by Kat Hartley | Apr 25, 2016 | Shows, Work in Progress
A successful show If you remember, I did a show on the 2nd April called A Spring Apothecarium. It was an alternative craft fair, so there was lots of gothic, steampunk and even geeky stuff there, all handmade. I hope some of you managed to make it, if not, you’ll have...
by Kat Hartley | Feb 26, 2016 | Shows, Work in Progress
Floss First of all, let me introduce you to Floss. She is my latest bear and was commissioned for a friend’s sister, who definitely deserves to be a little spoilt. She is made from pink mohair, is fully jointed, quite heavy and has lovely long eyelashes. She was great...
by Kat Hartley | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorised
What a fantastic January this has been! I’ll tell you about it in a moment, but let’s start off at the beginning of the year. *** I started the year off with a Koala commission. He was my first Koala, so I was slightly nervous about how he would turn out,...
by Kat Hartley | Dec 18, 2015 | Work in Progress
Introducing my latest bear ‘Wisp’. I mentioned in my last post that I was creating a new bear, and this is him. I had great fun creating him and I may be biased, but I do think that that extra large blue nose suits him beautifully 🙂 To start, let me remind...
by Kat Hartley | Dec 2, 2015 | Work in Progress
My first ever Unicorn is finished! 🙂 Her pattern looked about right, but I was worried for a time that she was just going to go horribly wrong. I guess that’s the chance that you take when you bravely make the finished item straight away, instead of making a...
