#makethings

[mouseinmypocket]

It feels like time to do some illustrating again. What tools can you not live without? #art #artanddesign #artisttools #coloredpencils #prismacolor #prismacolorpencils #drawing #sketching #makethings #imamaker (at Oakland City, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7T3xF7nA6c/?igshid=1owxult0qvsqr

[courtneymakesthings-blog]

Working my hand embroidery skills today. I'm also deciding which stitch to use on an upcoming project.

[alreadydeadtapes]

Already Dead Family Reunion is returning for it's 9th year! 31 bands performing over 2 days. August 23 & 24 in Kalamazoo, MI. #cassette #cassetteculture #cassettes #cassettetape #cassettetapes #tape #tapes #diy #dit #makethings #experimentalmusic #kalamazoo #alreadydeadfamilyreunion #adfr9 (at Kalamazoo, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0oiJmrJXwp/?igshid=17z5aa0g7kdyz

[charlotteannareedart]

🧡🧡🧡 Wow major throwback to about 4 years ago I think, when I was just about to package this big butterfly delight up to send to its new owner 🙌🏼❤️🦋#happyartist#throwback#tbt#butterfly#butterflies#butterflyart#orangeart#artwork#abstractart#createart#makethings#artwork#insects#inkdrip#artist#painting#animalart#nature#butterflyeffect#butterflyhouse#Rhs#ukartist#surrey#dorking#hampshire

[gretaajaeger]

Harakeke Weaving in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

 With the help of books and youtubers (check out Flaxworx), we learned to respectfully cut the harakeke (flax) in a way the honored that Māori tradition as well as the natural needs of the plant; cutting down low on the plant and at a downward angle, and never cutting the three middle kakau (stalks): child and parents. We took the material and our tools (which we either had with us here in New Zealand or we thrifted at the local Hospice Shop) and headed for the town of Glenorchy, an hour outside of Queenstown. On the edge of a lake surrounded by mountains, we scored our very own picnic table and did our best to score and peel the stalks into even, workable weavers. Creating a folded star, an 8x8 base, and some woven knots. Our bases eventually turned into small baskets in the diagonal plated weave pattern we’ve learned to use in the Nordic and Russian tradition. Unlike birchbark weavers, the harakeke is much more defiant and slippery and shows all its bends and creases in a way that birchbark does not. Even so, we were able to crate a vessel, one that we hope will become a small home for a bird as we left them resting in and around a birch tree along the shore of Lake Wakatipu. 

[threeriversforge]

Just noticed that I’ve achieved the Tumblr milestone of over 1,000 followers.

Thank you all.  It means more than I can say to know that so many have chosen to join me on this journey..... even if pictures of my work don’t get nearly the likes and shares that the other pics do.   ;)

You're cool people and I’m glad you’re along for the ride!

[mifsudvisions]

I just can’t put my finger on what it is some times. Fingers. Hand. Then you got these hard nails that can actually break and flip right off growing out of said finger.... #rainbow #colorful #beam #stare #gaze #people #earth #theworld #existing #art #artwork #artist #paintpictures #makethings #staybusy #keepgoing #inspirationiseverywhere #insideusall

[holly-marie-image]

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I'm sick of trying to put an album of my artwork together so I stuck most of it to my wall in my drawing space!✨ There is still more but I have ran out of room...... #studio #myflawlessassstudio #artwork #hollymariesmith #sacredspace #love #tattooapprentice #artist #art #gallery #happy #home #drawings #sketch #instagood #instadaily #profuctive #witch #makethings #cleanse