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Makers gonna watch?! | Pad Patter 10 July

Thanks @QuiltyMom Once I looked at the Sarafina video and site I remembered this had struck my fancy some time ago as she's up north of me in Elkton. I realized it might be fun but I was dabbling in paper & gesso & acrylics at that time. A very short lived dabble! So not me. :lol Ms Mermaid has quite the sexy figure! and both items are impressive!
 
QuiltyMom said:
I would LOVE to do this, but only part time. I couldn't give up my home, clothes, heirlooms, and all that stuff that I love.
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I probably won't van life (although I'd love to for a period of time . . . weeks, maybe even months) because my husband and I aren't mechanically inclined, but I definitely want to live in a small home someday. The only stuff I'm attached to are my journals, but even those I could give up if I no longer have the space for them because I've photographed every page and now I journal digitally.
 
This might be my favorite forum thread ever, lol! Lots of new to me names that I can't wait to check out. Also, the needle felting is gorgeous @QuiltyMom!!! Fiber based crafts/hobbies have never really "gelled" with me but I am super intrigued by the needle felting.

My current artsy interests and endeavors include:
* making prints with my gelli plate as well as making my own homemade gelli plates!!!! Nitsa Malik is an awesome instructor (also with a lovely accent) http://artbynitsa.com/ and I found https://www.lindagermain.com/ while looking for tips on how to best make the gelli plates. (Her free recipe/tutorial worked SO excellently!)
* learning about digital art and illustration on the iPad through classes on Skillshare (paid) (specifically Liz Kohler Brown, Jennifer Nichols, Tracey Smigielski, and others) all who also post in this FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2317113364983124
* other Skillshare classes have been great, but for scrappers/memory keepers, the author Dani Shapiro has a class called Writing for Inner Calm that is really good.
* Another online instructor I took a writing/journaling class from that I really enjoyed was Liz Lamoreux's Five Things https://www.lizlamoreux.com/ (paid class)

I'm sure I'll think of more later, LOL!
 
QuiltyMom said:
@AJK - here's my hummingbird...

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And Gloria the Mermaid, coming in at 36" tall! (Sorry for the bad photos. I haven't yet photographed her with my good camera.) She has a complete armature, needle felted body and wet felted skin. The skin ended up so huge that I made it into a "mermaid gown" rather than a typical skin.

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Wow! These are AMAZING!
 
I used to watch a LOT of Donna Downey's painting and mixed media videos on YouTube. She used to do one every Wednesday and called the series Inspiration Wednesday. I loved those so much and did most of them in my own journals. For several years then she sold them as a subscription for like $35 for the whole year, so I did all three years of that too. Now she's moved to a Patreon monthly subscription, but I haven't do that yet.

I also love Let's Make Art for water color videos. They are about 30-60 minutes longs and by the end, if you paint along, you have a whole finished painting! I also love their time warp preview videos on Facebook.
 
QuiltyMom said:
@AJK - here's my hummingbird...

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And Gloria the Mermaid, coming in at 36" tall! (Sorry for the bad photos. I haven't yet photographed her with my good camera.) She has a complete armature, needle felted body and wet felted skin. The skin ended up so huge that I made it into a "mermaid gown" rather than a typical skin.

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! These are amazing! I did some cloth dolls and twig dolls several years back. You REALLY have that felting down to be able to create suh small but accurate items!!! I confess I wouldn't know how to do that with wet felting. Did you sew any or all felting? I have worked from instruction and inspiration from Patti Medaris Culea. I have 3 of her books. The Cloth dolls I don't have images of because they left the studio before it occurred to me to photograph them. Duh. Can't count the number of times I've done that, lol.
The twig dolls are whimsical, or some prefer eccentric. But they are fun!
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I've only just begun in wet felting. My first piece was the front of a purse for my Mom who loves bright colors.
I was surprised that it was so easy and I am ready to try advanced pieces. But they will have to wait as I have a MM Jacket and two pieced bags in process.
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Does it count when you watch your own kids' process videos. LOL! My 15 year old paints and has made some of her own process videos...I didn't know it was a thing! And then my 17 year old decorates cakes and she's taken process videos too. I always think it's so cool when I see theirs.

I may have to check some of these out!
 
@Scrapping with Liz of course the kids count!! :) Do they have a public YouTube channel?

This thread is officially responsible for my trip to Michael's today :) I got two needle felting kits and two punch needle kits (1 each for me and my dd)! We gave it a go this evening and it was so fun! I didn't buy the finger guards today but they would've been a good to have so I'll have to go back and snag them.
 
AJK said:
Did you sew any or all felting? I have worked from instruction and inspiration from Patti Medaris Culea. I have 3 of her books. The Cloth dolls I don't have images of because they left the studio before it occurred to me to photograph them. Duh. Can't count the number of times I've done that, lol.
The twig dolls are whimsical, or some prefer eccentric. But they are fun!
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I've only just begun in wet felting. My first piece was the front of a purse for my Mom who loves bright colors.
I was surprised that it was so easy and I am ready to try advanced pieces. But they will have to wait as I have a MM Jacket and two pieced bags in process.
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Your dolls are amazing!!! I love assemblage things - it's something on my to do list. They must be soooo fun to put together! And I love the bag! I've not done much wet felting because I don't NEED another thing to do. I have litterally over 50 projects waiting for me to start and/or complete (not including more face masks for my family). I'm still trying to get my house put back together from our renovation, so that's taking all my brainpower these days (I spent all day yesterday going through old paper files - ick!) Have you seen those gorgeous nuno felted scarves? I purchased a great one a couple years ago at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. It was a huge splurge, but I absolutely love it!
busywoman139 said:
@Scrapping with Liz of course the kids count!! :) Do they have a public YouTube channel?

