You might have heard the term letterpress being banded about on the internet. But what exactly is it? Letterpress is a form of relief printing using a printing press and moveable type, the kind of printer invented by Gutenberg in the 15th century. Modern industrial letterpress techniques are different from the traditional version which uses [...]

I was thinking about what kind of a post I’d put together before Christmas. I’d been wanting to do a full on post about Etsy for a while now. What with it being a major time for gift buying I thought I might highlight a few sellers who’ve helped me get the perfect gift. If [...]

On Sunday I attended this years Potfest in the Pens, which took place at Skirsgill Auction Mart in Penrith. First off I’ll say that this was the first time I’d attended a Potfest event, this one was the last one in the year with other two taking place in May and June. I wasn’t entirely [...]

I’ve had this blog awhile now and progress on updating it with new entries is rather slow but I think I’ll take the opportunity just now to try and correct that with a new entry.

The Leeds Craft Center and Design Gallery is tucked away under the Leeds City Art Gallery. The Art Gallery itself is combined with a library and is both an interesting space and contains some fancinating old and modern works. Its specifically orientated towards sculpture and I suppose thats where the craft gallery fits in. For [...]