Craft Focus - Dec 2017/Jan 2018 (Issue 64)

craft focus 25 brand spanking new Dinosaur delights Esoterra by Katarina Roccella is one of the latest fabric collections from Art Gallery Fabrics. The fabric range brings to life an extinct luscious land where beautiful and exotic creatures roamed. Katarina captures the archaeological essence of this mysterious world with lush foliage, rugged textures enhanced by deep green, dark teals, greys and hints of fuchsia. The fabric range consists of knit, canvas, rayon and cottons and is perfect for all sorts of projects for all the family. Art Gallery Fabrics’ collections are distributed in the UK by Hantex +44 (0)1754 820 800 sales@hantex.co.uk hantex.co.uk Resisting colouring Resistad from Jacquard is the world’s top performing water-based gutta, and is the preferred resist by silk artists all over the globe. Resistad’s one-of-a-kind chemistry offers all the advantages of both permanent and removable resists without any of the disadvantages, making it the ultimate tool for any Serti artist. It comes in a concentrated formula for viscosity control, and is great for any application method, from hand-pipetting to screen- printing and stamping. It’s easily coloured, which extends creativity with gutta, as design elements can now be any colour the artist chooses. Resistad is extremely soft on silk, barely changing the hand of the fabric at all, making it great for both fine art and functional silk art applications. Its superior hydro-phobicity allows for new levels of detail. Used on any lightweight silk, cotton or other fabric, it creates a barrier for colour that’s unsurpassed. Jacquard is distributed by Art Van Go +44 (0)1438 814 946 art@artvango.co.uk artvango.co.uk Rumble in the jungle Wrendale’s countryside designs have been such a hit in cross- stitch that Bothy Threads has decided to let some wilder animals loose on the cross-stitch scene. The new jungle designs are all worked on the company’s specially printed 14-count speckle Aida with charts and pre-sorted stranded cottons. The four designs include Bamboozled featuring a giant panda nibbling bamboo; Age Is Irrelephant stars a couple of elephants; Love Is shows mother and baby orangutans and Parrot On Parade is a very striking Pretty Polly. Bothy Threads +44 (0)1900 828 844 info@bothythreads.com bothythreads.com All things steampunk Crafter’s Companion has launched a brand-new stamp range designed by artist Donna Ratcliff. The innovative hand drawn designs fuse images of nature with the mechanical elements of steampunk, resulting in some seriously creative stamps for all kinds of different papercraft projects. There are a total of six un-mounted rubberstamp sets in the range, with whimsical designs including butterflies, flowers and animals. The stamps are perfect for use with a range of different colouring and art mediums, and are sure to be a big hit with fans of steampunk. Crafter’s Companion +44 (0)1388 660 930 trade@crafterscompanion.co.uk crafterscompaniontrade.co.uk