Secret Santa Success!

       

Our team of ‘Creative Art Flexible Learning Assistants’ all went out for a few Merry tipples on our last day of term… We’d agreed to make a small present (how creative!?) as our ‘Secret Santa’ gift for another person we picked out of a hat.

Pretty successful all round – I received a lovely pack of handmade envelopes (all made out of old picture books) from Vicki. A couple of us had hand crafted books, I made a mini Darren doll. There was even a bag made from a blog – very clever.

Here we all are – not the best photos in the world but hey ho….

Happy New Year!

Network Network!

A very useful online Creative Network site - updated by Chichester Artists.  A whole directory of contacts and goings on for: Dance, Art, Craft, Design, Film, Literature, Music, Photography etc etc!

Click on the image to take you to the site

Moon Rabbit Cup

Moon Rabbit Cup, designer, Hsiao-ying Lin, craftsperson, Jun-ching Tang, black clay.

The piece is an interpretation of a Chinese fairytale about a rabbit on the moon which is traditionally commemorated every autumn in Taiwan during the Moon Festival.

Paper Cuts

Madebyjulene is the paper-cut art of British designer and illustrator Julene Harrison.

Julene creates hand-cut custom paper-cut artwork for you. Terrific gifts for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries (the first wedding anniversary is paper!).

Craft students learn art of trade

Craft students at Nottingham Trent University learn about selling their work by opening an empty shop.

Mina d’Ornano

Check out the beautiful craft-art clothing and accessories created by Mina d’Ornano at LuxuryCulture.com. The interview has some inights into how she finds inspiration and develops it.