Construction Graffiti Crochet.

Construction Graffiti Crochet

This is part one of my Hansel and Gretel day

(Hans och Greta)

It's a walk home from town that I take. I decided that now the snow has finally melted (melting)

And the Sprung is a little late to Spring, vice verser Spring sprung.

That I would in fact brighten the walk up myself, and eventful afternoon.




This was a cute little sample that I crocheted using and old top (that I ragged) Some yellow novelty yarn and ribbon for the flower.

The little green button setting of the flower a treat.

I have not used photo shop the greyness of the walk is in fact Stockholm pre vegetation(Spring).

It's coming just not quick enough.

Story of my life running never walking...........

Fredhemsplan

Love the yellow.

Looking close you can just see the grass, starting to spring.

A colourful juxtaposition.

The blue truck the yellow weight the orange knit and a green bench.

Gone a little YouTube crazy.

I have recently leant how to use Movie maker, so all the things ,projects (photos) that I had saved waiting for Rich (IT support aka hubbie) to help me make YouTubes.

Recently he rarely has time and when he whacked together my Crochet graffiti ducks
(well it was a joint effort, myself with no idea what was available)

When I started looking at others........

I was pretty disappointed, when I researched a few and saw what could be done!.
Ducks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yf8ZLoMK4

Unbeknown to me we have/had movie maker all along and I guess he was just trying to get out of spending hours teaching me (slow learner to new technology)

But when it's necessary, free advertising for what it is that I do

I'm a fast leaner;-)

Proofs in the pudding as they say.

Flock.

OCA work I went a little crazy on a chairs print theme.

Newspaper

Collage paint and tissue paper.

Art Still working with the art............I'm just at the end now it has a red out line, I just have the ends to complete.

Garden Party Fashion

On Google image, dead lilac was my search and this was the hit!
(very cool)
And very in with my new Marie Antoinette phase.

There are lots more take a look.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/TapwaterJ/review/29057793/

Nicole Dextras

Ephemeral Art

CAMELLIA COUNTESSA
Camellia Flowers, Lilac Flowers, Yucca Leaves, Laurel Leaves, and Thorns.

Stuff

The Pom-pom Ice

It's finally completed, it melted........but in true I hate snow, we have had more. But for this year that's it on my ice project.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alisonfriday/sets/72157623663236440/

Last years Crochet in ice project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alisonfriday/sets/72157612644198092/

Doily magic

I'm still working with this Trapped Theme but for now
I'm taking a break as I really need to get knuckled down with the OCA Stuff.

I am finding this really tough as I have had complete freedom with my art for a long time now.

I'm not used to working inside the box! (As they say)

Knitted Graffiti re-visited

Better up date on my knits and Pearls blog..........

Url to your right of the screen;-)

Textile Rose

A very random post, I just have lots of little thing
that I have not gotten around to posting.

Art wise I always seem to have lots or nothing.

Currently LOTS

I'm submerging my self in the Marie Antoinette

The kirsten Dunst version, new inspiration its a fantastic film

a pastel oil painting of scrumptious, gorgeous ,

dam right unbelievably beautiful dresses and decoration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_%282006_film%29

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/marieantoinette/index.html

Back to the rose , its been dried, then set with glue.

Then I patiently hand stitched the beads and stopped there

as it was incredibly fiddly.

Yet more inspiration.........

Pub (not as in British pub) but a designer store in Stockholm has a new wool dept.

Funky and recycled and in a jewellery department!.
Strange but cool, I loved the concept and the lay out.

http://www.happycolor.se/se/

http://www.tidochsmycken.se/index.php?action=fullnews&id=438


Cakes, cake and cakes...........It's all Marie Antoinette madness, watch it and you'll know just what I mean.

Macaroon and the perfect coffee.

An exhibition at Magasin 3

http://www.magasin3.com/

Exhibition photos to follow, yes photos...... a gallery that you where aloud to take photo's, very cool. With staff happy to explain all the art and artist, a refreshing change.

Fantastic place and new I had never heard of before. Celine found all the info and a train and bus later, inspired AGAIN.

Lunch was as fabulous as the place, slightly pricey but the exhibition on the other hand was the cheapest that I have been to in Stockholm a mer 45kr.

With all the snow now melting my duck in a bucket reappeared.

Prompting me to update my ducking face book page..........

Well adding it to my things to do LIST.(ever growing)

And yet more cakes........

Rich had a birthday so that's all the family done and dusted. Mines a while off yet luclily as we need some bank account recovery, having all the family so close together .......Oj oj oj;-)

In a Nut Shell, one weeks work on OCA

I have finally gotten started, Tough to bring your self to get going when you are a little out of practice.
Read and re read the get started Manual, constant referring is the best way for me.

I tried to get all the On line stuff sorted, again new things take time. Feeling good with my start, the project is Designing textiles for a living space.

