Art and crafts blog posts about all things art, crafts and design by Annabel Potter. Includes other artists work as well as Annabel’s and art found during her travels.
I mentioned in a previous post that I’m now upcycling glassware by painting charity shops finds. As a keen recycler I also try to reuse other items that would otherwise end up in landfill. My latest is making a bag and insoles from a battered sheepskin coat! Painting charity shop glassware has gone well and …
I managed to get to see See Monster art installation at Weston-super-Mare last week. It was great, a creative use of an old oil rig. Just very sad that it couldn’t last and is now being recycled, melted down. So for those that didn’t get to see it, here’s some photos It was a grey …
I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas, time has whizzed by since my last blog post! The good news is that all is going well at MakerMart shop, as well as online. I’ve recently been getting regular sales. This includes from Zazzle, which is great, considering I’ve not been working on it as much as I’d …
I have two pieces of good news to tell you, all of a sudden things are happening! A while ago I submitted some of my poetry to Quay voices nature writing for a performance. Last week I heard they’d like to include my poems. All very exciting and it’s on Wednesday 20th Oct 6.30-8pm at …
As mentioned in my previous post I have a new art project making video art (literally!) by recycling video cassettes. Video cassettes are very difficult to recycle, so I got the idea of reusing them as a canvas alternative. This video art has the advantage of being freestanding art or it can be placed on …
Another one of my lockdown projects was to make a fern stencil print to freshen up some wallpaper. The hall wallpaper had been scraped in a couple of places and showing green in a patch where I’d wiped it! Not exactly relishing the idea of having the whole lot repainted, I got the idea to …
Exciting changes with a new website host, which has allowed me to create a new website for international customers at reasonable cost. Find the site at my .com domain animalglassdesigns.com. It means I can now remove the duplicate zazzle.com links on my .co.uk site. Hopefully this will make it clearer, less cluttered and even speed …
Happy to move on from 2020 I’ve a New Year sale! Why not treat yourself to some home decor with 25% off hand painted glassware. Use code newyear on any glassware purchase including vases. Valid until 6th Jan with free uk delivery too. Zazzle has up to 40% off for New Year, so a good …
Being a keen recycler and worried about the amount of single use plastic ending up in the environment, I’ve created a new recycled product. These soap dishes are made from plastic fruit/salad punnets and painted with glass paints. As I covered in a previous post going completely plastic free isn’t necessarily the best environmental solution, …
Can’t believe it’s over a month since my last post. I’m feeling like a yoyo these days, up and down, which I expect most of us are. Time still seems to rush past though and with a bout of shingles my social media engagement has been low. However last week I was more productive and …
