The Daily Project

Day 10 of The Daily Project. I am enjoying this task that I have set myself, to make a card every day.  Lots of other projects to think about too! Here is a selection of cards sitting on the line waiting to be packaged up. It feels good to finally open an etsy shop too.  I hope your New Year is going well. 

Injector

Day six of The Daily Project and also twelfth night which sees the opening of the Feltbug shop on Etsy.  I signed up for this shop six years ago, I can't believe it has taken so long!  I plan to sell my hand-made cards, up-dating the shop on a weekly basis and maybe some other bits and pieces in the future. Happy New Year!

Ass

Diatom

Elbow

Hart's-tongue Fern

The Daily Project

A new year always brings a feeling of new beginnings and this year I have decided to see if I can draw a card a day for the next 365 days with the plan to put them into my etsy shop.  I will be uploading the first batch this Sunday 6th January which also happens to be twelfth night.  I started a daily drawing project 2 years ago and lasted 9 days so lets see if I can keep this one going!

Hand~Cut & Drawn

A collection of cards I have been making for the exhibition I am taking part in at Bank Gallery this month. They are all hand collaged and drawn and each card is a one-off which has been numbered. You can see the whole series here. I am planning to sell them in my etsy shop once the show is finished.

Drucilla Pettibone

, originally uploaded by Drucilla Pettibone.

I love my dragonfly wing necklace made by Drucilla Pettibone, you can visit her flickr page by clicking on the photograph or read her blog. There are some fabulous items in her etsy shop too.

Society of Revisionist Typographers

Another event which is part of the London Design Festival is the pop-up letterpress studio of the Society of Revisionist Typographers , SORT, which is located in the Newburgh Quarter off Carnaby Street. The shop will be there until Sunday 27th September. All the workshops are fully booked but I did get the opportunity to print a notebook. It is a really inspiring place and well worth a visit. If you are not in London you can purchase items of Typographic beauty from the SORT etsy shop.

Studio Beerhorst

I made a purchase from across the water recently. My parcel arrived in a beautiful envelope and contained this message. The artwork is by Rick Beerhorst from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here is his etsy shop.

Dolan Geiman

Shenandoah Sundial V (2008), originally uploaded by Dolan Geiman.

Dolan Geiman makes wonderful art including rescued wood constructions like this one. He will be at the Renegade Craft fair this weekend. You can also buy his work from his etsy shop or read more on his blog, Dolan Geiman - contemporary art with a Southern accent.

Russian heart

Russian heart, made with 80's vintage fabric from Habitat.

Urban knit

my-pencil-clutch2, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

Urban knit is taking part in the We Make, London craft fair. Click on the image to go to Urban Knit's flickr page where you can see more of her wonderful creations. You can read more on her blog and buy work from her etsy shop.

Pricked: extreme embroidery

Spreckley (detail) by Paddy Hartley.

Paddy Hartley is one of 35 International artists showing in the latest exhibition called Pricked: extreme embroidery at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York until March 9th 2008. This follows on from their show Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting earlier this year. These shows are available as touring shows - if only one of the major spaces in the UK would bring these exhibits over here. You can see more of Paddy Hartley's work at the National Army Museum in London.

Paddy also sells his work on etsy, Made By Paddy.

Urban Knit

Handmade bags made from colourful batiks from Nigeria and hand knitted scrummy scarves by Urban Knit. Check out their Etsy Shop and the Urban knit blog.

Extraordinary yarns

I made my first purchase of handspun yarn and received this wonderful parcel in the post from Faun Donald of Hands & Notions. Here is her shop.


Here is a close up of the beautiful card that came with the yarn showing Faun's artwork.



I first discovered the wonderful world of handspun yarn 2 years ago when I visited the knitting supplies shop Loop in North London. They had some truly extraordinary yarn - it was like a piece of organic art - by the author of this fantastic book, Handspun Revolution, Lexi Boeger. You can visit Lexi's amazing website Pluckyfluff for more information. I had a go at making a spindle and tried to spin with it but failed - luckily there are plenty of talented artists out there making yarn to buy. Have a look at the work of Natasha Fialkov - she makes stunning creatures from her yarn too. You can find Natasha's yarn at her etsy shop, Luxe.

Christine Domanic

bicycle gear, originally uploaded by jackrabbit.etsy.com.

Check out this amazing crochet bicycle by Christine Domanic, click on the picture to go to her flickr page with more pics - lovely :) Christine also has an etsy shop, Jack Rabbit where she sells her work.

Joined at the hip

Joined at the hip, originally uploaded by Sara Lechner.

Sara Lechner is making these wonderful dolls - click on the picture to go to her flickr page and you can see their cute faces :)

Sara has a blog called The Fabric of Meditation, I love what she has to say about these sweet dolls "I'm getting the hang of these little creatures... They pop in my head and I must run to the sewing machine..." And you can buy Sara's work from her etsy shop.

art of text

arms open girl, monoprint on paper originally uploaded by acrossandtwokisses.

Cathy Cullis is a writer and artist, working with words, paint, fabric and stitch. She makes beautiful dolls too. Her blog is called novembermoon and if you click on the image above it will take you to her flickr site. Her art and textiles are for sale in her etsy shop.