What is OCA http://www.oca-uk.com/
Course title http://www.oca-uk.com/distance-learning/textiles-2

I had to pick a place/location, some where that I enjoy an environment that means something to me.
Where I can take time to draw, gather and be inspired, needing to submerge myself in the place that I have chosen.
(Drawing, lets just say that's been a long while)

But the age and confidence thing really makes a difference, drawing is not my strong point, but as they say practice makes perfect.

I have chosen a coffee shop, that has been a familiar salvation since living in Stockholm.

Chair Texture.

Candle Holder.

Textile Sample

Yarn that I cut and split, instead of the traditional UN-wind method. I then knotted the yarn back together and then made a Crochet chain. I then glued to leather, this sample was inspired by the wooden floor in the coffee shop. The thought of all the feet that have passed though the shop, the history of the battered wooden floor that sit beneath the comfy seats.

The wooden floor inspired the above textile.

I made a rubbing using pastels, the blue and green where in my collection of inspiration, a box of colourful bits and bobs, magazines, yarns etc that I gathered together as a recommendation of oca,
before starting the project.

This then led to my second textile a crochet chain of a variety of mixed yarn string, wool, chenille and acrylic, that I chained together. To make one solid yarn and then using a larger hook re-crocheted the chain making flower shape. Then I weaved the plastic foam trough the sample, almost like a nest.

Up close, a firm crocheted structure.

A drink carton that I emptied and the then cut flat , dried out. Using sequins and sowing cotton, I stitched the shape of the apple.

Apple Textile.

The comfy chair, salvation relaxation the type of seat that you take off your shoes, tuck up your feet then sit and enjoy that relaxed uninterrupted coffee. For 20 minutes to three hours, you decide.



I had to take a look at interior, modern verse's traditional my original theme. I decided that the best way for me to do this would be to make a collage of tradition and then modern. I feel that I would be more traditional.

But on cutting my piles I realised that I like tradition, I love the unique that's antique but at the same time unique that has modern spin. My collages became intertwined.

I have relaxed meets modern and above current design that's initially beautiful but harsh.

Flowers, fake and real.
Fake is a compromising but you could argue lasting,environmental? but not inviting or relaxing.
But a flower print, now that's relaxing , inviting and lasting.

A Stand or podium.

My inspirational college of Relaxed and Calm. My starting point the small wooden tree circles bark. It's back to the wooden floor of the coffee shop, it's naturally organic, warm. The knots in the wood take me on an Alice in Wonderland thought.

Instead of falling in to the rabbit hole at the stump of the tree into fantasy land, you would fall into a relaxed zone, that all calming, inviting and forgiving.

Frozen Roses

These where a gift from Rich and to make them last a little longer.

I decided to do some thing similar to the Pom-pom

I took a blue plastic bowl.

Half filled it with water.

(Took a little basic science;-)

As to cover the roses completely in water was my original plan.

(Then freeze in one attempt)

Myth busted as they say.........

Because of course they floated to the top.

On a rethink, myth not busted!

I froze the pot half full of water.

This meant that the roses held, stuck down.

Beautifully untouched frozen, pretty pink roses.

No frost damage just preservation.

The frost captured as a dusting.

Busted

Then I popped the large ice cube out.

(Hot water and tea towel caution here ice can burn)

Then tipped it upside down, putting it back in the bowl.

Carefully

So the top of the flowers would be then covered/submerged in water .

once I topped the bowl back up and then popped back in the freezer.

Giving the cube a flat bottom and a rounded top.

Above is where the ice cracked with the cold water that I added.

Before the second freeze.

Ice age

(Just like Stockholm)

I really like the way the stem looks here....

As if it is breaking through the ice.

Final dome/ Rose cube.

This was placed along side the Pom-pom

One on each concentrate post at the side of my front gate.

Newer post to follow titled The demise of the rose.

I'm a student........again.

I saw this at an exhibition in England.........

A few years later than I planned, but better late than never.

I have been trying to find a way of continuing my studies.

And work towards my degree that I put on hold.

On hold to come to Stockholm.

In December I discovered Open Collage of Arts.

And then O,C,A (Yahoo)

Saw this.........

It was mean't to be.

Read that.........

Finally signed up, a little nervous as it's been a while.

Here sits the box that's taken a week for me.

I had to get it re-delivered and then have the courage to open.

(I'm not chicken, just knew once I had committed to opening I have to begin;-)

Boudoir 2007
Art revisited

Boudoir 2007, art re visited. I do this a lot and now it is the last
of Boudoirs turn, I had four of this theme all slightly different in appearance.

I sold one as a commission, This one was also a commission but missed it's chance, (long story).

One was a gift ,one turned into Dead lilac that was one of the entry's for the Swedish art comp that unfortunately didn't cut the mustard.

Recycling it's organic, invigorating


And not to mention cost effective............

It has been hanging on my bedroom wall for the last two years.

And that chosen morning I awoke, looked at my art,

deciding there and then it was going to get a face lift.

1st stop add beads.

It can be random as they will be covered eventually with tissue paper.

So It has also been a good opportunity to use up all those odd beads.

And spare buttons that come with any item of clothing that you buy

over the years they have accumulated, so now I'm putting them to good use.