There's horse hair plaster there are horse hair brushes. There are also really cheesy felt and glitter pictures of horses running through mountain streams. Horses and crafty art tend to go hand in hand (or hand in hoof). But using a horse as a canvas? Hmm...
Artist and photographer Kandace Wilson's living canvases are of the equine variety. According to this interview on Beautiful Decay her portfolio contains "stellar images of the painted horse, textiles created from the painted imagery, and fashion designs using those textiles". Kandace's idea is to get painters to paint on the horse which she then takes photographs of.
Native Americans used to put war paint on their horses to ride into battle so it isn't anything new, and you have to admit that the images are rather stunning.
Still I'm not sure how impressed the horses standing hour upon hour being poked at by a paintbrush. The phrase "Why the long face?" comes to mind.
Yay or neigh, crafty folks?
Doing the rounds of the knitted nightmare wear I feel I can proudly turn you in the direction of another website that helps you find fashion no-nos that remind us that sometimes it best to reel in your desire to cover everything in craft.
Poorly Dressed is a site where the fashion that should never been seen surfaces.
Knitters may want to look away or at least steel themselves with a strong drink before taking a look at the scary stitched contributions to the world of fashion. Witness this brightly coloured knitted punk balaclava gimp suit or wonder at this jumper that makes you look like you've been caught in an explosion in the Muppet factory.
And Hello Kitty fans that sew may feel that Goodbye Kitty is more apt in some cases.
Enjoy and let this be a lesson to you overzealous handmakers.
Summer is a time of salads and ice cream. This means you often miss out on tasty grub that you'd have if it were chillier outside.
Bacon and maple syrup for example are much more a cold weather comfort food to munch with pancakes rather than summer fare. Find a way to freeze them and scoop them into a cone though and you might change your mind.
I found this recipe forMaple Bacon Ice Cream on Craft and find myself fascinated by the idea of two of my favourite things in the form of frozen dessert.
From the photo it looks like a tasty treat but can bacon really be part of your after-dinner eating? I don't see why not.
Conventional cooling food be damned. Get some meat into your pudding.
We don't have Wonder Bread in the UK but I am assuming it's in the vein of gluey white Happy Shopper bread that tempts your tastebuds by looking so white and pristine but tastes like it may stick your innards together. So instead of eating it why not use it for art?
This Wonder Bread embroidery that I discovered on Bit Rebels is pretty damned bizarre but oddly cheering. It's the work of artist and crafter Catherine McEver.
The slices of art are four years old (which is an impressive shelf life for any bread) and she even includes her homage to Van Gogh's Starry Night.
Art via the medium of scary immortal bread and thread. Brilliant.
I have long said that there is nothing that the stupendous stitching of amigurumi can't make cute. The creepiest of crawlies , the slimiest of slugs, the dullest of household objects are rendered adorable. To prove my point I put forwards this fibre-based hero of the porcelain temple, the happy crochet poo.
Yes folks all you need do is find yourself the appropraite brown yarn, take your trusty hook in your hands and crochet yourself a poo to be proud of.
If you're not sure how the little brown fecal fella would fit in around the home you can have a wander over to Kelly Monster's blog. There you can see one of his kind, and a variety of similar amigurumi friends, looking flushed with joy while living it up in the WC.
A crocheted poo is a happy poo. Who knew?
I love my Mac and my iPhone. I do. They're those pieces of technology that become like extra limbs. Lucky for me I'm not alone in my passion for my plastic-covered links to the outside world. Other people are showing there adoration in a crafty way.
Want to prove your Mac love? How about making Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' head out of cheese?
Self-confessed Mac Fanboy Ken, of the kooky food website The Cook's Den, has too much spare time and too much spare cheese on his hands. He takes you step by step through the process of turning a mound of mozerella into a media magnate.
The cheese head comes with three recipes: the Apple Cheese Plate, the Spicy Steve Nachos Supreme and the iPad Thai.
Mmm technologically based foodstuff. I wonder if Bill Gates fans will bring out some kind of Microsoft Meatloaf now.
There are many ways to show your passion about your hobbies but saying "I love craft" with a bit of body art is way up on the scale when it comes to hardcore craft passion.
I'm not sure whether I love the selection of knitting tattooes that crafty goddess Perri Lewis has dug up or if they make me want frown, shake my head and mutter "They'll regret that when they're older and it goes all wrinkly." Probably the former as, quite frankly, knitting is that cool.
There's also a fine selection of knitting-related tattoos on the Freakknitter blog here too.
Not sure I'll hopping under the needle myself but admiration for those who do. If you're going to love knitting it's an impressive way to tell the world.
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