Opinion : Hot or Not?

about me, illustration, opinion, surface design, the crafted object

Yippee! SO excited about this new segment on tractorgirl. What I’m going to do is pick a current trend in craft and design, review it, and pull it apart to see if it’s worth having as a trend. Whadya reckon? Be warned, the vagaries of my personal taste are...

The crafted object : MarDeColorRosa {jewellery}

the crafted object

A long time ago, Montserrat Lacomba visited an island called Formantera, where she saw a pink sea. She called it “MarDeColorRosa”.     Now, she shares her time between her home and workshop in Girona, Spain, and the island, surrounded by her beloved...

The crafted object : Kelly Darke (textiles)

the crafted object

Kelly Darke works full time as an art therapist. “Creating art has always been a personal source of comfort for me and when I learned about art therapy I actually didn’t believe it was a real thing – art and psychology? That seemed like a perfect...

The crafted object : Maria Queen Maria {clothing}

the crafted object

The clothing of Maria Queen Maria is a wild hybrid of unstructured yardage and tailored forms, influenced by everything from Vivienne Westwood to Issey Miyake and Moschino with steampunk and pirate thrown in for good measure. Sometimes it simply borders on the...

The crafted object : Boo and Boo Factory (jewellery)

the crafted object

Neon-vibrant and fearlessly wild are just a few of the words I would use when describing the work of Christina Anton, the maker behind Boo and Boo Factory. Her earrings, necklaces and other accessories are vividly unmistakable in their flamboyant combinations of...

The crafted object : Irregular Expressions (textile jewellery)

the crafted object

When I first saw the freeform crochet of Irregular Expressions, I was hooked, so to speak. It is an intriguing mix of traditional stitch, rich colours and lush, organic form that is folk craft with a large slice of edge. But when I approached the family team that form...