Diy fibre art

Katrina Sanchez Standfield is a Panamanian-American artist working in fiber, painting and mixed material.

Silk Paper Vase with nightlight made in 1999 Since writing in a previous post about saving wallpaper paste to make silk paper I have had a number of emails asking about silk paper. As I was making the paper yesterday I took pictures as I went along and have written a tutorial for you. Click on SILK PAPER MAKING on the left hand side of this blog and a window will open to allow you to download a PDF file. You will need Acrobat Reader to be able to read the file. If you don't already have…

Elise McMahon and Francesca Capone have developed an approachable, at-home method of recycling tees.

I thought I'd show you a bowl that I made a couple of weeks ago. It's not like any other bowl (and it's also really hard to photograph!) ...

In May I attended a workshop by Linda Turner on the subject of fabric vessels. They are made from Batik fabric with wadding to create a quil...

Before I start the tutorial I would like to thank Kirsty of Me Plus Molly for her lovely gift of bundles and bundles of organzas and angelina fibres in loads of gorgeous colours. These were the greens she sent me ... There are lovely copper tones in the green angelina fibres - perfect for leaves and woodland projects I love to recycle in my textile work and I hate to waste those little leftover snippets of chiffon, silk, organza, glitzy, shimmery, metallics fabrics, bits of plastic, carrier…

Weaving is a great way to create art and use all sorts of fibers and fabrics both new and recycled. This idea for creating a loom with an embroidery hoop and weaving in a spiral looks like a great …

I've been wanting to dabble more with ironed tyvek, and was happy to see that a few of the current challenges with a "Spring" ...

A love for natural, reclaimed and repurposed materials directs sculptor Harriet Goodall’s creative output