#craft

[itscolossal]

Kaleidoscopic Handles Grow in Biomorphic Shapes from Jessica Thompson-Lee’s Ceramic Mugs

[sophiesplushies]

Finished photos for a sleepy Wolf Link! 🐺💤

[oldschoolfrp]

I wanted to make the '90s White Dwarf barn a 1-day build but was interrupted repeatedly. That's probably for the better, since it gave time for the main structure to dry overnight. It looks rough at this stage, but this is only the structural support for what comes next.

My printer is loaded with US letter size paper, so I started by cropping the scanned template page, resizing it to 19 x 27-1/2 cm to match the size of another 1991 WD issue I have, minus the edge near the binding. I erased everything but the templates, cropped around those, and printed at 100%. Pencil and ruler fixed the distorted lines near the left edge.

For authenticity I'm using an imperfect piece of foamcore actually dated from the 1990s (a relic of a local political fight against a major development project -- I took the original rejected site plan as a trophy). The upper window of the barn implies a hayloft so I added a little platform made of leftover scraps with 3 small supports to hold metal miniatures. Of course the card for the roof is cut from a cereal box.

[mevvsan]

Finally! I can show the newest bird I've been working on. It's a pelican.  What a perfect bird to release during the summer. Just like a real pelican, this bird has a working pouch that you can put little fish into. These photos show the smaller pelican made with sport weight yarn, but the pattern also shows you how to make a bigger one with worsted weight yarn.  Its pouch can hold a bunch of fish! Best part is, this pattern will be available on July 31st, one week away!

[ezekiellsplayground]

I was having too much fun and kept forgetting to take a wip photo. Anyway, this is basically half done now…?

[rhythmgameurl]

For todaaaay's 3D alter, it's the Japanese version of One Piece, Volume 1! I've been a huge fan of one piece for a while, so this one felt like a no-brainer to make! The wood and Luffy's soles have been textured so they reflect the materials they're made from! It's my first time trying this technique after Laios' armor in my previous Dungeon Meshi cover, so I hope it's come out well!

[bisonwares]

f i s h

[nymori]

I've been stitching some cicadas lately. This year is going to be a big one for the screaming bugs!

For those interested in making their own cross stitched cicadas, the patterns are available for sale here and here! (Please note: my software skills mean that I had to freehand the AAAAAs rather than place them in the pattern itself, so those are not included in the patterns. This does mean that you can make these little guys uniquely your own and add any sort of scream that you'd like, though!)

[iknityounot]

(Long post, sorry y'all)

A little more than two years ago now, my grandmother passed away. She and my grandpa had moved down to my home town a few years before so we could take care of them. I brought them groceries once a week, helped them write checks, fixed tvs, and found lost things. I was really close with my grandma.

In addition to her hilarious personality and dry wit, one of my favorite things about her was that she was a painter and a crafter like me! She used to crochet, and I took her to the craft store a couple of times so she could get more yarn and books on crochet. But her arthritis and the shaking in her hands kept getting worse, so she eventually had to stop.

She kept her most recent project, a granny square blanket, safely packed away in a plastic bin. She told all of us she was going to finish it one day.

Her hands never got better, and when she got sick, and we found out it was cancer, she rapidly deteriorated.

After she passed, I went to work helping my mom clean out my grandparents apartment so we could move my grandpa in with her. In our frantic cleaning, I found that bin again:

DOZENS of granny squares, dozens of half used skeins. I asked my mom what she wanted me to do with it, and she said she didn't care. I set it aside and later took it home.

Maybe a month later, that tumblr post about the Loose Ends Project was going around. It felt like a sign--I was never going to learn to crochet in order to finish my grandmother's blanket. But they might be able to help!

So I filled out the interest form. They got back to me SUPER quick. And maybe 2 weeks later, I was paired with volunteer in my state (only 2 hours away!) and the box of yarn, granny squares, and my grandmother's crochet hook were in the mail. That was at the end of January this year.

Over the next couple of months, my "finisher" emailed me regular updates on her progress, and asked me questions on my preferences for how she constructed the final blanket.

At the end of August, the blanket was done!

I had always intended the blanket to be a gift for my mother. So I cleaned it up, put it in the only bag I had big enough to fit it, and drove to my mom's. I gave the blanket to her and she was gobsmacked. I explained to her all about Loose Ends, and how someone volunteered to finish the piece for us. She was speechless. (I was quite pleased with this, because I am not the best at giving gifts, so this was a pretty exciting reaction!)

She said that it was the most thoughtful gift she had ever been given. She said "your grandma would love this". To which I replied, "yeah, I know she really wanted to finish it a couple of years ago". But that was when my mom dropped the bomb of a century on me--she told me that my grandma had started making those granny squares OVER 30 YEARS AGO. She had started the blanket when my grandpa was staying in the hospital, but that was back when my mom was younger than I am now! My grandma had packed them all away, planning on finishing it, when my grandpa was sent home from the hospital. Then it went from house to house, from condo in Chicago to their apartment in my hometown. All that time and my grandma had wanted to finish it, but couldn't. First because she was busy, then because she forgot how to do it, then because of her arthritis, and then because of the cancer. My mom said she had given up on expecting my grandma to finish it. 

She said I brought a piece of her childhood with her mom out of the past.

And really, all of this is to say, if you have seen or heard about the Loose Ends Project and have an uncompleted project or piece from a loved one who has passed away--these are your people. They were so kind and treated my project with such care. That box probably would have been found by my own grandkids one day if I hadn't heard about Loose Ends.

Five stars, absolutely worth it!

(From what I understand, you can sign up to volunteer too! If you have time to share, it might be worth checking out!)

[itscolossal]

Lidiia Marinchuk’s Handmade Toys Are a Joyful Reminder to Imagine and Play

[sophiesplushies]

A new sakura snail! 🌸

Just the galaxy design left to make next.

[tanuki-kimono]

Mind blowing craftmanship by tatami artist Kenzie Yamada.

The soaring crane design comes in jigsaw puzzle like pieces, and mats are in fact monocolor. Dark/light areas appear thanks to how each tatami straw mat is woven, beautifully catching the light.

You can see below the different weave directions depending on the tatami parts:

and in this video how those pieces react to light with a mesmerizing shimmer:

[sp00ntaneous]

'Snake' wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood.

[handmade-by-me]

giant red-headed centipede, handmade rug, 2023,

11" x 7"

[jaubaius]

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