We now have trial access to ten visual arts journals published by Intellect until 20th April 2017, all available here. Click below for access to sample content from individual titles: Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education Craft Research Critical Studies in …
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French Art Deco, Jared Goss, London: Thames and Hudson, 2014. I was invited by Greta to select a book of my choice (from Creative & Cultural Industries) and as I’m about to pick a topic for my Dissertation I thought …
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How exciting, June’s new word list from the Oxford English Dictionary includes ‘Yarn bomb’. Does this mean that yarn bombing is no longer rebellious, under-ground and subversive, brightening an often grey and beige cityscape with a riot of colour and texture? …
Last Saturday I went along to the Contemporary Makers Fair at Aspex Gallery, where I had my portrait machine embroidered by Emma Nicol a graduate of UoP’s fabulous Illustration course. A bit of fun and a decoration for my new …
If you haven’t put the Christmas decorations up yet then you might want to take inspiration from this wonderful collection of crib scene shockers. http://whyismarko.com/2011/27-worst-nativity-sets-the-annual-growing-list/ [Thanks to SB for pointing this out]
If you’ve ever played with Spirograph and wanted to explore what images you could generate, but didn’t have the patience to mess with the pins and wheels and cogs, here’s a solution: http://wordsmith.org/~anu/java/spirograph.html
Ravelry is a fantastic site for knitters and crocheters. Sign up for free to be a member and you’ll have access to a fantastic resource containing hundreds of patterns, instructional videos and a very friendly forum. You’ll also find information on hundreds …
The blog, Anywho, I digress …, quite rightly identifies this ‘knitmare’. http://anywhoidigress.com/2010/08/04/knitmare/ I’m not entirely sure we should thank our contributor, G, for this, but if anyone else has any knitting nightmares to keep up awake in the small hours, …
Would you like to know how to tie knots. Not just a simple double knot but a bowline or a two half-hitches. This website has step by step instructions for 12 types of knots, so we can now all confidently …
Hallowe’en might’ve been last week, but it’s never too late to make your very own monster – and what’s more, it’s fun! Go on, get your hands dirty. Click on the link below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhPs2m9zny4 and you’ll be churning out monsters …
