Sunday, 19 February 2012

The Brightest Crayon in The Box

Here's my first weaving project. 

I like the  bright and bold colours - including pink, navy blue, turquoise and purple. The white balances the brights.
  
I find weaving to be fun and easy.  
I like to see how the woven fabric grows and grows on the loom.  

Weaving reminds me of knitting. Both knitting and weaving is about producing a two-dimensional fabric made from a one-dimensional yarn or thread.  
I often enter a meditative state while weaving or knitting. It's very relaxing to me, and brings me back into balance. 

If you want to learn about weaving, then go here: weaving for beginners.

Monday, 13 February 2012

Saturday, 14 January 2012

Trashion fashion

Time for some trashion fashion! 

Here's a paper towel roll bracelet/toilet roll bracelet that I've made. It's easy peasy to make. My bracelet is made out of a cardboard tube, white glue, a waste cd, aluminum foil and small grey beads. You can create this kind of bracelet in some different ways. Here are some other examples: A, B, C