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28 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]   Steffi Glaves is a York-based micro crochet artist. She has a large Instagram following and sells and her patterns and creations on Etsy, mainly focusing on earings. She Frequently does Instagrams lives explaining how she produces...

25 Oct

Posted at 15:21h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Last year for the exhibition I made words out of French knitting and wire. At the time I looked into buying a French knitting machine to make it faster. The reviews for the machines where all...

19 Oct

Posted at 23:24h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]I always look around the shop to quickly see if there is anything that stands out to go in the window as I enter before putting my bag in the office upstairs and found that nothing...

18 Oct

Posted at 18:54h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] For Sue Ryder, I had to design another Halloween window. I found this process particularly interesting when comparing it to the fancy dress shop window’s design and constraints.   I already knew with this window that the colour...

13 Oct

Posted at 20:58h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] I loved the experience of designing this window and working for a paying client. It was so different from what I am used to and I learnt so much fro it. Having the time and a...

12 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]   One of the main changes that I noticed when making this window was how different it was being purely focused on the window, and not being asked questions by customers, and not having them buy...

11 Oct

Posted at 23:51h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] I was uncertain as to how I was going to make the cauldron. The window's base is rather narrow, for the cauldron to be of use it would have to be oval-shaped, or else it would not...

10 Oct

Posted at 23:50h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_gallery type="image_grid" images="3299,3298,3300" img_size="full" onclick="img_link_large" column_number="3" grayscale="no" images_space="gallery_without_space"][vc_column_text]I had made the coffin base and checked that all of the shelves fitted the heads in but had to leave it whilst still doing the papier-mache due to...

08 Oct

Posted at 19:10h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The first and most important part of making this window for me was to find a way to make it COVID-19 safe for me whilst I was doing it. The main issue revolved around social distancing...

07 Oct

Posted at 23:42h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]To find how to make a coffin and the required lengths and angles I found a great wikiHow article on how to make it - https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Coffin   I decided to make my coffin the height of a landscape...

03 Oct

Posted at 22:52h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] I did a lot of researching to find some ideas I liked for the window to springboard off from and develop into a cohesive consept and possible plan.         I was struck by how many mannequin heads that...

02 Oct

Posted at 23:27h in 601 by

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] It was so good to be back doing windows; I was amazed by just how much I had missed them during the lockdown. I thought that I was not particularly interested in pursuing it, but it...

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