Amazing Perthshire Drystone.

I love a single-skinned dyke. That's a wall that has only one layer of stones, as opposed to a layer on each side of the wall.

If you would like to learn more drystone terminology, I made a glossary

https://www.thedrystonecompany.com/drystone-a-to-z

#DrystoneWaller #TraditionalCraft #Scotland #Perthshire #Craft #Stone

I mentioned in my intro that I'm a #bookbinder so I thought I really ought to share some of my projects.

The purple one I just finished today. It and the blue one were commissions. The green/tan one is one of my standard designs which will be going onto my Etsy store when I re-launch later this year.

All three of these were rounded and backed case bindings, for those in the know 😉

#Bookbinding #stationery #bookstodon #journal #crafting #handmade #traditionalcraft #bookofshadows

As drystone wallers we are often inspired by traditional drystone structures.

This structure was inspired by a sheep stell and was added to a garden as a windbreak/seating area.

You may catch a glimpse of sheep stells as you drive through Scotland's countryside.
This build is 12m of continuously curved and sloping wall in a C-shape but stells come in all sorts of other shapes. L-shaped, T-shaped, X-shaped to name a few.

#drystone #scotland #traditionalcraft #stone #garden

Alongside paintings of local landscapes, I have also been working on mixed-media pieces.

Knitting was passed down to me by my grandmother. The knitting in this pieces uses local wool from rare breed Cotswold sheep.

Our local landscape has been shaped over millennia by humans. Natural and human elements run side-by-side, and I aim to illustrate this by weaving them together in these pieces.

#Cotswolds #Landscape #TextileArt #Knitting #ContemporaryArt #TraditionalCraft #MastoArt

Check out my friend, mason Chris Pennock's, time lapse of his unsupported #hotmix #limemortar #vaultconstruction!

It's such a pretty thing 😍

#traditionalcraft #traditionalknowledge #craftisphysics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvsZ9QjIO7Y

It seems to me that the few times that humans & nature work in perfect harmony is when there is art or craft involved. In this case a gorgeous bit of #sandstone #drystonewalling to create a safe enclosure for a handsome #oak in a field just outside of Letwell on the #NorthNotts #SouthYorkshire border. Hats off to whoever made this!
#TraditionalCraft #Stonework

"Concrete has been used as a lazy solution for every problem in the built environment. We can reduce our dependency and use of concrete."

My hero, building physicist Dr. Robyn Pender encourages us to learn from the past. #sustainability #materialknowledge #traditionalknowledge #traditionalcraft #concrete

https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/commentaries/building-without-concrete.html

Few things are as terrifying as a bad review of your MA thesis on youtube. Though it adds a layer when it has been published as a book in the US, but with a changed and misleading title, and with your name removed.

That said, I am happy that the reviewer caught the message!

See the review by Waters Ironworks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-JiWctLdAs

The thesis is available (for free) here: https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/40851

#archaeology #blacksmithing #woodworking #traditionalcraft #IronAge #VikingAge

An interesting manual (in English) on covering newly painted egg #tempera paintings (#icons) with oldschool resin-and-oil-based varnish (olifa)

https://www.gsinai.com/olifa

#icon #iconography #painting #varnish #artsupplies #traditionalart #craft #traditionalcraft

Yesterday was going to be #weaving day. Unfortunately for me, a little stripey tiger called Binky decided I wasn’t giving her enough attention and that was the end of that 😄

This is an #Ashford #RigidHeddle #Loom . I also have a #Mirrix upright tapestry loom which is used mainly for small tapestries and beaded and woven jewellery.

#urbanhomestead #TraditionalCraft #Crafts #Handmade #WomensArt