Posted in badges, exhibitions, tagged badges, exhibitions on May 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I mentioned this a little while ago, but some of my badges are going to be in an exhibition!
It’s called REVEAL – a showcase of quality hand-made craft.
It’s on from Sunday 6th to Saturday 12th July, 10am to 5pm every day, and entry is free.
It’s at the Henley Exhibition Centre.
The website has a gallery of work by all the exhibitors – I’m really looking forward to going along and seeing all the lovely things!
Posted in badges, exhibitions, tagged badges, exhibitions on May 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Today I have been mostly making lots and lots of badges.
This probably wasn’t a very clever thing to do with a bad wrist, but I needed to get some photographs taken to send to Lauren Denney. She’s organising an exhibition of local artists, and she saw my badges on Etsy and invited me to take part!
Lauren is a ceramic artist, and the exhibition will take place in Henley, from the 6th to the 12th of June. Rest assured that I will be advertising this like mad as soon as I have more details!
I’m submitting three different types of badges to the exhibition, all made from recycled paper ephemera:
Damaged Ordnance Survey maps (this one’s of Sheffield)
Discarded Library textbooks
An out of date Gil Elvgren pin-up calendar
Some of the badges will be sold singly, simply pinned on to individual Moo cards. Others will be grouped into sets of four – I need to design the packaging for these, and work out how they’re going to be displayed.
I’m on the reserve list for the Rising Sun Art Market the day before the exhibition opens, so I’m planning to make even more badges over the next three weeks, so that I can also sell them at the Art Market if I’m lucky enough to get a place.
I need to make lots of pillowcase tote bags for the Art Market as well, not to mention having a jacket and dress fitting day in the meantime, so it looks as though I’ve got a busy time coming up!
Posted in exhibitions, shoes, tagged exhibitions, shoes, slippers on May 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
, your slippers are finished! I hope you like them. :)
This pair were made to fit a drawing of ‘s feet, which she sent to me using the Power of the Internet. I now need to post them across the Atlantic, and hope that they fit when they get there!
These are made in the same way as the monkey slippers. The uppers are made from plush tiger fabric lined with gold satin, and interfaced with a layer of batting for extra softness. The inner soles are made from gold satin and white cotton, with a layer of 1″ foam and a piece of buckram sandwiched in between. The outer soles are felt, edged with blanket stitch in a strong buttonhole thread.
I learnt a few things while making this pair – namely when it’s better to use a curved upholstery needle, and when a straight one is more effective.
Next up will be two little pairs for Daniel and Edward, my colleague’s sons. They’ll both be made of polar fleece, so they should be really squashy and cute!
Oh yes, the art exhibition!
I’ve received an email via Etsy, from a local ceramic artist. She’s asked me whether I’d like to have some of my badges included in an exhibition that she’s putting on in Henley in July.
I’ve mailed back to ask for more information, but this is the first time I’ve been invited to take part in anything like this, so I’m very excited about it!
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