Arts & Crafts in Edinburgh

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Welcome!

I made this site because

I love creating.

I wanted a space to to

showcase

some of the art I've produced at workshops in Edinburgh, and to

share info

on how to find these arts and crafts workshops/classes!

The purpose of this site is not to create a "modern" webpage, "professional space" or a portfolio.

I am learning HTML and CSS by doing HTML and CSS.

I want to have fun

and decorate a little piece of the internet just how I like it.

I hope you enjoy exploring my website!

"We are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. It's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

- Neocities 'About' page

Whale Shark

a photo of a whale shark from above

Ishan @seefromthesky

The Whale Shark is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark.
The largest confirmed individual had a length of 19.8m (61.7 ft).
Whale Sharks are filter feeders and feed almost exclusively on plankton and small fishes.
The name "whale shark" refers to the fish's size: it is as large as some species of whale.
Their skin is dark grey with a white belly marked with an arrangement of pale grey or what spots and stripes that is unique to each individual.
Click to learn more...

My Gallery

This space is where I share some of the things I've made!


Ceramics

All of these were painted by me at Doodles Ceramics in Edinburgh!

the first small ceramic trinket bowl with blue, orange, red and black designs. the first small ceramic trinket bowl with blue, orange, red and black designs. a second small ceramic trinket bowl with blue, orange, red and black designs. a second small ceramic trinket bowl with blue, orange, red and black designs.
a ceramic milk jug painted in blue, pink and white. a ceramic milk jug painted in blue, pink and white. two ceramic espresso cups painted in yellow, green and pink. a ceramic trinket dish with blue and yellow portugese tile-style designs
a square ceramic trinket dish with blue and yellow portugese tile-style designs a square ceramic trinket dish with blue and yellow portugese tile-style designs a ceramic cereal bowl painted with varius alliums: spring onions and a red onion are visible. a ceramic cereal bowl painted with varius alliums: a shallot, leek, and garlic gloves are viible. a top-shot of a ceramic cereal bowl. A garlic clove has been painted inside the bowl.

I painted these tiles at Gazete Azuljos In Porto

The paper shows the original design, and the street it is/was located on

a portugese tile with circular designs painted in yellow, green and black.
a portuguese tile with leaf-like designs painted in blue, orange and black.

Plastic Pottery

This "plastic pottery" was made at Doba Studio in Edinburgh. It is made by extruding melted, recycled pastic into a "thread" that can be wrapped around a frame to make plant pots, soap dishes, trinket dishes etc.

a top-view of a blue plant pot made by the plastic pottery technique a blue plant pot made by the plastic pottery tecchnique. It holds a plant.
a top-view of a pink trinket dish made by the plastic pottery technique. a plastic trinket dish made by the plastic pottery technique. A plant sits on it.

Mini Zines

the front cover of a mini-zine. It reads 'I think I need some Space'. a two page spread of a mini-zine. There is a picture of a whale, the moon and reads 'get out, out, out and about'. a two page spread of a mini-zine. There are whale and space-hemed images. It reads 'whale whale whale...'. a two page spread of a mini-zine. There are space and sea themed images. It reads 'as above so below'.

This zine (about making a neocities) was made at a workshop with Coin Operated Press and Stampa LoFi.

the cover and backpage of a mini zine. The cover reads 'YOU WANT A WEBSITE'. The backpage reads 'see my site starshark.neocities.org arts and crafts in Edinburgh' two page spread of a mini zine explaining how to make a neocities site a two page spread of a mini zine about making a neocities site. It reads 'fill it with things you love' and 'the web is your stage' a two page spread of a mini zine about making a neocities site: 'make friends' and 'update'.

This zine page was made at a Coin Operated Press workshop.

a two page spread of a mini zine. A dinosaur with a speach bubble reads 'Ditch the oil, losers'.