Search
Moira Carter
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Seashells – a perennial favourite
I've been thinking about the sea quite a bit just recently, I'm missing it, and this led me to thoughts of seashells. I've had a few...
41 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Jan 25, 20191 min read
Something new!
It's a New Year and January looks like this - a new collection - and some of these and a couple of variations have already been submitted...
19 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Dec 30, 20182 min read
From feed sacks to frocks!
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Right time, right place, fulfilling a need and getting a life of it's own, becoming...
29 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 4, 20181 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Jon Eric Riis
Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the...
60 views0 comments
Moira Carter
May 17, 20182 min read
Process : From the top! Part 2
Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in...
17 views0 comments
Moira Carter
May 17, 20182 min read
Process : From the top! Part 1
Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette...
11 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Apr 23, 20183 min read
Process - STOP sowing, START sewing
Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us...
9 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Jan 28, 20181 min read
Elephant on Holiday!
The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...
6 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Jan 18, 20181 min read
The Sketchbook Project 2018
Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...
13 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Nov 20, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artists - Christmas!
It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years...
10 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Oct 31, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Gustaf Tenggren.
The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is...
33 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Sep 7, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Grayson Perry
God/Goddess of Home Decor Grayson Perry. If you haven't heard of him I'd be surprised, although my partner did say "Who?". Winner of the...
5 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Sep 5, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Yayoi Kusama
Mark making impresario! Love the freedom of her work - make a mark repeat it - fill the canvas, fill the room ...why not?! Yayoi Kusama...
13 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 31, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artists of the day - Anne-Marie Ødegaard & Konrad Galaaen
You can't have one without the other - well maybe you can but I choose not too as Anne-Marie potted the most perfectly shaped ware and...
24 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 30, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Turi Gramstad Oliver
Several weeks ago a wee thin jug was donated to the Save the Children shop in Chester, where I sort and price Bric-a-brac twice a week......
16 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 29, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Mari Simmulson
This morning I started a ceramics board on Pinterest, when I found a plaque I rather liked, so after a slight wander off with Figgjo...
24 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 29, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Cleo Mussi
Without breakers there are no makers... Without makers there are no breakers. Cleo Mussi works in mosaic, using broken crockery to make...
22 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 21, 20171 min read
Look!
Bit of an odd one here but 'bear with' as Miranda Hart's school nemesis Tilly used to say ...repeatedly! Gosh I loved that programme....
9 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 9, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Jane Moore
Jane has a twin passion for pattern and enamel and uses it to make the most beautifully crafted pieces of silver jewellery. I saw her...
5 views0 comments
Moira Carter
Aug 3, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Karen Nichol
I can't tell you how much I adore this! I saw Karen Nicol's work at an exhibition in Ruthin Craft centre last year and just fell in love...
4 views0 comments