Y--You
Well we have come to the last post
in the challenge. I don't have
anything for Z-zip so...
This post is for YOU! You my crafting,
creating, blogging friends.
Thank you for hanging with me through
this year's challenge. I hope you enjoyed
each post and maybe learned something
too. Each year I say "that is the last
challenge I do!" But then each year some-
thing nudges me to do it again.
I learn too when I look up information
for each post some more than others.
So again THANK YOU!!
Posting will resume on May 6th. Taking
a bit of a break after the challenge of
blogging almost everyday.
~Keep on Dreaming~
W--Wearable Art
Who would have know there was
an actual category for this? I
thought I was making it up. :)
According to Wikipedia, this is
"Artwear or art to wear."
These are individually designed
pieces of (usually) handmade clothing
or jewelry created as fine or expressive
art. The term "wearable art" implies
that the work is intended to be accepted
as a serious and unique artistic creation
or statement.
Wearable artists use a variety medium
in their creations. Fabric or other fiber
pieces are used as materials made
from non fiber pieces ie: leather,
plastic, metal, sheeting etc.
Information listed above is from Wiki-
pedia, if you want to read more on this
art form check out the rest of this article
and others listed when you Google
"Wearable Art."
As I said above I thought I made up this
category due to the fact that I could not
find too many crafts that began with W.
When I thought about it, I was thinking
decorated T-shirts, jewelry etc. But
what I read was interesting, again who
knew?
X is up but I have nothing for it
so Y will be the post for Saturday.
~Keep on Dreaming~
V--Victorian
(Craft/Décor)
Victorian crafts were a highly
ornamented style of decoration
that was popular in 19th century
England.
Young women were expected to
be proficient with a needle and
were encouraged to knit or
crochet for those in need.
This gave them something to do
with their time while "the men"
Fathers and brothers attended
to business.
Victorian crafts have been broken
down by:
Needlework-embroidery, macramé
and hair braiding.
Sculptural-shellwork, featherwork,
mosaic and beadwork.
Pictorial-textile or china painting,
arranging dried flowers, leaf work
or etching.
Also known as "Parlor Crafts."
Women gathered in the parlor,
sipping tea and working on their
current projects.
Today, Victorian crafts can be
found in antique shops. Some are
inherited from a family members.
It is said that this particular craft
should not be ignored due to the
highly skilled craftsmanship.
W is up tomorrow!
~Keep on Dreaming~
U--Unique
The definition I found states that
Unique is being the only one of
it's kind; unlike anything else.
Now I am going to stretch this a
bit and say that arts and crafts are
unique. They are done by individual
people the way they want do them.
Take making jewelry for instance,
one might see a bracelet, necklace
or earrings and decide to make
them but in a different color, pattern,
use different materials etc. They are
unique to that person because they
made them.
Scrapbooking can be the same way.
You want to make a baby book, you
look for examples of pages but you
as the crafter you change paper,
fonts for wording, the wording
itself and so on.
Knitting or crocheting. One picks
a pattern but uses different yarn,
thread, floss. You can change the
color scheme, it all depends on
what you are making the item for.
Blogging is definitely unique.
Each of us has a different theme,
we either use Blogger or Word
Press. We design our own pages
etc. None of our blogs look alike,
they are different to suite our needs.
I think you get where I am going with
this. Thought I would throw that in
for U.
V is up tomorrow.
~Keep on Dreaming~
