News + Weekly Gallery Highlight

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:27 AM


News


community related news

:bulletgreen: This month's challenge theme is Garden brookette.deviantart.com/journ… You can check out results of the February challenge here cakecrumbs.deviantart.com/jour…

:bulletgreen: You can see the monthly DDs roundup here brookette.deviantart.com/journ… and here erzsabet.deviantart.com/journa…

contests and giveaways

:bulletgreen: balthasarcraft is having a jewelry raffle in order to motivate you to donate to her friend's GoFundMe page. Help a fellow deviant and get a chance to win some jewelry. She also has another giveaway that ends on April 17th balthasarcraft.deviantart.com/…

:bulletgreen: You can find a list of Artisan Crafts contests and events here fav.me/d6wxkut

interviews and features

:bulletgreen: InKibus did an Easter feature of pysanky artisancraft.deviantart.com/jo…

:bulletgreen: Brookette highlighted several pieces from bookmaking gallery brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: You can read Aryiea's interview with new CV for Artisan Crafts - Erzsabet aryiea.deviantart.com/journal/…

sales and special offers

:bulletgreen: Animus-Panthera has given a 15% discount code for any order of $10 or more in her Etsy store animus-panthera.deviantart.com…

Weekly Gallery Highlight


We decided to highlight some of the best submissions to the group gallery every week. I'll go with 25 featured submissions per week. This selection is purely subjective and represents my favorite submissions to our galleries. If you disagree with my selection, please feel free to go to our galleries and :+fav: any deviation you enjoy, artists also appreciate comments on their works! Spread the love! :dalove:



Again, this was a selection of my favorite submissions and does not represent a qualitative or artistic evaluation!

If you would like to help the group by writing features such as this or anything else, please get in touch with me via note to the group and let me know what you would like to contribute and how often (for example a weekly feature of 20 deviations from the group galleries or a monthly article written about something craft related). We are always looking for fresh blood. :D Also feel free to send us a note if you do art features containing artisan crafts and/or sculpture or if you are having an artisan crafts-related giveaway, sale or special offer.

News + Weekly Gallery Highlight

Journal Entry: Tue Apr 7, 2015, 12:37 AM


News


community related news

:bulletgreen: This month's challenge theme is Garden brookette.deviantart.com/journ… You can check out results of the February challenge here cakecrumbs.deviantart.com/jour…

:bulletgreen: You can see the monthly DDs roundup here brookette.deviantart.com/journ… and here erzsabet.deviantart.com/journa…

contests and giveaways

:bulletgreen: balthasarcraft is having a jewelry raffle in order to motivate you to donate to her friend's GoFundMe page. Help a fellow deviant and get a chance to win some jewelry. balthasarcraft.deviantart.com/…

:bulletgreen: You can find a list of Artisan Crafts contests and events here fav.me/d6wxkut

interviews and features

:bulletgreen: InKibus did an Easter feature of pysanky artisancraft.deviantart.com/jo…

:bulletgreen: Brookette highlighted several pieces from bookmaking gallery brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: You can read Aryiea's interview with new CV for Artisan Crafts - Erzsabet aryiea.deviantart.com/journal/…

:bulletgreen: Brookette featured purple crafts in her latest journal brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: Erozja highlighted some interesting crafted pieces erozja.deviantart.com/journal/…

:bulletgreen: ArtistsFromPoland wrote an interview with several Polish artisans. Article is in Polish only. artistsfrompoland.deviantart.c…

:bulletgreen: Brookette posted a biscornu feature. Visit this journal to learn what biscornu is brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: this is the latest DailyBreadCafe artisan crafts feature
dailybreadcafe.deviantart.com/…

sales and special offers

:bulletgreen: Animus-Panthera has given a 15% discount code for any order of $10 or more in her Etsy store animus-panthera.deviantart.com…

Weekly Gallery Highlight


We decided to highlight some of the best submissions to the group gallery every week. I'll go with 25 featured submissions per week. This selection is purely subjective and represents my favorite submissions to our galleries. If you disagree with my selection, please feel free to go to our galleries and :+fav: any deviation you enjoy, artists also appreciate comments on their works! Spread the love! :dalove:



Again, this was a selection of my favorite submissions and does not represent a qualitative or artistic evaluation!

If you would like to help the group by writing features such as this or anything else, please get in touch with me via note to the group and let me know what you would like to contribute and how often (for example a weekly feature of 20 deviations from the group galleries or a monthly article written about something craft related). We are always looking for fresh blood. :D Also feel free to send us a note if you do art features containing artisan crafts and/or sculpture or if you are having an artisan crafts-related giveaway, sale or special offer.

Pysanky!

Journal Entry: Sun Apr 5, 2015, 6:40 PM


Pysanky!

It's Easter, and besides jelly beans, little baskets and bonnets, and bunny rabbits, the first thing that springs to mind is  Easter Eggs.
But I'm no talking about those home-dye kit ones.
Let's talk about the original Easter Eggs and the art of PYSANKA.
Liberally borrowed information from Wikipedia, which gives a great condensed history and meanings.
A pysanka (Ukrainian: писанка, plural: pysanky) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, "to write", as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax.
Pysanka is often taken to mean any type of decorated egg, but it specifically refers to an egg created by the written-wax batik method and utilizing traditional folk motifs and designs. Several other types of decorated eggs are seen in Ukrainian tradition, and these vary throughout the regions of Ukraine.
Do yourself a favor, and read the whole article for the fascinating history- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pysanka
The fantastic Pysanky site has more history and information as well.- pysanky.info/PYSANKY/Pysanka_H…
And anyone even causally informed will know the Ukrainian Gift shop as probably the number one source of information and tools for the task!- www.ukrainiangiftshop.com/page…
Also, if you are on Facebook, join the very active Pysanky USA group- www.facebook.com/groups/121001…

You want to learn some techniques yourself?
Lorrie Popow has a most thorough YoutTube channel- www.youtube.com/user/LorriePop…

And now for a small feature, including some more Easter-type eggs as well.

