Let’s start the new year by introducing the ever-growing, and endlessly fabulous gals who make up #teamSkinnylaMinx. First up, the head honchos at Skinny laMinx, also known as Heather and Pearl. I’m Heather, and I started Skinny laMinx way back in 2006 in a funny little studio I shared with some painters on Long Street. (See …
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Meet Team Skinny laMinx #1
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Succulents galore!
I’ve just got back from a belated 10 day Christmas break on a farm outside Robertson. Mostly we laughed, swam, sat on the stoep, watched birds (and watched out for cobras), and had the most superbly relaxing time. What bliss! Of course, I have squillions of pics from our holiday, but having just dived back into …
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Frankenflowers… on your cellphone!
Quite a few years ago, I used to spend fun hours with ceramics transfers that I’d had made, creating plates, bowls, mugs etc, decorated with my sketches. I was only able to have the transfer sheets printed in one colour, so I liked to chop up the sheets, and assemble the parts into crazy mixed-up …
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2014 – A year in review
This morning, I spotted Patricia Zapata’s annual mosaic review on her blog, which inspired me to put together this review of our year at Skinny laMinx: JANUARY saw us get inspired to grab the Cape Town World Design Capital by the scruff of its neck, and get the most out of it! We started by slapping an enormous yellow dot on …
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Shaggy dogs
While on Noordhoek Beach these holidays (see previous post), we spotted a really funny looking shaggy black dog, with crazy wild hair – some of it tied up with a scrunchie – and giant floormop feet. The owner told us he was an Afghan Hound with rather poor grooming habits. I tried drawing him the …
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A seaside garland
We went for a walk on Noordhoek Beach on Boxing Day, when the spring tides were up and the entire wide, wide beach was covered in water, moving from the breakers to the lagoon. Lots of sea vegetables had washed up, including this long piece of seaweed with a knot in it. I thought it …
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Furoshiki wrapping tutorial
Ever wanted to wrap your gifts in fabric, furoshiki-style, but ended up in a botched effort of flapping ends that looks like you dragged the gift through the laundry basket on the way to the tree? Well, those days are over, cos here’s a very simple step-by-step to help you wrap envelope-style, using our Rough Diamond print, in …
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Making Friday: a 2014 review
My Making Friday rule has become a little more flexible lately, largely because my ceramics class is on a Monday morning, and also because my back pain has caused me to take steps to spend more time away from the computer. So there’s a lot MORE MAKING going on, but not necessarily on a Friday, …
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Making Friday – November 20
I started an otherwise desultory day in the studio by bringing a bunch of my linocutting offcuts briefly to life. Find more of my doodles and sketches on my #HeatherMooreSketchbook tumblr page. Have a happy weekend!
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