Welcome to the latest instalment of fibery inspiration, creativity, information, and of course, fluffy eye candy! The underlying theme of this issue is ‘Reflections”. I came to this concept via one of my most treasured memories; a moment when I found myself in the middle of the most incredible reflection. I was travelling the west coast of the South Island (Te Waipounamu) of my homeland Aotearoa New Zealand. This is an incredible part of the country; wild, sparsely populated, and everything
Spin Together – Pick a Card, Any Card
Today we kicked off the tinyStudio Teams participating in this years Spin Together event! I am proud and excited to have three tinyStudio teams this year, Captained by Helen Keenan, Annette Montgomery, and Su Jolly. Team tinystudio’s are going to be super busy over the next 7 days, spinning and chatting and chatting and spinning, with Zooms, FB Rooms to drop into, and also local gatherings for those who live close enough to do so. With Spin Together in mind,
Creative Rug Hooking with Mary Berry
It is my pleasure to share with you this wonderful article by Mary about her use of art yarns and textures to create these fantastic art pieces. I am sure this will get you thinking about your stash differently and inspire you to try this out too! I really like Mary’s use of a traditional technique to which she has added her own ‘spin’ by using unusual materials and inspirations. You can find Mary online at Fancy Fibers on Facebook
tinyStudio Issue 15!
The time has come, Issue 15 is ready to go! These last months have been quite eventful, there has been change, reshuffling, new processes, but here we are on time and Issue 15 is gorgeous 🙂 Since the last issue came out, both Evanita and Debbie have moved on to other exciting projects. I am incredibly grateful for all they have done for tinyStudio – Evanita has been amazing for years behind the scenes throughout all our fiberygoodness courses, and
ISSUE 14 – THE FLOWERS ARE BLOSSOMING!
I am so happy to be bringing you this issue of tinyStudio Creative Life magazine! I hope you will love the cheerful and vibrant colours of nature in this issue – the theme of ‘florals’ has been an exciting one to put together, and there is much inspiration within the pages of Issue 14. Throughout the 120 pages of this issue, we have plenty of wonderful content to delight and inspire. Of course, this issue would not be complete in
The Juniper Shawl
Witchcraft or Coincidence..? In this blogpost we welcome back Ineke de Brouwer, of ‘Tricky Thread’ in the Netherlands, with a delightful follow-up to her article in Issue 12 in which we featured her stunning ‘Juniper’ Shawl. We love to share in these behind-the-scenes with artists, and it is inspirational to see how Ineke works through the ideas, themes, and constructions to create her gorgeous fibery artworks! The story behind the shawl by Ineke De Brouwer The moment I heard about
Issue 12 is here!
What does Issue 12 mean? Firstly, it means three years of tinyStudio Creative Life magazine! Woohoo! With four issues per year, this issue marks the third volume of our annual content, and I couldn’t be more proud. When I started tinyStudio, I had a vision of what I wanted to create; it was based on my ideas about the kind of magazine I wanted to read myself, as a fiber artist. It included an endless curiosity about all kinds of
Win a Wheel with tinyStudio!
A huge thank you to everyone who has already subscribed to the new print subscriptions for tinyStudio Creative Life magazine! You have given us such a great start! And now some big news! I am super keen to keep our print subscriptions coming in, we have a way to go yet to reach our first print goal, so to both thank everyone who has subscribed already, and to encourage some more subscribers to join us, I am going to be
tinyStudio’s newest Sponsor: Daedalus Spinning Wheels!
One of my big goals with tinyStudio Creative Life magazine is to create a publication for and about our community, I love the connections and relationships we are able to be part of through our online activities and now through the pages of the tinyStudio magazine. With this in mind, I offer advertising primarily to those who contribute articles to each issue (as free ad space) so readers can find them easily and learn more about what they do, and
tinyStudio Creative Life magazine: Issue 10!
We have just released Issue 10, and we decided there was no better way to start a new year of tinyStudio Creative Life magazine than with a big splash of glorious colour! I just love this photo of Lissy, Rudi, and Christan of Lissy Cole Designs! Their zest for life and love of colour is so uplifting, and I am honoured and delighted to bring you a wonderful article about the work they do creating art with crochet, neon colours,