The cone mosaics of Urek are thought to be some of the earliest examples of mosaic art in the world. This post will cover what they are, how they were produced and why. It will culminate in a video showing you how to make your own from polymer clay. Pin this post to bookmark it…
Author: Claire
Art Journal #12
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Curating a Mesopotamia Unit Study
For the past couple of years, I've been working on curating a unit study on Mesopotamia. It's been a bit of a labour of love. I've created a six week planner, project books for a variety of projects, as well as individual lessons and videos. I've also made notepages, science experiments and art studies. Most…
Tuesday Study Day {Master’s Chronicles}
As you know, I wear many hats. Sometimes (ahem...yesterday...cough) the hats fall off and I am no good for man nor beast. Yesterday culminated in me making a lovely bolognaise and adding a little water to the tomato puree jar, shaking it and belatedly finding out I hadn't put the lid on properly. My lovely…
Studio Vlog #01
Welcome to my first ever studio vlog! I am not a natural at this whole YouTube thing. I mean, I hate showing my face, even on a photo. On video is even more scary. So, I'm taking my time face-wise on these videos. Aside from the face thing, I really, really enjoy the whole process…
Christmas Stickers and Tags
I can not wait to get a Cricut so I can make these myself! That said, this order from Sticker Shop literally came through within 24 hours. It'll be interesting to see if making them would be less expensive than having them made for me. I'm really pleased with how these came out: In other…
Cylinder Seals {Mesopotamia Unit Study}
Cylinder seals are one of the most fascinating artefacts to come out of Mesopotamia. In fact, Mesopotamia is known for these small, cylindrical stamps, which are considered to be its unparalleled artistic accomplishment. Read more: This lesson on Mesopotamian stamp seals gives you lots of information about the cylinder seal's earlier cousin Also, do check…
Duck and Duckling Notebooks
Look what just came in the post! I think these might be my favourite so far. Green is one of my favourite colours, so it was always going to be a win with me. Donna, one of my lovely friends across the pond and a long time reader of angelicscalliwags bought one of the duck…
Language Aids {Master’s Chronicles #03}
Each Tuesday I work my way through the work set for me by my university. I am currently running a few weeks ahead of the game. This is completely on purpose just in case Charlotte's health takes a turn for the worse or one of my other children needs me. Last week I covered most…
My Tincy Wincy Art Supplies
I thought I was going to run out of day before getting this posted! It has taken the last three hours to upload to YouTube! I had recorded a quick video of my very tiny art supply collection that I use to do all of my paintings and to turn them into products. It's so…
Presenting Angelicscalliwags Art YouTube Channel
Well, my first video is up. I had fun figuring out the animations at the start and end. Oh, and I've taken out a subscription for Epidemic Sound which means the tracks I can now put with my videos have improved drastically! Unlike my other channel which I made to primarily accompany my (eventual...one day...)…
My Small Christmas Collection
Yesterday my printer was installed. This printer was the very best we could afford and I am hoping it will save money in the long run. I was so incredibly excited to have this printer, I worked late into the night creating and printing my small Christmas collection. This was so cool! I can't tell…
Art Journal # 11 {Christmas Edition}
I was asked by a few people to create a Christmas card and this is what I came up with. I will be printing all my own cards from home as I have bought myself a printer that is good enough to cope with decent card and sticker paper. I've already had a bulk order…
Precious Moments in October
I'm a bit disappointed by myself. October was not a good month for me remembering to take photos! It had such potential...the girls' 21st birthday...half term...choir performance...and yet I was seriously useless. My menopause is menopausing at the moment and I am sleeping really badly. No sleep means my rather hapless brain is even more…
November’s Goals {and a Look Back at October’s}
Sooo…last month I wrote down my goals. In this post I will be going through those and also writing my new goals for November. Goals for October Small Business Goals Add one product a week to my Etsy shop Publicise my shop (I am definitely back-pedalling on this) Go through my notebooks and make sure…