My blog, back in January 2006! I’ve already mentioned that since the database move there has been quite a lot of blogging behind the scene going on here. As I am tagging old posts and rearranging my categories I am also reading a few posts here and there…. It’s an interesting but slow work. I […]
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Month: July 2011
Kurbits – painting the Dala Horse
I’m continuing our guided tour as part of the Craftalong today. We are at Nusnäs, where the Dala Horse is created. I love the craftsmanship of the woodwork behind these horses, but today’s post will be a bit more colorful. The Dala Horse is traditionally orange, but it comes in a variety of colours these […]
Where the Dala Horse traditionally is made
If you have been to Sweden you have seen the traditional wooden Dala Horse (Dalecarlian), and if not I’m going to show you how it’s made and how it looks today and tomorrow. Yay! And a reminder: the photos in this post, and on this entire blog belongs to me, © Hanna Andersson. You’re welcome […]
The summer light makes it beautiful
There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. John Constable Related PostsOrchids in Stockholm Seeing Embroidery Everywhere Random Magazine Images Glue Book Process Summer flowers June, the empress of the […]
The creative process is a crooked road
Index Card, July 1 2011. In this post, a few of my index cards, from July 1st to July 10th. I thought you’d like to see them. I hoped that was the case. In any case, I like to share them so here they are. Collaged, painted, scanned, sorted and uploaded to flickr. And a […]
Colour swatches and poetic words
Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. Federico García Lorca Colour swatches belongs in your journal. This months crusade is about colours and naming them. It’s a welcome reminder that the Art Journal is an ongoing experiment, and it should never become a fixed idea or filled with “similar pages”. An Art […]
Daisy Yellow Love
Thank you Tammy of Daisy Yellow for always inspiring me! Your inspiring blogging always makes want to create something, anything. You’ve even made me get a brayer of my own and several of your favorite pens! There is an index card party going on, and everyone is invited! I think I’m rather late to it. […]
Scanning some quick doodles to play with
I love to doodle, and draw little creatures that I just come up with or have seen somewhere, like these owls. They look so awfully tired, or bored. They were probably born during some meeting. They were drawn with a black ballpoint pen, in my notepad. Then I just thought they were too cute to […]
Finishing a fabric ATC
I thought I’d show you how I “finish” my embroidered Artist Trading Cards. I’ve noticed that in textile art the last touch to the work is very important. An ugly edge or badly made backing can really take away from the beauty of the embroidery or quilt, so it’s important to at least have some […]
Pimp your Moleskine – another patchwork journal
It’s Pimp Your Moleskine time! I know, it’s my favorite craft too. This time I’ve turned a regular Moleskine into a patchwork journal (with owl image on the front cover since last week was hoot owl week around here!). I love using a plain (blank) Moleskine notebook as my daily writing diary. I love morning […]
Paper coiled ring and other pretty things
Awesome ring by Robyn Wells. Robyn sent me this beautiful ring a while back, and because of server problems etc. I haven’t blogged it yet, but now it’s time. It’s custom made for me and I absolutely love it! It’s made out of coiled pink papers encausted inside a silver coloured ring! I just love […]
Perfect for me
My friend Maria sent me late birthday gifts in the mail. Late gifts are rather nice since you never know when they’ll arrive and therefor they kind of prolong the celebration. I got a little pile of gifts, so pretty (as always) that I just had to photograph them: Three gifts in a black and […]