wear where you're at...

Rebecca Burgess (textile artist and founder of the Fibershed Project)

for the last year has been wearing clothes, spun, dyed and knitted

within a 150 mile radius of her home in California.

This is not a new concept but rather a return to old habits.

'Burgess started the Fibershed project to

“swing the pendulum of our production and consumption”

 to a happier medium by integrating organic fibers, natural dyes, and local economies. '

http://www.ecouterre.com/think-global-wear-local-with-fibersheds-150-mile-wardrobe

 

The whole idea of combining the skills of local artists, weavers,

farmers enables Burgess to create jobs within her community

and help spread this important ideal that can be adapted and

encouraged by many other communities.

 

What is your passion?

It's good to have a manifesto- a simple reminder of what's important to you,
what makes you happy, what success means to you, your dreams and ambitions......

hands on....

An exhibition showcased by Studio Xag......
check out the website,
http://www.studioxag.com
some of the ideas are fab, It's a really a great way to promote a
brand through something innovative and original.







I would love to work with modern art, craft and illustrative galleries,
showcasing local work but in a different interactive way.

My aim for the week ahead:
.get off my butt and start voluntering for gallery assistant positions.
.complete more work for the Cardigan Quay festival
.book a tattoo
.get a rail pass

start your own revolution.....

It's lovely to be free....

I've been getting down to business,
I'm absolutly loving just making everyday,
I'm not scared of job prosepects anymore
I'm just gunna go with it and as long as i'm
creating and surrounding myself with the people i love i'll be ok.

had a lovely weekend catching up with friends....
we've become a little bike crew
and now that i'm home i'm riding everywhere.
I'm just off for another little ride now
but i wanted to share with you a beautiful day in stills.

tommorrow¬! get up and greet the day, Today only happens Once!

YES PLEASE!

http://tigerstolilies.blogspot.com/

What inspires you......

Images from a catalogue showing Inez van Lamsweerde
& Vinoodh Matadin work from the 'pretty much everything'
exhibition in the Foam Museum, Amsterdamn 

Let's Wander.....

DRINK SHOP & DO.........

Drink Shop & Do
Kings Cross, London

AN awesome cafe, shop and crafty workshop venue
Cocktails and crochet sounds like an amazing evening!!!
the shop selling everything from traditional sweets in jars, to vintage tea sets,
yarn and up-cycled furnature





















There seems to be a good couple of these bars/cafe's that
offer a range of activities and crafts,
adding something different to your night out.

Events:

Thursday 7th July

—Get your 50’s Pin-Up Hair style done and pay what you think!

Friday 8th July

—Lego Men. Prizes for the best men built with lego and other materials.

Sunday 10th July

—Summers Ice-Cream Sundae Sessions. Go bananas with nuts,

a cherry on top, float yours over coke (or root beer!) top it with brownie,

cover with cream...the choice is yours and we haven’t even started on the

 ice cream flavours! All day Sunday, £5 a go!

NEXT WEEK

Tuesday 12th July

—Badge Making £1 a go. We have the machine, pens and fabric,

bring yourselves and get creative!

I would love to open a place like this, i think with more of a do it yourself aspect,

studio spaces and a gallery.....just a crazy idea that's been planted for a while....

New Designers 2011

For the past week i've been exhibiting at New Designers,
a showcase of graduate design.
It was alot of hard work and organisation but it paid
off the whole stand looked amazing and all the girls did
so well at showcasing and gaining interest in their various
products and ideas.
All the hard work paid off, but now it's time for some more hard work!

©bethan lewis

Street Art

Sorry I havn't blogged in a while...been getting inspiration from Bristol and London....
This is just a couple of pieces of Street Art that I came across. Banksy in Bristol
and illustration in Brick Lane.

Anya Smith

Photographer Anya Smith
I saw her work whilst visiting New Blood 2011, an exhibition of graduate
illustration, graphic design and photographic work. Very impressed with the exhibition as a whole, was very innovative and creative.

Voyager 3





I love this work, check out her website, great portfolio on there and how she got this effect.

http://www.anyasmith.co.uk/

check out the exhibition and links to other website's: http://www.free-range.org.uk/