I love letting gradient thread do all the work for me . I've started stocking up for Denver Fan Expo so expect a lot of journal posts! I picked up a 2nd convention this year which makes the time crunch all that much more pressing.

The Auchnafree Millennium Circle. An old sheep stell that was rebuilt in 1999 by Norman Dawson, a shepherd on Auchnafree, to mark the Millennium. What a beautiful, lasting contribution Norman has made to the hills where he worked for many a year.

https://www.thedrystonecompany.com/drystone-diary/glenalmond-tomenbowie-burial-ground-clach-na-tiompan-chambered-cairn-and-drystone-sheep-stell-in-perthshire

Frank Lee, currently the only Rapper Sword maker in the world.

#RapperSwordDancing
#Dance #Rapper #traditionalCraft
https://youtu.be/gdiwQcTFPVw?

@thisismyglasgow you may find this interesting, a video of a factory tour of a works still producing architectural terracotta showing the production process.

#terracotta #historicBuilding #TraditionalCraft #architecture

https://tilesoc.org.uk/tacs/terracotta-conference/the-process-of-manufacturing-terracotta/

I mentioned in my intro that I'm a #bookbinder so I thought I really ought to share some of my projects.

The purple one I just finished today. It and the blue one were commissions. The green/tan one is one of my standard designs which will be going onto my Etsy store when I re-launch later this year.

All three of these were rounded and backed case bindings, for those in the know

Alongside paintings of local landscapes, I have also been working on mixed-media pieces.

Knitting was passed down to me by my grandmother. The knitting in this pieces uses local wool from rare breed Cotswold sheep.

Our local landscape has been shaped over millennia by humans. Natural and human elements run side-by-side, and I aim to illustrate this by weaving them together in these pieces.

Few things are as terrifying as a bad review of your MA thesis on youtube. Though it adds a layer when it has been published as a book in the US, but with a changed and misleading title, and with your name removed.

That said, I am happy that the reviewer caught the message!

See the review by Waters Ironworks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-JiWctLdAs

The thesis is available (for free) here: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/40851

An interesting manual (in English) on covering newly painted egg #tempera paintings (#icons) with oldschool resin-and-oil-based varnish (olifa)

https://www.gsinai.com/olifa

Yesterday was going to be #weaving day. Unfortunately for me, a little stripey tiger called Binky decided I wasn’t giving her enough attention and that was the end of that

This is an #Ashford #RigidHeddle #Loom . I also have a #Mirrix upright tapestry loom which is used mainly for small tapestries and beaded and woven jewellery.