Batik

Two batik pieces made on Tuesday.

The spiralling vegetation is loosely based on the design on the helmet below. The helmet is part of the collection at the Royal Armouries in Leeds, which I completely recommend visiting. Entry is free!

This piece, (which came out looking like a pair of aliens in the process of dematerialising), was done using a stencil based on a sketch I made at the Wallace Collection. The sketch is included below for comparison.

Breastplates

I have been doing and making things lately, but I haven't really felt like writing about any of it. Unlike other bloggers, I make no excuses and offer no apologies!

I'm back at college after the Easter break and making breastplate-like forms from paper, pelmet vilene and heat transfer paper.

Crochet update

At some point in the last week the movements of crochet became unconscious. It turns out that it's a better craft for public transport - easy to pick up and put down without losing your place and unlikely to unravel in your bag.