cushy
This is my first DIY sewing exercise. A cushion cover. Materials: Recycled fabric. In this case Ikea curtain remnants. Cotton thread Ready-made cushion or cushion filling Sewing scissors, pins and […]
Category Archives: materialshop
glue.it
Oh… for the love of pva – glue Beautiful white runny glue has many potential uses, but best of all, is drawing, yes, drawing with glue! Its glossiness, its magical […]
making a case for weaving
Weaving foody patchworks For this weave there were a variety of learning objectives: selecting and displaying food imagery transforming and evolving an object, and surfaces into something else making a physical object, […]
paper interlacing
With a little imagination… weaving is easy and fun. Interlaced materials, simple prints, or even plain colour, transform into amazing visual patchworks. Weaving is popularly understood in term of interlaced […]
a sea of new thoughts
At school we use the frottage technique to create a sea of colour, pattern and effects. First year Middle School pupils used leaves and other materials to create a forest […]
tweetkids workshop: nautical adventure
Navigating waves with unusual materials. These are our beautiful little sailing ships made from a 50 cent piece, wine cork, 2 toothpicks, and coloured paper triangles (for the sails). And […]
tweetkids materialshop: wired flowers
Instant fragile jewels Remaining with the theme of jewellery (see previous post tweetkids xperishop), today the little ones played with copper wire to make wired flower rings. Thin copper wire is easily […]
tweetkids workshop: oliver and sophie
New friends! We love stories, and this time it’s our turn to bring a boy and a girl to life. Who are we talking about? Oliver and Sophie of course. […]
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