During most of January I tried my hand at art journaling. It’s a mixture of art, craft and diary discovered through the millions of Youtube videos dedicated to the hobby. I aim to make more nature/science inspired pages soon and will post them up here :) The image above features a character inspired by William…
Category: craft
birds..
Following a trip to RSPB Rainham my recent creations seem to feature birds, I’ve also been growing a wildlife garden at my home for the past 6 years and am always amazed at the number of different species of birds that visit. Including my resident Robin who chirps away on the garden table whenever he…
Silhouette Cameo… :)
I am now the proud owner of a Silhouette Cameo cutter :) (explodes into a puff of glitter, feathers, hearts and kittens)… lol Its a card and paper cutter which allows you to download or design cutting files to be cut into your desired media, it can also cut fabric, vinyl, and has a pen…
The Spindleberry
I couldn’t resist posting this photo of the gorgeous pink and orange berries found on a Spindle Tree. They were discovered during a walk in Kent, growing on chalky soil in a hedgerow. Apparently the wood from the Spindle Tree is very hard, fine grained, and was used for making into wool spinning spindles and…
Humble Umbels…
I really love the form of the plants in the Umbelliferae family, I’m entranced by the upward sweeping negative curvature of the flowers, which resembles the inverted circles found in hyperbolic geometry. They are found in the British Isles as the native plants Wild Carrot (also known as Queen Anne’s Lace), Cow Parsley, Hogweed and many…
Dancing Circles
Some time ago I was shown this video of ‘circles dancing in a rhomb’ by Gelada http://maxwelldemon.com/edmund-harriss/ http://vimeo.com/23772888 At the time it inspired me to create some interesting patterns with crochet, based around the negative space within the structures and the rhythmic dance of the circles within the shape. But it was the cellular structure…
Crochet doilys
I used to crochet a lot in the past so when I saw this video http://vimeo.com/23772888 the first thing I thought of was plant cellular structures, then it reminded me of the open work found in crochet doilys. I decided to make a few which will eventually be joined to form this wonderful lampshade Most…
Phloem 