Craft Videos

Dry stone walling

2009-11-13T14:48:00.001-04:00

Jewelry from salvaged wood

2009-07-02T06:48:00.000-04:00

Shawn Taylor of prasseindesignstudio shares her process of making a wooden wrist cuff from salvaged wood.

Book Sculpture

2009-06-27T19:06:00.002-04:00

Mark Bernahl is a sculptor and here he shows some books that he has carved with an X-acto Knife.

Inspired by Yeats

2009-05-31T12:09:00.001-04:00

Art duo Wyllie O Hagan are inspired to create a relief print and this film by "The Wild Swans at Coole", a poem by William Butler Yeats.

Stitching As Mark Making

2009-04-18T08:10:00.002-04:00

In today's video, Maggie Ayres talks about how she uses stitching as mark in her work.I have featured several of Maggie's videos in the past:Inspiration from digitally altered imagesArtists Access to Art CollegesTexture Without ColourMaggie Ayres: textile and mixed media artwork

Printing on fabric

2009-04-03T06:20:00.003-04:00

This multi-colour printing process uses four wooden blocks to apply ink to a fabric. It's more like rubber stamping than woodblock printing in which the paper is taken to the woodblock.3 April 2007

Making a GeeHaw Whimmy Diddle

2009-04-01T03:56:00.000-04:00

A simple toy with a curious name.Can you make the propellor switch directions?1 April 2009

A 17-color Moku Hanga print

2009-03-29T12:33:00.003-04:00

Graham Scholes demonstrates the making of a 17-colour print. See Grahams work at woodblockart.ca, where you can also find out about his courses and instructional DVD's.For more on printmaking, check out Woodblock prints and printing.

What is Art?

2009-03-06T00:23:00.000-04:00

A light-hearted look at the meaning of art.The animation was made by Aardman Animations.

Evan Levy; sculptures in cold-rolled steel

2009-02-23T04:59:00.001-04:00

Canadian sculptor Evan Levy talks about his work at an exhibition of his Steel Rain Series.

Exploring spoons

2009-02-18T18:56:00.000-04:00

When is a spoon not a spoon? Woodcarver Bertie Sømme discusses some of his more bizarre spoon designs.

Sculptures in clay

2009-02-10T11:16:00.000-04:00

Ceramics student Matt shares some of his work:

Sasano-Bori wood carving

2009-02-02T08:02:00.002-04:00

Sasano-Bori are traditional Japanese carvings of birds. They are made from small branches using a carving tool called a Sarukiri, more like a meat cleaver than anything we use in the west for carving wood. Farmers in the village of Sasano spend their winters sitting by the fire carving the sasanobori birds, which were originally made to solicit the favor of the gods during war.[1][2]

Monotype print on fabric

2009-01-30T10:49:00.001-04:00

Monotype prints can be made on fabric too:

Botanical monotypes

2009-01-27T12:15:00.000-04:00

Mary Margaret Briggs uses plants in her monotype works.She says little about the physical process, but if you watch closely you can see how the grass is sandwiched between the canvass and the inked plate.

Making a gelatin plate

2009-01-23T02:25:00.000-04:00

Printing from a gelatin plate uses water based inks. Very little pressure is needed, so no press is needed. This video shows how to make the gelatin plate.

Subtractive monotypes

2009-01-19T09:48:00.000-04:00

London based artist Chris Gollon making a monotype print using subtractive techniques.

Blow away monotype technique

2009-01-15T11:05:00.000-04:00

Monotype print making demonstration

2009-01-09T03:32:00.000-04:00

Today we have a demonstration of the whole process of making a monotype print:

Arthur Secunda on Monotype printmaking

2009-01-05T10:58:00.000-04:00

Monotype prints by Artur Secunda

Monotype month

2009-01-02T12:23:00.002-04:00

Happy New Year everyone.This month I plan to concentrate solely on monotype print making. This print process has been described as the most painterly print making process. The image is created on a smooth non-absorbent surface, by both adding and removing ink as needed, then printing a single copy on to paper.This introductory video is a trailer for an instructional video by Julia and Gail Ayres,

Forging iron roses

2008-12-29T07:55:00.001-04:00

Helmut Hillenkamp tells us that making a rose from iron was part of a journeyman's test in medieval times.See more of his work at iron-to-live-with.

Stone Sculptures

2008-12-24T04:35:00.001-04:00

If yesterdays video whetted your appetite for a bit of stone sculpting, here are some examples from CLACH 2006- International stone sculpture symposium at Plane Castle to inspire your imagination.

Stone sculpture techniques

2008-12-23T08:08:00.005-04:00

Stone sculptor Mark Breithaupt shows the tools and techniques he uses to make organic abstract sculptures. In this video he uses a variety of power tools including a core drill and a diamond toothed chainsaw. Sixty hours of work are compressed into this ten minute video.You can see more of Mark's work at www.desertrockcreations.com

Inspiration from digitally altered images

2008-12-19T08:10:00.004-04:00

Maggie Ayers talks about how she uses photography and digital manipulation to create images that inspire her works of art.If you found this video interesting, you may like to watch a previously featured video by Maggie, Texture Without Color