All you need to spin your dreams
As many readers are likely aware, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Princess Catherine) recently had their first child. New Zealand presented a gift of a merino shawl to the new family. We were very excited to see this news as the […]
So this is what they mean by being behind the 8-ball! Needless to say I have been rather busy recently simply helping to get products into boxes and into the postie’s van. There has been a bunch of news to share so here goes. Majacraft […]
Recently we had the opportunity to engrave another custom wheel, this time a Rose for our friend Anna Josefsson. I was very pleased with how it came out, particularly the little frog on the handle nut! This was the first time we had tried engraving on to the nut and it was very encouraging to see it work so well.
Until next time
Andy
Over the past few days we have had the pleasure of hosting the lovely Joan Ruane, cotton spinning guru from Arizona USA. She has been in NZ teaching some workshops and catching up with friends made during her time living here in the 70s. Joan was […]
Our friend Wooldancer (Michelle Snowdon) in Australia posted a very nice video to YouTube recently of Fibre Art Rolags she is producing. The work she is creating is very beautiful and I have included the link below. I found it really inspirational what talented people like […]
Rob has been in India for the last week and from what I have seen on Facebook, it looks like he has been having an awesome time around Rajastan and Northern India. Here are a couple of pictures he has shared recently.
If you are ever interested in taking part in our journeys to India, drop us a line. I went about three years ago and found it to be a fascinating and quite profound place to visit so, if you are on the fence … Do IT! 🙂
Andy
Several years ago, we created a custom Aura for our good friend Therese Cruz. She provided the design which was drawn by a Dutch artist Mark Storm. So anyway, long story short ;-), I am looking around for inspiration on Bing images this morning and […]
I have spent much of today working on the Majacraft web site. You may notice a few changes next time you visit. Firstly, the blog posts now feed directly on to the front page of the web site – this is going to make it […]
Our friend Esther of JazzTurtle fame appears in an ABC segment showing how to do tailspinning (and she uses and Aura ;-)! ). Go Esther!
Until next time
Andy
One of my Facebook friends is Woolwench (Suzy) who is based in Holland. She is also the owner of “The One Wheel” limited edition Aura that we built last year for her Kickstarter campaign. She recently posted on her Facebook page pictures of a new […]