The Making Hour .17

To help relax after a busy few weeks I’ve been doing a spot of collage with left over materials + papers.

Paper Houses Connects with Blessed Unrest

Lorna is a brilliant textile designer and tutor who is just about to open a new community print space called INK on MESH.

The Making Hour .14

Last month I bought some air-drying clay to make some little tags for presents. There were lots left so this week we decided to make wonderful wonky things.

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The Making Hour .11

I seem to be saying this each week but I needed The Making Hour this week, a little bit of creative exercise. This week I decided to make a simple book from a collage I had been experimenting with.

The Making Hour .9

From scrap paper to ace decorations! Plus there’s something calming about just sitting with a cuppa folding some paper.

The Making Hour .8

Drawing just for the sake of it is very relaxing, not knowing what will come of it and just collecting images and marks that make you happy is refreshing. Mark making is my favourite drawing technique, it’s about texture, line and pattern. It’s almost like feeling for what you are seeing as much as it is seeing it.

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The Making Hour .5

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The Making Hour .2

The Making HourMhairi Allan27 September 2020Woods, mark making, Nature, Creative Matters, Making Matters, Wellbeing, Mindful, The Making Hour

Favourite Designers

Mhairi Allan17 February 2020textiles, textile design, modernism, contemporary textile design, abstract, colour, lucienne day, mark making, line