Andy Singleton

After seeing a post on Design*Sponge about Andy Singleton I had to check out his website to see his other work and share it with you. Andy graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2006 and defines himself as an Artist/Illustrator.

His paper- cuttings and hand drawn illustrations are an exploration of the natural and man-made world......I love the contrasting black and white tones and how it draws you into the lines and shapes created. To follow what Andy is up to you can visit his blog here at www.andysingleton.blogspot.com

New Designers 2010

London's Calling.......I'm off to exhibit at New Designers this week....if your around from thursday come and take a look.....make sure you stop at stand CA34 to check out the MMU Cheshire craft work!.....click the link for all info on the show.

Felt Acorns | Reya Veltman

Found these lovely Felt Acorns by Reya Veltman when having a gander at the Design Sponge blog......

there's SO much stuff on there it's well worth a look!

Oliver Holden | Fine Art Degree Exhibition 2010

When my friend Oli sent me these photos of his work in Plymouth Uni's Fine Art Exhibition, I had to share them with you! I know........... technically it's not craft, but I'm a big fan of Oli's work and you should be too so If you want to see more, go to the 'follow my friends' section of the blog and click his name to take you to his website.

Unit Twelve | Exhibition & Workshop Space Opening

Heres the photos from the opening of Unit Twelve run by textile artist Jennifer Collier. I had a lovely afternoon with friends making cards, envelopes and planting sunflower seeds in the workshops, then we popped inside to check out "Yours Sincerely" Exhibition which featured some amazing work.........

Viv Sliwka | Hens Teeth

Ruth Allen

Shellie Holden

Clare Hillerby

Iain Perry

Jennifer Collier

Lace Cookies

Found these little treats on Flickr, made by sweetsugarbelle, click her name to see more of her work.....

A Tree Wrapped in Lace

A random photo found on Flickr, a tree wrapped in lace. Bringing materials and textiles into the natural world.

Kit Lane; The Queen of Wool Animals

Found this on Flicker today, done by an artist Kit Lane entirely made from wool!

Check out Kits Flickr page at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitgraphics/

Alessandra Baldereschi

Small plants greens in glass vase lattimo, they are entirely realized by hand. Adelia, Valesia, Cactusia, Maranta, Clelia, names of fantasy of as much species vegetables, identify plant some that resolve in a fresh and extemporaneous sign the obvious fitomorfe analogies. A small precious idea in order to render the green perennial.

Check it out at: http://www.alessandrabaldereschi.com

Milan Design Week 2010: Nendo's Chair Garden

Nendo's Chair Garden was one of our favorite shows from this year. In addition to showing several new products—previewed here a couple of weeks ago—the studio built tiny constructions from terracotta pots and miniature chairs and planted them in the garden of an interior courtyard. Inside, strong concepts were resolved through a nuanced treatment of materials. Take for example, the period, comma, quote set of paperweights, which take the shape of the aluminum's natural drop. Or the Corona globe, where all countries assume the same color—black—and borders disappear. We also got the chance to see the Cord Chair in person. It has a leg 15mm in diameter, clad with a thin layer of wood.

Unit Twelve | Exhibition & Workshop Space

This is a new contemporary craft space opening on the 15th May, set in a beautiful location just outside of Stafford.... and I'm lucky enough to have an invite!.

The space will host a regularly changing programme of exhibitions, as well as visiting artists once a month running art workshops to complement the exhibitions. There will also be a rolling programme of workshops, run by Jennifer Collier. Go to www.unittwelve.co.uk for more details.

Peter Crawley | Stitched Illustrations

Pay Attention all fans of Stitched Illustrations, you must go to Peter Crawley's website and check out his work.....

Its amazing!

I must give credit to Mr X Stitch & Jenny Hart from Embroidery as art for this post....which was featured on the blog a few weeks ago.

Guilherme Marconi Pattern Design

Guilherme Marconi is an Illustrator, artist in free hours and crazy for cartoons. He uses this space to show his works, production process, colour palettes and any other thing that he has in mind. He does it while waiting anxiously for the next chapter of OnePiece.

Droog in Amsterdam.

Carbon Fibre Bookcase.

Lucky Cat Pinball Machine.

Accidental Carpet.

Do Hit Chair.

Chest of Drawers.

Lego Chair.

On a trip to Amsterdam last weekend we popped into the Droog shop/showroom for a look around, I had to show you the photos....this is just the first installment as there was so much stuff, so keep checking the blog for the next lot of photos x

Jessica Rankin

Someone tipped me off on Flickr about Jessica Rankins Embroidery so I went and did some internet scouring and had to share what I found...... check out the White Cube website for more images.

Jill Walker

I thought it was about time I showed you some of the other students work from my course at uni. This is a selection of work made by Jill Walker, I adore everything she makes.