Easter eggs. by fairy-lizz Painted Eggs by MandarinMoon Three Painted Eggs by MandarinMoon Pysanky by Roksolana
Easter Eggs 2014 by MandarinMoon Pysanky egg by FrockTarts Painted Eggs by MandarinMoon Pysanky by FightFire
Pysanky by tattooedraven Pysanky by superpower-pnut Pysanky for Molly by DaisyOdd Finished product by tattooedraven
Pysanky 004 by DaisyOdd Pysanky 004 by DaisyOdd Spring Egg by MooU22 Blue Stars by tattooedraven
Fantasy by RissCraft Pysanky Collection by AltairKaosu Rabbit Egg by JillJohansen green egg and no ham by 3dho
Check out deviant RissCraft, tattooedraven, and DaisyOdd for their galleries of handiwork.

News + Weekly Gallery Highlight

Journal Entry: Wed Apr 1, 2015, 1:35 AM


News


community related news

:bulletgreen: Our super group status has been renewed. Thank you all.

:bulletgreen: You can see the monthly DDs roundup here brookette.deviantart.com/journ… and here erzsabet.deviantart.com/journa…

:bulletgreen: This month's challenge theme is Luck brookette.deviantart.com/journ… You can check out results of the February challenge here cakecrumbs.deviantart.com/jour…

contests and giveaways

:bulletgreen: balthasarcraft is having a jewelry raffle in order to motivate you to donate to her friend's GoFundMe page. Help a fellow deviant and get a chance to win some jewelry. balthasarcraft.deviantart.com/…

:bulletgreen: You can find a list of Artisan Crafts contests and events here fav.me/d6wxkut

interviews and features

:bulletgreen: Brookette highlighted several pieces from bookmaking gallery brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: You can read Aryiea's interview with new CV for Artisan Crafts - Erzsabet aryiea.deviantart.com/journal/…

:bulletgreen: Brookette featured purple crafts in her latest journal brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: Erozja highlighted some interesting crafted pieces erozja.deviantart.com/journal/…

:bulletgreen: ArtistsFromPoland wrote an interview with several Polish artisans. Article is in Polish only. artistsfrompoland.deviantart.c…

:bulletgreen: Brookette posted a biscornu feature. Visit this journal to learn what biscornu is brookette.deviantart.com/journ…

:bulletgreen: this is the latest DailyBreadCafe artisan crafts feature
dailybreadcafe.deviantart.com/…

sales and special offers

:bulletgreen: Animus-Panthera has given a 15% discount code for any order of $10 or more in her Etsy store animus-panthera.deviantart.com…

Weekly Gallery Highlight


We decided to highlight some of the best submissions to the group gallery every week. I'll go with 25 featured submissions per week. This selection is purely subjective and represents my favorite submissions to our galleries. If you disagree with my selection, please feel free to go to our galleries and :+fav: any deviation you enjoy, artists also appreciate comments on their works! Spread the love! :dalove:


Chunky Criminara Sauce and Roast Pork Medallions by Windthin 258 - Easter Egg... by AnnaMagdalenaPe NES Controller by MegaSparkster Meuble de chevet by GreatShinigami In memory of Leonard Nimoy (Marquetry) by Andulino :thumb522251978: Leather set for airsoft (western style) by Svetliy-Sudar Midnight Sky by Folksaga Black Dragon in the Ahrund Lake by Strepetarh :thumb522918001: Floral dinnerware by TigRaido Meta Knight Clay Tutorial by CraftDragons Owl in brances from polymer clay by Krinna Little Kitty by Werdiga Sheepish by SBuzzard OLD MASTERS series high waisted skirt by zeloco Chaos Ripper Keyblade by Bayr-Arms :thumb522276238: :thumb521937752: Bunny and Sakura Cherry Blossoms: spring at last. by hanatsukuri Anthracite hand knit lace shawl with glass beads by NitkaAG Halls of Thranduil by Melonarium Steampunk hearts by Wonder-fox Red flower garden Cabochon Clip on Earrings by LenaHandmadeJewelry


Again, this was a selection of my favorite submissions and does not represent a qualitative or artistic evaluation!

If you would like to help the group by writing features such as this or anything else, please get in touch with me via note to the group and let me know what you would like to contribute and how often (for example a weekly feature of 20 deviations from the group galleries or a monthly article written about something craft related). We are always looking for fresh blood. :D Also feel free to send us a note if you do art features containing artisan crafts and/or sculpture or if you are having an artisan crafts-related giveaway, sale or special offer.

Super group

Journal Entry: Wed Mar 25, 2015, 1:48 AM


Our super group status has been renewed thanks to :iconmoonbeam13:
You rock! :huggle:

We'd also like to thank all the lovely people who donated points. Points now wont be used for subscription renewal, but we will have a contest and these will be used as part of the prize. We love and thank you all, both anonymous donors and following members:

:iconsavagefrog: :iconthepeculiarmisse: :iconapostacyart: :iconmerlyn-wooden: :icondarya87: :icontheseaknight: :iconbrookette: :iconandreamorrow: :iconmaiko-girl: :iconwindthin: :iconlauramei: :icone-derby: :icongiusynuno:

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