creating

I’m slowly unpacking all of my craft supplies from their boxes.  I was pleased to find this in one of the boxes last week.

I made the 6 letters in 2007 for fun and to remind me to take time to be creative.  I now have them on the wall by my crafting area and am adding more ‘create’ words in different styles

Each letter is about 12cm high.  I used a different crafty medium for each letter – reflecting what I was doing in 2007

The C is seedbeads threaded onto wire which is wound around a wire frame. I really like this kind of bead sculpting to create hangings

R is papermache.  The R is recessed and made from tissue within a purple ‘tile’ made from normal paper.  I must do some more papermache as I like the process and using up scrap paper

E is crocheted using multihued wool – fun to use crochet for something so sculptural

A use scrapbooking techniques and a photo of purple feathers – I had only been scrapbooking for about 6 months at that time

T has a bead embroidery top bar and 3 bead dangles.  I find bead embroidery very soothing to do - it easier to thread small beads onto a needle than you would think

E is polymer clay canes.  I love what polymer clay artists can do with the stuff but never managed the control of the clay needed for the detailed designs.  i don’t do it anymore and gave away my equipment when I was packing up to leave NZ.

 

 

 

Are there any crafty mediums that you no longer pursue?