Today I would like to share with you few more christmas ornaments that I made this week. These colourful stars and hearts are made of glass. Each of the Christmas tree ornaments I’d individually painted with special high quality paints for glass. Most of them are completely, or partially transparent and they look amazing when …
There’s something about handmade ornaments that really make me smile. I often make ornaments with my family. Especially I like the traditional glass Christmas tree balls – colorful and shiny, as I remember from my grandparents Christmas tree. Beautiful radiant colors.. and the tension that we were all decorating the Christmas tree with. We …
Handmade Christmas Decorations – Painted Glass Christmas Tree Balls Read More »
I have recently came back to painting on fabric. What I realised was that I have big collection of hand painted male t-shirts and many cool hand painted girl tops. What I was lacking is clothing for children. So I decided to do something about this gap. Here you can see the the limited collection …
Edgy, funky baby and toddler clothing – hand painted limited edition Read More »
I am back from my travels. For the last couple of months, ever since I did this batik course in Java I couldnt wait to do something creative. I had so many ideas, so many concepts but I started with my old passion – painting on fabrics. As I decided to participate in one or …
New cool motifs on hand painted womens t-shirts by ArtCave Read More »
As you know I am getting ready to some craft fairs taking place this November and December. Â I have created some nice earrings and necklace of natural and artificial stones, beads and feather. What is more important, I have figured out how I am going to display all my treasures. What do you think?
Today I was busy painting t-shirts. Some of them I just prepared for the next stages of applying more colours (on the base layer). The rest is ready and you can see them below.
This year I decided to come out and make my debut at few craft fairs in Poland. I already have a lot of items, that I can sale: paintings, jewelery, t-shirts, bags, etc. Because there are few craft fairs I enrolled to, which means that I need to keep working. I kept myself busy this …
Getting ready for this year Cristmas Craft Fairs Read More »
Recently I spent some time in Yogyakarta, the batik capital of the world. While being there, I could not miss the fantastic opportunity of learning more about batik and its history. I also decided to put my hands on some batik tools and learn myself how to make it. After going through some research, I …
Borobodur  is one of the most important places of Buddhism in the world. The temple, which was originally dedicated to Shiva was built  in the eighth / ninth century. It was the time when Java  was still under Hinduism and  Buddhism influence. I must admit that after so many temples that we saw on our …
After 11 long hours on the VIP bus from Luang Prabang we arrive to Luang Namtha. It was 6 in the morning. We were one of 5 passengers who finished their trip here, at this deserted ghost  bus station.  One day is really enough for the town and it surroundings (mostly hills and the rice …
We  spent last week in Laos. Even though so far we stayed on the bitten path, that most of the backpackers are heading to, it gave us plenty opportunities to admire the beautiful nature, interesting colorful culture and experience the hospitality of  Laotian people.  It also gave me many interesting photographic opportunities. The below pictures …
I have recently received an order for 13 pieces wine glasses set. I had a very short deadline to paint it, but I made it in time 🙂 It is going to be an important decorative element at the First Communion function. I mean for the function table 🙂 I painted many pieces of decorative …
T-shirts with the unique manually painted motifs are sagnificant element of my artistic portfolio. All motifs on the t-shirts are with hands, brushes or sponges. Special paints for textiles and fabric are used for creating the original motifs. After drying, the painting is hardened by heating and cooling it a few times. As a result it is …
Easter time, as any onter holiday time is ideal for thinking about giving gifts to all the children around. I have plenty of nephews and nieces and I decided to make for them hand made toys. Thse creatures are so unique that for sure, they would make a wonderful surprise for someone special. Te handmade …
Hand made toys, teddy bears and hand sewn sheeps Read More »
Ever since I studied Russian (especially medieval Russian) history and culture I was fascinated by Icons and their power and symbolism. I heard the opinions, that icon can not be written by the technique alone. Traditional Icon Writers usually prepare themselve spiritually. They follow the process of preparation, which is more of a constant state …
We had one night in Trivandrum – few hours in between the trains to kill. Our train to Madras was at 4am in the morning, so we left the rucksacks in the cloakroom and went to see the city by night. It was around 10 pm. With plenty of time in our hands and the …
One night in Trivandrum and communist posters of Kerala Read More »
I am back form my holidays so the hop is open too. You can buy all the items listed – earrings, hand painted t-shirts, paintings and home decor. You can also order other items listed in various sections of my website. If you see something interesting, please let me know and I can organise for …
First trip to Asia.  We started from India.  We read many guide books, travel forums and watched many movies. Still, what we have seen here was not what we expected. It is exceptionally difficult to explain. Some things I love about India but there are other that I do not like that much, and many other things that I …
Last weekend me and my friend went to Belfast to meet another friend. We had a fantastic time of course:) There was some beer, mould wine at the Christmas market, we tasted some continental dishes, met many friendly people. We happened to see a fantastic performance of this samba band that appeared from nowhere and …
When I immerse myself in something that I want to paint, the idea for the painting becomes clear to me. Because quite often I start painting without knowing exactly how it will turn out, as I put those first colors on the support, I am always nervous about what I am doing, because I do …
I have recently came back to working on the silver jewelry. I learnt all my silversmith skills from Cormac Cuffe who runs his small workshop in Monkstown. He is a great teacher and I really look forward to make some new items. In the meantime I wanted to share with you few pictures of …
Did you know that Dublin is famous for being the hometown of Dracula creator, Bram Stoker? I didn’t realise since recently. Â Knowing that I cant be surprised that Dublin knows how to throw a proper Halloween party filled with beer and fear. Streets of Dublin turn into a massive party ground on the Halloween night, …
I am getting quite good at halloween make -up 🙂 This year I have painted faces for couple of Draculas, I made  the Corps Bride make up and the LadyVampire Make Up. I also made few bullet hole make ups using wax, paint and fake liquid blood. Every year before Halloween some of us face the …
For a long time I was studying various painting techniques. One of my favourite ones is painting on Fabric. And this is for a couple of reasns. Firstly, it is practical and secondly it is creative. With little bit of imagination and manual skills any sort of fabric (top, t-shirt, handbag, coat etc) can be …
Multi-ethnic gypsy punk band from New York, well know for its theatrical stage shows. I hve seen the band touring Europe to present their latest work: “Transcontinental Hustle”, released in 2010. The transatlantic folk punks – whose membership is derived from seven different countries, centering on New York City, with mainman Eugene Hutz hailing from …
The Buena Vista Social Club is amazing! So much energy is really nice to see and is a good exemple for a lot of people. I’ve been impressed by Omara Portuondo who, after so many years, still has the same energy dancing and singing… Omara was just amazing, she has an incredible energy and voice. …
Buena Vista Social Club and Omara Portuondo in Dublin Read More »
My latest creation. I felt like a cigarette this night and ended up with two paintings where the cigarette was a main motiff. This is one of them – Tikul with the joint. Green pastel paper, black , white, blue, red and white pastel. You can check if it is still listed on Art Cave shop …
My latest creation. I felt like a cigarette this night and ended up with two paintings where the cigarette was a main motiff. This is one of them – betty with the split. Red pastel paper, black and white pastel. You can check if it is still listed on Art Cave shop on Etsy.
ABSOLUT Fringe is Ireland’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festival. Now in its 17th year, the festival stages up to 525 events in over 40 venues, and around 150,000 people have at least one Fringe experience during the Festival. For 16 days the festival transforms Dublin into a ‘dream factory’, an exposé of great creative talent from …
Pride parades for the LGBT community (also known as gay pride parades, pride events and pride festivals) are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage. Most pride events occur annually and many take place around June to commemorate …
