Visual biz : Monday Mini Makeovers {part 6}

small biz, the crafted object, tutorials

Monday Mini Makeovers {part 6}   Welcome to Part SIX of Monday Mini Makeovers! That means we’ve covered quite a few shops, and helped them with a lot of business presentation issues, ESPECIALLY the visual. So if you don’t find the information...

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 : 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...

The crafted object : Danielle Gori-Montanelli {felt jewellery}

the crafted object

Danielle Gori-Montanelli’s glorious felt pieces are vibrant with colour. Handcut and handsewn from felts sourced throughout the US and Europe, they are tactile and chunky, radiating playfulness and whimsy with their licorice allsort layers and their exuberant...

The crafted object : Nepinka {beading}

the crafted object

In Ukranian, there is no such word as ‘Nepinka’. Olya Mytsko chose the name just because it sounded interesting.     Olya is pretty interesting herself. She is fascinated by the nexus between old and new, preferring to keep  her eyes open to the...