Featured Artist: Georgia from CandaraDesign and ViolaVintage

Georgia, from CandaraDesign and ViolaVintage, sent me a quote from a Jack Canfield book. He said, to be truly happy, you need to have a career doing what you love. Doing something that you love so much that you would do it for free if you could. This is what Georgia has tried to teach her girls. To find out what you have talent for and to make a living from it. Read more

Copyright for Artists eBook

Have you ever wondered how copyright protection works for crafters and artists? How do you get your work protected? Where can you apply for a copyright? Copyright for Artists provides the answers to these questions and dives further into helping artist understand how they can protect their art from being copied. Read more

Suzanne From DreamGallery

In this Featured Crafter, we talk to Suzanne from the DreamGallery. Read on to learn about how Suzanne went from fashion design to painting with some writing in between! Read more

Yarnbombing

Hundreds of knitters around the world have begun wrapping their huge woolly creations around public property like trees, street signs and lampposts.

They then take photos of their colourful “art” and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.

One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.

The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen ‘tags’.
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