
At the grand old age of 48 I started Uni
by Shal Mines
So I started Uni at 48……..
Categories: Shal's Blog, Uncategorized • Tags: 48, distopia, mature student, max headroom, mona lisa, musings, photoshop, shal mines, student life, uni work
by Shal Mines
So I started Uni at 48……..
Categories: Shal's Blog, Uncategorized • Tags: 48, distopia, mature student, max headroom, mona lisa, musings, photoshop, shal mines, student life, uni work
by Shal Mines
This one project has been a bit of a funny one for me. I am continuously looking for object that are old, broken, obsolete etc to do something different with and give the object a new use in life. So earlier this year when I was in my final month of college and pondering what I was going to do next while gazing out of the window; the music dept were chucking old broken equipment into a skip and I […]
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by Shal Mines
Hand stitched / embroidered tea bags
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by Shal Mines
Creating various kinds of book sculptures from damaged books
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by Shal Mines
cross stitching into metal and competition entry
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by Shal Mines
How do you go about making a portrait look like the person your drawing.
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by Shal Mines
How i wing art competitions, gallery and exhibition. What I think and what I have learnt.
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artist with aphantasia
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by Shal Mines
So I have been playing about with different idea of what I can create with a tea bag. So today I played with stitching cupcakes into the bag. Have to say I’m loving these, need to make more 😁
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