Emerald's blog for documenting making, doing and finding things interesting...
I was looking for information about Ernst Röttger’s series of books from the 1970s as had some (poor quality, sorry!) pics I’d grabbed when a tutor brought in his copy of Clay Craft into college...
You can’t beat a grown up book with pictures, and the covers are ace too. The New Naturalist series published by Collins is: “the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in...
Just bought two books whose main pull quotes on the cover are from the Daily Mail… Is this the beginning of the end? Is my reading credibility down the drain forever?* :) *Did I...
I had a meeting with E (she just won this btw!) at the V&A on Friday and used it as an excuse to mooch about the gallery for a few hours. I saw my...
Me and books always get on well, and this month has seen a blossoming of our relationship :) Read it, Swap it has seen me finally get rid of a bunch of unsuccessful reads...
More people live in a 2 car household than have 2 novels in their house? 3% of Britons can’t read and 40% *choose* not to read books? This is sad news…. :( I ♥...
Amy asked if I could run a felt bird making workshop at the launch of The Crafter Culture Handbook in Notting Hill; I assumed there would be a bunch of us who’d contributed projects...
week 4: no reading Well, hell you may as well say no breathing…! This is the typical reaction apparently, and not surprising as it knocks on the head not only *nice* reading like novels,...