Advice in progress...

March 9, 2011 Snag Breac

I have been working on these hankies recently. I asked friends and family for advice, something they would follow themselves, or wish they followed. It could be anything, from very general advice to detailed tips.

I got a lots of different responses! I have been embroidering them, including bits from myself, on old handkerchiefs over the last while. I like the idea of having a reminder of something important that can be carried in your pocket.
Here are some of them...

(That one is a detail from a larger piece.)

Now I just need to get my hands on some more handkerchiefs!

Fox craft kit give-away!

February 25, 2011 Snag Breac

I've been quietly working away in the studio, making craft kits to sell. This is the fox I've made for the needle-felt fox kit.
I will have an etsy shop up and running in the next while with kits for sale.

Meanwhile, I'm in the process of developing several kits and am looking for feedback about them. I thought I would look for some help from my lovely readers and ask if there is someone out there who has never done needle-felting before but would like to try their hand at making a fox? All I ask is that you send me feedback about the kit.

If so, please leave a message at the end of this post or email me (ansnagbreac at gmail dot com)
and if there are a few of you, I'll pull a name out of a hat in ten days time.

The kit includes 2 felting needles, a sponge, pipe-cleaners, instructions, and enough merino fleece to make a fox and it all comes in a box.

The Sketchbook Project

January 12, 2011 Snag Breac

I have finished my book for The Sketchbook Project, a travelling exhibition/library of sketchbooks that will make its way across the states for the next six months.

Participants each got a blank sketchbook to fill in and a theme to use as a starting point. The theme I chose was "In five minutes..." which made me think of all the things that happen in a short period of time that you might not notice happening, and all the things that happen in a much longer period of time.

I completely dismantled the book I was sent, and made a new book, with an illustrated story at the front, and then a fold out section at the back...

...keep on unfolding...

...and again...

...into a big tree.

Its mostly done with pen and ink and watercolours on watercolour paper.
Some details of the tree and the story are below.

Its been fun making it, and a challenge to get such a large poster into a small book, while keeping the dimensions the same. Another challenge was making it very hard-wearing. I am not used to having to think about lots of people handling my work!