I built myself a geeky blackboard, advertising a fictional vintage brewery. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it.
Everything is better with a frame around
There’s a cat in my flat. A folded origami cat. A tesselated origami cat. This cat.
Travel log in need of a title
Believe it or not, vacation is arriving. And before I’m going to announce a few quiet weeks away, I want to tell you about something that I will take away with me. That I always take a away with me when going vacating. Now with a shiny new look. My travel log.
Upcycling: Old Fruit Box to Shiny New Nightstand
I have a neat little orangy lamp on the side of my bed. Not very bright, but nice to look on. It would be useful to have the lamp on one level with the mattress to enjoy the light more. No need to shine on the underside of my bed. There is nothing to see. […]
The Vest’s New Clothes
There are some patched I made to make an old vest (from a previous job) more wearable again. I really like the way they turned out to be.
What to call a cat pendant made of clay? – Catlem?
A couple of years ago I found at an arts and crafts fair a potter which made, among other things, cat-shaped clay pendants. I instantly fell in love with one of it, bought it, and wore it quite often. Sadly it broke some time ago at the tail. Since then I’ve been searching for a […]
Memories of Aglarond
We would tend these glades of flowering stone, not quarry them. With cautious skill, tap by tap – a small chip of rock and no more, perhaps, in a whole anxious day – so we could work, and as the years went by, we should open up new ways, and display far chambers that are […]
Way up high in an apple tree
Yesterday I spent an hour typing an article about jewelery, and about how it affects our interaction with the world. I rambled on about how I like mine to be simple, DIY, and made from natural resources. I even told you about materials to use and whether or not I liked them …
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Felting is one of the things my, sometimes overactive, ecological conscience prevents me from doing. It’s a pity, because I know no better way to swamp a bathroom as an adult with full formal approval and no questions asked afterwards.
How’s it sit? Pretty cunning, don’t you think?
Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he’s not afraid of anything.