LOVING :: Camila Prada

I was flipping through some old magazines last night and came across total cuteness in Camila Prada's ceramic tableware. I thought you might like it too.

All images: Camilla Prada

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INSPIRATION :: Basket Weaving

Over the weekend I learnt how to weave a basket from rattan and palm inflorecence. Catriona Pollard held a one-off class in conjunction with her exhibition at the Chrissie Cotter Gallery. It was so satisfying to learn how to weave and to come away with such a beautiful object.

I took this photo of some of her pieces at the exhibition. Take a look at Catriona's blog to see more of  her creations.

Harriet Goodall, another Sydney-based artist and weaver, recently held a class at Megan Morton's The School where they made these rattan baskets dipped in neon paint. So gorgeous.

These beauties were made by traditional weavers of the Basket Weavers of North Queensland.

Weaving with a conscience: German artist Cordula Kehrer's Bow Bins. Cordula works with traditional craftspeople in The Phillipines using sustainably harvested rattan and broken plastic bins.

I'm hooked on weaving now. It was such a lovely and relaxing way to spend Saturday afternoon. Weaving is time consuming but so satisfying. I'm now experimenting with different materials and techniques and will put together a little 'how to' in the coming weeks. Weaving and macrame - my two new obsessions. Watch this space!

Are you enjoying any new-to-you crafts at the moment?


Image Sources: The School, Basket Weavers of North Queensland, Cordula Kehrer - as linked above. All other images Lisa Tilse for the red thread.

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LOVING :: Loom

Have you seen the glorious rugs by Loom? The colour palettes are lush and designs are simple and graphic. The second one is calling my name.

All Images: Loom.

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SINGULAR STYLE

Karen Barbe

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Sharing :: Linking with Love :: Playing Fair

I've been busy working on the design and content for the "new and improved" the red thread blog [due later this month -yay!] and part of that includes compiling copyright and usage info for tutorials, free printables and downloads. So I've been thinking a lot about how people share and give credit for things they find on the internet.

Have you seen this?

There was a lot of discussion about Pinterest and intellectual property and crediting around the blogs earlier this year. The image above is from LINKwithlove, and it's part of the Pinterest Project. "A kind social media experiment to reach as many Pinterest users as possible (and Pinterest) to raise awareness about the importance of LINKING to the original source + respecting intellectual property online."

LINKwithlove is all about creating awareness and being mindful and respectful when we share on the internet - on our blogs as well as on Pinterest or any form of social media. The original source always deserves a credit. It's not enough to credit an image on a blog as "found on Pinterest", or the with the word "via" or "neon clutch" or something similar as the link. It's just as easy and far more respectful and kind for the link to be the name of the artist/ etsy seller / shop, etc.

I recently admired a ring on a blog. The link was "found here". I clicked through to another blog to find a link with the word "via". I clicked again. And again. I went through seven different blogs (I'm not exaggerating) and gave up in the end when the link was to the home page of a another blog and not to the actual post. It wasn't the blog of the person who created the ring. None of the links were to the original source and none of the bloggers named the designer/maker/seller. I don't know where that blog trail ended, but I do know that it didn't end in a sale. It was frustrating for me, but more than that - incredibly unfair and frustrating for the person selling the ring. Have you experienced something similar to this?

LINKwithlove talks about sharing in a way that is ethical, respectful, educated and kind. It's not hard.

Please pin and blog the image above from LINKwithlove. Grab a LINKwithlove button for your blog and show your support and spread the word.

Further reading: a great article on Pinterest from LoveLife blog, and one titled "Pinterest is changing how I blog" from Living Locurto.

There has also been a lot of discussion about Pinterest and copyright implications for users and creatives... that's a whole other minefield!

I'm currently not on Pinterest - I keep changing my mind about it. It's like finding someone you're really attracted to but you just can't commit to starting a relationship because of niggling doubts!

Edit: I forgot to mention I recently discovered that you can use TinEye to do a reverse search to try to find the source of an image.

Edit (again): I just came across a post on A Subtle Revelry with detailed steps on another way to find the original source of an image.

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