"special"

an 18th birthday present i made for my lil' sis. not even stuffed yet but the bear fits the outfit i knitted so i'm happy :)

CRAFT BOOK wishlist and other things

BOOOKS

• The Guerilla Art Kit // by Kerri Smith- I gave this book to a champ/scamp/friend of mine a couple of years back. I have since witnessed Wish Trees and the like popping up all over. A favourite was in Camberwell last year when i couldn't afford the bus. I wished for enough money to get a bus or new shoes. London is pretty difficult without transport and my soles were so thin i could feel everything on the ground poking through. My best friend now has this book and i want to steal it of her. All the activities are all-age-and-ability friendly and really encourage you to engage with your own environment without harming it.

Demons Yarns and Tales: Tapestries by Contemporary Artists // By Sarah Kent- I found this inSoho at The Riflemaker Gallery ( http://www.riflemaker.org ). There was at that time a William Burroughs Exhibition downstairs and a group exhibition on under the title of VOODOO:HOCHIE COOCHIE AND THE CREATIVE SPIRIT upstair with some trippy kinetic pieces.  The work on the cover is by artist Kara Walker who has inspire some of the shadow puppet work we've done.

OTHER THINGS:

We are doing very well at The Marwood at the moment. I'm thinking up a June workshop which will most likely take place at The Penthouse. Urrrmmmm......I have not eaten an awful lot of cake as of late but have succeeded in drinking myself through a whole bottle of rum at The Great Escape. Colour coding is still my best friend and i've started writing for our freinds at The 405 http://www.thefourohfive.com  so watch out for that craft update.

Miss String

x

DATES

Weekly Craft Circle@ The Marwood Cafe, Ship Street, Brighton

6-8pm every Tuesday

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APRIL Tuesday 20th 6-8pm

MAKE DO & MEND

@The Penthouse, Phoenix Place, Brighton

MAY Bank Holiday Monday 3rd 

4-7pm +SHOWS from 8pm

SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOP

@The Penthouse, Phoenix Place, Brighton

JUNE Sunday 6th

TBA

JUNE/JULY TBA

Marching Making Baking

Dearest Crafty peoples,

It has been well over a month since my last post.
There are lists and lists (because they're awful fun to write) of things I need to share with you, and I will do in a week or so when i'm reunited with my mac and all the photos uploaded onto it back in Reading town.

MARCHing
It's nearly the end of march and a long cold winter. I apologise for not being able to host any meetings this month, however i hope you've all been busy making and i'd love to post up some of the things you've all been crafting....email pics to: feltup.craftclub@googlemail.com

MAKING
Lots and lots of making has been going on. I've been busy on my degree drawing directly onto super8 film and at home knitting birthday presents for my ma and sister. I can't read patterns so the results are quite "special".

BAKING
I'm currently staying in the house where I spent alot of time in the summer last year planning the birth of Felt Up. The oven is a bit of a disaster. It charred all my thank you cookies.....in five minutes....despite me sitting infront of it the whole time. I'm going to make thank you fridge cake instead.

OTHER HAPPENINGS
We have dates for the next few months, whooopeeee!
here they are:

Tuesday 20th April
Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May
Tuesday 18th May
Sunday 6th June

There will be more date added later depending on where i'm working in july...Brighton/St Andrews. I'm off to canada in august and september but will be back on time for our first anniversary with lots of new canadian craft skills and tales to share.

I'll leave you with a lovely video I just found.

Miss String x

Last Night

....was truly wonderful. It was a busy night in the bar and at one point we took over half of it with all our paper craft mess. Steve and Pete put some awesome tunes on and everyone had a go at trying to make an origami crane. Above are some of the messes made.

FOLD IT TEAR IT THROW IT SCRUNCH IT CUT IT

Heeeeeeeeyyyyy!

Tomorrow night is paper crafts night.

Bring scraps and scissors to The Penthouse, Brighton from 8pm.

Beachcoma DJs will be playing some super fun tracks to craft to.

Miss String x

FEBRUARY

ALWAYS 8pm @The Penthouse (unless stated otherwise)

ALWAYS FREE!!

Dates:

FEBRUARY

Sunday 7th

Craft Aid Kit Drop-In

Discussion topic: How your crafting started.

Felt Up! Playlist theme: We HEART Billie (Holiday not Piper!) 

Tuesday 16th

PAPERCRAFT NIGHT

A night of paper based crafts such as origami, cutting and binding

w/ Beachcoma DJs

Other things:

Sat 6th Feb

HANDMADE BRIGHTON @Komedia

11-4pm

Sat 20st Feb

BRIGHTON ZINE FEST @Hanover Community Centre

1.30-5.30pm

****New Issue of PIECES OF STRING ZINE!!****