It was a rainy weekend. The weather and greyness made me feel quite lazy, but it did not stop me from finishing a few projects. It was nice and fulfilling to stay at home and bring a few things back to live. Re-upholstered armchair. Lovely mustard-yellow fabric and chalky finish waxed wooden frame in graphite. …
Very productive weekend of renovating furniture and upholstering armchairs Read More »
Have you ever tried sewing? I love various sewing projects – this is an amazing way of creating truly unique items – gifts for example. The photos below are of the sheep that I have sewn some time ago as a gift for a friends daughter. I wanted to share this project with you and …
This necklace is a very easy to make. Can be no-sew if you want to use a hot glue only, but I would say, that supporting the strips of cotton with a little bit of thread make them more durable. I, to make these two recycled cotton necklaces, used hot glue on the edges where …
Necklace made of Reclaimed Cotton or old T-shirts Read More »
Cotton crochet basket for sale. Natural soft cotton rope was used to create it. The crochet stitch used made is sturdy enough so sides are not collapsing. It is lively sunflower yellow with a vibrant navy blue trim The dimensions are: Height: apx 21 Diameter: apx 40cm
Another rug. This one is in calm colours – smokey grey, khaki and a dark grey cotton rope was used to produce it. It is knitted, entirely hand-made by myself. All together around 650 meters of that rope was used. The dimensions are apx 110cm x 140cm. The rug is stretchy, so the exact dimensions depend …
Hand knitted cotton rope blanket or a rug – FOR SALE Read More »
I do not have the translation of the post in Polish about the upholestry of and renewing old armcahirs, but the below photos might give you a good idea as what can be done to old stuff with little bit of skills and wilingness 🙂 I hope I will translate it (or at least parts …
How to renovate an old armchair.
Upholstery for beginners Read More »
I have recently came back to painting on fabric. What I realised was that I have big collection of hand painted male t-shirts and many cool hand painted girl tops. What I was lacking is clothing for children. So I decided to do something about this gap. Here you can see the the limited collection …
Edgy, funky baby and toddler clothing – hand painted limited edition Read More »
Recently I spent some time in Yogyakarta, the batik capital of the world. While being there, I could not miss the fantastic opportunity of learning more about batik and its history. I also decided to put my hands on some batik tools and learn myself how to make it. After going through some research, I …
We spent last week in Laos. Even though so far we stayed on the bitten path, that most of the backpackers are heading to, it gave us plenty opportunities to admire the beautiful nature, interesting colorful culture and experience the hospitality of Laotian people. It also gave me many interesting photographic opportunities. The below pictures …
I have recently received an order for 13 pieces wine glasses set. I had a very short deadline to paint it, but I made it in time 🙂 It is going to be an important decorative element at the First Communion function. I mean for the function table 🙂 I painted many pieces of decorative …
T-shirts with the unique manually painted motifs are sagnificant element of my artistic portfolio. All motifs on the t-shirts are with hands, brushes or sponges. Special paints for textiles and fabric are used for creating the original motifs. After drying, the painting is hardened by heating and cooling it a few times. As a result it is …
First trip to Asia. We started from India. We read many guide books, travel forums and watched many movies. Still, what we have seen here was not what we expected. It is exceptionally difficult to explain. Some things I love about India but there are other that I do not like that much, and many other things that I …
Last weekend me and my friend went to Belfast to meet another friend. We had a fantastic time of course:) There was some beer, mould wine at the Christmas market, we tasted some continental dishes, met many friendly people. We happened to see a fantastic performance of this samba band that appeared from nowhere and …
When I immerse myself in something that I want to paint, the idea for the painting becomes clear to me. Because quite often I start painting without knowing exactly how it will turn out, as I put those first colors on the support, I am always nervous about what I am doing, because I do …
Did you know that Dublin is famous for being the hometown of Dracula creator, Bram Stoker? I didn’t realise since recently. Knowing that I cant be surprised that Dublin knows how to throw a proper Halloween party filled with beer and fear. Streets of Dublin turn into a massive party ground on the Halloween night, …
I am getting quite good at halloween make -up 🙂 This year I have painted faces for couple of Draculas, I made the Corps Bride make up and the LadyVampire Make Up. I also made few bullet hole make ups using wax, paint and fake liquid blood. Every year before Halloween some of us face the …
For a long time I was studying various painting techniques. One of my favourite ones is painting on Fabric. And this is for a couple of reasns. Firstly, it is practical and secondly it is creative. With little bit of imagination and manual skills any sort of fabric (top, t-shirt, handbag, coat etc) can be …
ABSOLUT Fringe is Ireland’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festival. Now in its 17th year, the festival stages up to 525 events in over 40 venues, and around 150,000 people have at least one Fringe experience during the Festival. For 16 days the festival transforms Dublin into a ‘dream factory’, an exposé of great creative talent from …