This thread is officially responsible for my trip to Michael's today :) I got two needle felting kits and two punch needle kits (1 each for me and my dd)! We gave it a go this evening and it was so fun! I didn't buy the finger guards today but they would've been a good to have so I'll have to go back and snag them.
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Enabler alert!!!! Yay!! I really need to get finger guards. I'm getting better about not stabbing myself, but every once in a while I forget. So, what did you make?

And @Scrapping with Liz - I'd love to see their videos, too! Kids make the best teachers.

@gonewiththewind - thank you!!!
 
gonewiththewind said:
I watch A LOT of scrapbooking process videos. I won't list them all here as you can simply search on YouTube and have a bunch come up. I do like Missy Whidden's videos and usually watch every one she puts out. I'm a fan of Adele/Inkie Quill as well.

I love catching Vicki Boutin's LIVE sessions during quarantine. She does them on Facebook and YouTube. She has scrapbooking and mixed media product lines, but creates quite a bit herself and is a great teacher.

As far as art process videos, I like Jamie Jo/BananaJamana. She has a fun, anime/Disney/cartoon style.

I also like Chloe Rose Art. She has a lot of art supply reviews along with tutorials and art process videos.

KC DoodleArt has great doodles/zentangling and so does Mary Doodles.
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I'm a big Missy Whidden fan as well and I know I follow Inkie Quill on IG as well. You had me at Disney style with Jamie Jo, she's new to me and I loved her Moana sunset ocean process. DD often watches Chloe Rose, her trying out 'hacks' and other 'this should work' ideas and how self deprecating she is (although obviously very talented) is funny too. Thanks for giving me so many new people to look up!
 
QuiltyMom said:
Within the past year or so I've taken up needle felting. I find stabbing a bunch of wool extremely satisfying. lol!
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you must be one of the most talented crafty people i know! i watched her beginner one and think i'd end up stabbing myself more in the process but i'm glad this works for you!
 
michelepixels said:
I watch more videos about science and history but if we stretch the definition of maker, as I would like to do, my favorite YouTubers Eamon & Bec are making another van because they had to leave their van in Morocco when Canada called them home at the beginning of the pandemic. They're vanlifers who travel the world in their van, a Mercedes Sprinter, in which they've built a kitchen, seating, bed, and storage. I've been watching regularly every Sunday for about a year and a half now. I loved seeing them on the road -- they were a few months into a trip through Europe and Africa when the pandemic began -- but even now, with the videos just about constructing their new van, they're interesting and always make me smile. And they're definitely being creative and sometimes even artistic as they design their home on wheels.
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yep these are makers in my book too - we've watched Tiny Luxury and such on the Life channel here; big respect to any one that can downsize that much that they can live in a van; DS (11y.o.) has said for years that he will live in a camper van when he's older and just travel around or park in our front yard. Eamon and Bec's van is so much smaller than I can imagine living in though but you are right about their creativity!
 
AJK said:
@QuiltyMom Jan you should post one of your works! I bought all the stuff for needle felting and then stumbled upon Nuno (wet)felting and am hooked! Sara is great, isn't she?!!
I watch at least 3 process/tutorial/demo videos daily. It's become part of my day. I learn so much! I dyed my first silk scarf today as a result of one of them.
I love Gordon Ramsey's Cooking School!
John Beckley is nudging me out of my comfort zone in painting- I am trying a more abstract style.
Louise De Masi is an AMAZING watercolor instructor. She is a teacher. :)

For Art Journaling, I prefer France Papillon because her stuff is artistic as opposed to "craftsy". I have attempted to work along with her several times. These is are 2 the pages that came from that:
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Love the succulent painting and good on you for going outside your comfort zome; gotta admit, abstract kinda hurts my brain - i watched this one from John Beckley channel, i like his use of stencils and just about everything but i think i just got more confused as to what he was doing as he went on; are you meant to be able to understand abstract stuff?! I have seen some of France Papillon's mixed media stuff on instagram; I really like your pages; you nailed her artsy vibe!
 
QuiltyMom said:
@AJK - here's my hummingbird...

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And Gloria the Mermaid, coming in at 36" tall! (Sorry for the bad photos. I haven't yet photographed her with my good camera.) She has a complete armature, needle felted body and wet felted skin. The skin ended up so huge that I made it into a "mermaid gown" rather than a typical skin.

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these are absolutely amazing! (i watched a few of her videos where she was putting faces on pumpkins and this looks soo, soooo much more amazing! Gloria is especially glorious! :goldstars)
 
I am a huge, huge, huge Missy Whidden fan who does incredible mixed media & paper scrapping. I usually have paper scrapping YT vids playing on the computer when I scrap as I like to be able to click over to watch when I want but I can also just listen while I do my own page.
 
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