's a Chinese cigarette case and the rest you can keep
And the rest you can keep
And the rest you can keep

 

[friedaweed]

Not really stuff I'm working on but random stuff I've made.

''manacle of love''

You make beautiful things

 

[fractionMan]

Made another pot!

The pot has a round bottom and the base is adjustable so you can set it at any angle

 

[wayward bob]

finally went into the studio today. thought it would be quiet, wasn't expecting so many of them in...

but now i have - i hope - all the materials and equipment i need to make a special book. it needs to be a good one <3

eta: oh one of my folded books was accepted for exhibition. chuffed.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

eta: oh one of my folded books was accepted for exhibition. chuffed.

Good job!

 

[wayward bob]

looks like i'm getting the letterpress back up and running. no hurry, but a longer term project...

 

[Shirl]

Made another pot!View attachment 82980

The pot has a round bottom and the base is adjustable so you can set it at any angle

That's a very stylish pot.

 

[fractionMan]

That's a very stylish pot.

thanks

Can't wait to get the chance to fire it.

 

[wayward bob]

 

[moose]

That's beautiful, bob.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Wow, bob... <3





And definitely straight lines!

 

[wayward bob]

it's not the pattern i'd planned. picked one i already know instead. but yes. straight lines

(back is so skew-wiff

 

[moon]

I love the white paper, is it vellum?

 

[wayward bob]

it's a japanese tissue. it costs (me!) £15 to interleave a book with it, which is why i don't sell those but the dye in the chiyogami papers can sometimes transfer if a book's read often. a single front and back page protects whatever's posted/written there.

 

[moon]

wayward bob you inspired me to start a new handmade book, this will be an album for all my Gothic themed artwork and photography.
So far I've made the cover..

 

[wayward bob]

starting on a new project, at least for the next few days until the application deadline :thumbs :

messing with copper tape and my dymo printer atm. it's a book project and needs text but i want to work in copper/enamel so i'm hoping this is a half-decent way to render the text.

dymo labels are textured which i'm hoping will allow me to work with them like inlaid wire/cloisonne techniques.

 

[RubyToogood]

I got a plain grey jumper in the sales which I want to embroider on but am a bit uncertain how to approach it, ie whether it needs backing, how to apply the design etc

 

[Boudicca]

I got a plain grey jumper in the sales which I want to embroider on but am a bit uncertain how to approach it, ie whether it needs backing, how to apply the design etc

When they embroider on T-shirts etc with machines, they use lightweight iron-on interfacing underneath to stabilise it and then cut or tear off the excess once the embroidery is done. This would work if you are trying to do small patches of detailed embroidery, but not if it's something where you need the jumper to still stretch.

The embroidery pencils (where you trace a mirror version of the design onto tracing paper and then iron it on) work surprisingly well - but maybe not on a grey jumper.

 

[RubyToogood]

When they embroider on T-shirts etc with machines, they use lightweight iron-on interfacing underneath to stabilise it and then cut or tear off the excess once the embroidery is done. This would work if you are trying to do small patches of detailed embroidery, but not if it's something where you need the jumper to still stretch.

The embroidery pencils (where you trace a mirror version of the design onto tracing paper and then iron it on) work surprisingly well - but maybe not on a grey jumper.

I'm thinking wash-away stabiliser at the moment. I've got a vintage transfer I want to use - if I can transfer it onto the stabiliser that could work. I'll have to buy some and experiment.

I just tried a bit of lightweight iron-on interfacing on an old cashmere jumper and didn't like the effect. It made the whole thing a bit stiff.

 

[Boudicca]

Let us know how it goes!

 

[RubyToogood]

Let us know how it goes!

I have a horrible feeling it might end up being one of those overly complicated craft projects that never actually happens and just languishes in a bag.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I'm thinking wash-away stabiliser at the moment. I've got a vintage transfer I want to use - if I can transfer it onto the stabiliser that could work. I'll have to buy some and experiment.

I just tried a bit of lightweight iron-on interfacing on an old cashmere jumper and didn't like the effect. It made the whole thing a bit stiff.

I noticed they have a variety of interfacing including some lightweight stetchy stuff in Simply Fabrics when I was in there recently.

 

[friedaweed]

Just finished this one with Narnia last weekend. The photo isn't great but you'll get the gist. Used some concrete on this one and some sealing wax. It's great painting together

 

[Shirl]

Great collaboration friedaweed. You and Narnia are good together

I have been to look at a studio today. I like it but am waiting for my friend to go and check it out Monday. I hope it's a goer.

 

[friedaweed]

Great collaboration friedaweed. You and Narnia are good together

I have been to look at a studio today. I like it but am waiting for my friend to go and check it out Monday. I hope it's a goer.

That's ace news. I need my jeweler knocking the gifts out

 

[Shirl]

That's ace news. I need my jeweler knocking the gifts out

It's not far from your former mil's, you could pop in on Yorkshire visits

 

[friedaweed]

It's not far from your former mil's, you could pop in on Yorkshire visits

Cool. I'm hopefully heading over in a couple of weeks. Any room for a struggling piss artist? I'm running out of wall here

 

[iona]

Good way to spend ages not thinking about anything