ELLIE FIDDES THE ARTIST

Tag: mixed media

  • ALYTH CREATES 24-26 MAY – FUN WITH FREESTYLE CROCHET

    ALYTH CREATES   Crochet is a wonderful pliable way to work with yarn. I will be in Alyth Town Hall over the weekend demonstrating some tips for getting started. Here is a wee example.  I wasn’t terribly impressed with this motif and initially laid it aside.  I then decided to add some surface crochet and…

  • MAVERICKS ART CRAFT GROUP – YULETIDE FAIR 2 and 3 DECEMBER

    The Mavericks Art Craft Group are holding a  Yuletide Fair on 2 & 3 December.   This event is being hosted by Amy Mason at her Bluebird Arts Premises.  If your looking for something delightfully creative and hand-made you will find plenty to choose from here – including some of mine 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/events/1135794056564465/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22feed_story_type%22%3A%2222%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D You can find out…

  • NEOS AT HALLGREEN CASTLE OPEN UNTIL SUNDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

    WE did have fun dressed up in mediaeval garb for the opening night of NEOS at Hallgreen Castle. You can always spot the artists in the Great Hall when you come up to view our work – we will be here until Sunday 17th!

  • CROCHET WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITION DURING NEOS 9-17 SEPTEMBER

    It’s getting nearer every day!  As a member of the Mavericks Art Group I will be at Hallgreen Castle on Saturday, 9th, Saturday 16th, and Sunday 17th,  exhibiting my work and giving demonstrations of crochet.   There is also a huge amount of delightful work by other artists and more demonstrations.   For full details…

  • FUNADAY DUNDEE

    Sam Baxter – sambaxterart – has very kindly sent me these photographs of my work  from the above event.  Thanks for all  the hard work you put into this event Sam!

  • FUN A DAY DUNDEE 12 FEBRUARY 2017

    Big huge thanks to all of you in the Fun A Day Dundee team for all the hard work you put into this event. It was an absolute pleasure to take part. Here are a few more photographs of the fun I had.  Enjoy!  

  • FUN A DAY DUNDEE

    Thanks for all the fun Dundee Fun A Day! (It all started off on Hogmanay when somebody handed me a strange object and asked – “What can you do with this? Take it away and have a go!” So my Funaday project was finding out what I could do with a six foot shed skin…

  • FUN A DAY DUNDEE DAY 3-5 – FOZZICKING ABOUT WITH CROCHET

    Experimenting with 4mm hook and DK weight cotton. Different ideas, quintuple treble, Irish net grounds, Irish net fill-ins. Work vertically or horizontally? Been worked up and rattled down a few times before reasonably happy with these two different sides. A few problems to solve still. .

  • Fun A Day Dundee 2 January 2017

    Well, I’m a crochet tutor! So the first thing I saw when I looked at this shed snakeskin was a beautiful lacy crochet pattern. Don’t know quite how it would turn out or what I might use it for. Maybe give this a try out sometime and see if it can be made into a…

  • Fun A Day 1 January 2017

    Last night somebody handed me an strange object (as they do on Hogmanay) and said “What could you make from this?  Take it away and see what you can do with it.” So my Fun A day project is going to be – working out what I can do with the shed skin from a six…

  • FUN A DAY DUNDEE 2017

    I really like this idea – creating just for the fun of it.  Who knows where it might lead 🙂 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-a-day-dundee-2017-tickets-28416853574?aff=efbnreg

  • ADULT EVENING CLASSES START IN FORFAR THIS WEEK!

    ADULT EVENING CLASSES START IN FORFAR THIS WEEK! There are still a couple of places left in my crochet class on Tuesday night.  If you want to join it isn’t too late to register! Just download a registration form (link below) and bring it with you to Forfar Academy Foyer at 6.50 on the night.…