What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? UFO time! Black sideways-knit jumper The black sideways-knit jumper is now finished, washed and ready to be put away for the winter. As predicted, the rather stringy-looking new ribbing has fluffed up and softened in the wash as the wax was removed from the yarn. Despite my…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? We have now been asking each other that question for a total of eleven years now! Not that I was involved at the beginning, but I've been around for a good few years. We usually do an ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap to celebrate the anniversary but…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? This week I completed the final set of the three Florabunda arrangement drawings that I did. Here they are with their Distress Oxide backgrounds. This time I decided to go for a yellow colour scheme. When I had completed the backgrounds I mopped up the excess ink…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Teabag Bleaching I've been bleaching teabags again! You may remember a few months ago I had virtually given up on this project because I couldn't get a satisfactory result. The other day I had a new idea - to use the Clorox Bleach Pen on the wooden…
Time for my annual review at the close of the year. This year has passed so quickly that it has left me gasping. The days seem to have flashed past me like for the hero of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine... For some of the time, it's been more a case of what…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? My main desk remains neglected and collecting junk. One day, one day... On the table by the sink, my "wet" desk, however, I'm glad to say I've made some progress on the teabag front. Stamping teabags with acrylic paint As suggested on a website I visited, I…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal on mine... but I have been busy away from my desk. I've been feeling pretty rough with a cold which started over the weekend, and since I didn't feel much like doing anything else, I spent the time on the recliner cuddling up…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A bit of a mixed bag this week! I have managed to do a bit of tidying in my studio. I've been doing some more experimenting with the bleaching of the teabags, sewn some more teabags, and made further progress on my slippers. I've had some problems…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Good stuff first... Teabag bleaching I have made some progress with my teabag bleaching project. After doing a bit more online research, I found that you can make a paste with bleach and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda). Apparently the bicarb enhances the action of the bleach…
What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? A failed experiment The "wet" table in my studio, next to the sink, has been taken up with teabags this week. I have been experimenting, so far with complete lack of success, with using bleach on these teabags. I have got literally thousands of teabags so fortunately…
