An art supply company has hit the headlines by challenging paint manufacturers to rename their ‘flesh tone’ paints, but is ‘skin colour’ paint racist?
Studio Notes 22/08/20 – Making Face Masks
The time has come to make some cotton face masks, months later than everyone else who has a sewing machine and a fabric stash.
Studio Notes 15/08/20 – Learning To Solder Copper Pipe
This is the third time I’ve lived in a house and been through a full bathroom gutting and renovation, and I never want to do it again. At least we’ve had a bit of fun with learning to solder copper pipe this week.
Studio Notes 08/08/20 – Testing Jacquard Solarfast Dyes
It’s been a long time coming but I finally got another sunny day to try testing Jacquard Solarfast dyes.* I started these tests way back in June but wanted to see if they could be improved.
Studio Notes 01/08/20 – Designing A Steampunk Bathroom
Last week’s rubber press moulds yielded a strange, sticky-looking but poseable figure, but I wasn’t able to finish it enough to show. Instead, I thought I’d share how I spent the last few weeks designing a steampunk bathroom.