Emerald's blog for documenting making, doing and finding things interesting...
I responded again with collage in this month’s swap with fellow Sketchbook Circle-er… The elements of collage came from characters cut from the Project Tobong newspaper that I’d picked from a visit to the exhibition...
When I received a sketchbook started by Gill in January, I was pleased to see it was one of those accordion type ones. I like the idea that it can be stretched out and manipulated, with...
Background work for creating How long is a piece of string?
On Saturday I collaborated in designing a visual identity for a prototype food sharing platform – a way of reducing food waste and helping food charities / organisations borough-wide – as part of a...
I spent Saturday helping design a visual identity for a Brixton Pound (B£) project – a community lottery for Brixton – as part of a (mini) Made in Lambeth event. You can read the notes...
Describing the qualities of an object without naming it This is an exercise we did to really ‘look’ at, or pay close attention to, the shape, texture, quality, material, sound and smell of objects....
Using a combination of the round-the-clock format (each person contributes for a set period of time – in our case, minutes!) on a series of projects and using prompts from Eno/Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies, we...
I must thrive under pressure cos the idea of this book, a collaborative novel written in 24 hours*, is dead exciting! And they’re not just looking for potential authors; illustrators and photographers can get...
Previously I couldn’t get this yarn to knit up without pooling in horrible puddles… Garter stitch however, has solved it and I now have a project to use the remaining ball after the 1...
Wow – received my first one already! :) I’ll have to re-think my pinecone-stamp-on-felt-idea though… (I think this one is gocco’d) * why am I wearing mittens in these photos? here’s why…
