This is the fourth and final bra from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. It’s made from a pattern that I drafted from one of my own bras, which sadly had to be sacrificed for the occasion. Each of us had to unpick a bra in our own size, writing down the [...]
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This is the third bra from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. As you can see, this one is a much fuller style than the previous two. Despite also being an “industry standard” 34B, the cups were slightly roomier than the other styles. This bra isn’t underwired – instead it has a [...]
This is bra number two from the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. The cups on this one are made from foam, a couple of millimetres thick, to make something resembling a t-shirt bra. You can’t easily buy the foam moulded cups that these are made from (unless you’re Marks & Spencer and [...]
At the beginning of April I went to London for a week, to do the Structured Lingerie short course at the London College of Fashion. The aim of the week was to make three bras of differing styles, to an industry-standard size (34B). After that there would be the opportunity to take apart a bra of [...]
Today we went to the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, for a wildlife photography course. I learnt far more on this course than I did at the Twilight Photography one. I think the course and the teacher were just better suited to the way I like to learn. I’m really pleased with today’s pictures (which are [...]
Twilight Photography
Posted in photos on Sep 19th, 2010
Yesterday Paul and I went to South Hill Park, for a workshop in twilight and low light photography. While it was still light, we went for a walk around the lake and staked out a good spot to take photos of the sunset. We then set the cameras to Manual (scary!) and started playing around [...]
Precious Metal Clay
Posted in crafty things, design, jewellery on Aug 16th, 2010
These two little pendants are made from Precious Metal Clay. I’ve had the clay for almost a year, but was a bit afraid to make anything with it in case I ruined it. Janet (the silversmithing tutor) said that if I wanted to make something at home and bring it in, she’d show me how [...]
Silver Jewellery
Posted in crafty things, design, inspiration, jewellery on Aug 15th, 2010
The final two days of my Art Week were spent at a silversmithing course. I’ve been meaning to get around to going on a silversmithing course for more than ten years, and now I’m really cross with myself that I didn’t do it sooner. Silversmithing is brilliant! On the first day we made silver rings [...]
Create With Clay
Posted in crafty things, inspiration on Aug 13th, 2010
This week I’ve been at my local school, taking part in various art courses. The first one was “Create With Clay”, and above you can see the first thing that I’ve created in clay for approximately seventeen years. It’s a slightly wonky thumb or pinch pot, with coils added to the top. This is a [...]