Arts

Free craft ideas, recipes and activities for all ages and levels of experience.

Illustrated craft ideas and tutorials are categorized by holiday and season, material (such as jewelry, fabric, paper and clay), and technique.

Instructions and photos for making “green” crafts using recycled or renewable materials, and ideas for sustainable living.

Craft projects for the entire family with illustrated step-by-step instructions, patterns to print and downloads. Regular special features include Puppets Around the World, the Card Making Class and Friday Fun for families.

A style of painting sweeping the decorative painting world. Class schedules, supply catalogs and samples are presented.

Guide to decorative painting, folk art and tole painting. Definitions, history, techniques, styles and how-tos.

Dedicated to enamels and enameling. A large compendium of techniques, ideas, research and technology, history, news and resources on vitreous enamel.

Promoter for events in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Listing of show dates for upcoming shows.

Exhibits museum quality craft works. Includes current exhibitions and schedule of events. Los Angeles, California.

Various crafts illustrated including stained glass, woodworking, woodturning and kiln creations. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

PBS television show. Includes free patterns, station listings, and DVD ordering.

A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.

Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces.

Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.

This online bobbin lace school has twelve lessons covering over forty topics. Each topic is well illustrated; some are even animated. The ten beginning patterns are organized into four categories; all are illustrated.

A gallery of leather workers exchanging patterns, tips, and fellowship. Includes membership information, classifieds and events.

A discussion group devoted to paper marbling.

Gallery of the artist's custom-designed mosaics created from a wide variety of materials, plus information about classes, recommended books and links to related websites.

Murals and mosaics for landscape and architecture from London-based artist.

One-of-a-kind artwork, tables, mirrors, wall hangings and lamps created from granite, marble, stained glass and vintage Italian glass.

Functional mosaic products. Mosaic tables, mirrors, and personalized designs.

Contemporary mosaics from this talented artist, teacher and author

Fine art mosaics in a variety of styles. Commissions accepted.

Textile artist Sharon Boggon provides past exhibitions, textiles, hand embroidery, crazy quilts, and stitching dictionary. [not suitable for all browsers]

Custom, personalized, name clip art pictures. Gifts for baby showers, birthdays, and Christmas.

A Yahoo groups area to put your two cents in about experiences you've had as a crafter in a greater Philadelphia area craft show.

Hundreds of useful craft sayings, links to resources and free patterns throughout the web.

A gateway to an array of craft-related web pages, covering the worlds of quilting, weaving, sewing.

Retail store specializing in repair and preservation of quilts. Also does appraisals, commissions, and sales of fine quilts in the Washington, D.C. area. Home of "The Quilt Doctor".

Guide on making and marketing decorative soap. Comes with 250 recipes and complete step by step instructions.

Recipe listing includes soap, lotion, bath fizzies, lip balms, bath salts, body scrubs. Also includes scent blending suggestions.

Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance.

Resource center for the fiber arts community specializing in spinning, weaving and dyeing.

Focus on classes and workshops. List of yarns offered.

Repair, restoration and appraisal. List of services, contact information.

Provides workshops using textiles, particularly felt and also runs a craft shop based in Chorlton, Manchester, United Kingdom. Contains workshop information, gallery and online shop.

Textiles from different epochs, and methods of textile conservation and restoration. Photos of the artist's work in ecclesiastical textiles and iconographic paintings.

Thoughts of a full time artist / craftista.

Sharing mixed media artwork and other projects.

Tales of a crafter in Melbourne.

Creative mother's stories and pictures.

Life of a writer and artist who makes bizarre plush creatures.

Sharing pretty images and tales of crafting.

Two like-minded gals exploring the darker side of traditional arts and crafts.

Sharing daily sources of inspirations dedicated to the Renaissance in the world of crafts. Presenting step by step projects for paper crafts, custom designs, knitting and sewing.

Features photos of competed projects, including quilting and earthen ware.

Image galleries of eggs exhibited at the annual egg-show in a windmill in Amsterdam.

Features strategic industrial design advice: how to design clever products and master the business of design.

Shown are three sections that showcase various elements of design. Product Catalogue: products for architecture and interior design. Design Museum: classic design from auction houses. Material Research: materials and consultation. Based in Zurich.

Online magazine of design arts, with articles and shopping.