Max's World

BUST Craftacular

2009-08-25T15:24:00.002+01:00

This weekend was the fantastic BUST Magazine summer craftacular. I had a stall there with Isabel Vince selling our wooly goods.

It was incredibly busy and lots of fun meeting other crafty folk. I even spotted a couple of my brooches out in the wild! There's a great review of it up on The Guardian.

I've put my photos of our stall up here. And Fabric Nation managed to take a lot more than me and you can see them here.

Gritting the Tunnel

2009-08-02T13:40:00.004+01:00

Yesterday I went along to a graffiti knitting event organised by I Knit London. It was lots of fun! I did my first bit of yarnstorming, but it was a mere tag compared to Knit the City's epic spider web filled with captured creatures (photo above). There's more of my pics on flickr here. And there's some much better ones here from zefrog, I was caught pink-handed...!

Catch-a-Sheep

2009-07-03T11:50:00.002+01:00

I'm currently working with Isabel on a crazy mechanical sheep project. It's going to be a fun game to play at the V&A museum's Village Fete. Come and see us and try and win some fantastic prizes!

Jewellery in the 'Real World'

2009-06-09T21:23:00.001+01:00

If you're averse to online shopping then fret no more! My range of handmade jewellery for the fashionable knitter is now available in real bricks and mortar shops. If you're in London then you can now find them in I Knit London and All the Fun of the Fair. I'm pretty thrilled to have my products in these fabulous knitting shops alongside some fantastic yarns and other knitty goodness. Be sure to check them out if you're in the area.

You can see more details on my new stockists page.

My latest obsession...

2009-05-29T22:17:00.007+01:00

studio
Originally uploaded by MaxsWorld

Making tiny balls of yarn and knitting needles has become seriously addictive. On the plus side I've sold a few, but on the down side it's nowhere near enough to justify spending every waking minute thinking about it...!

Anyway at least it's a lot of fun

If you'd like to fund this madness head over to one of my shops:
http://maxsworld.etsy.com
http://maxsworld.folksy.com

Having fun on Etsy

2009-05-02T12:29:00.005+01:00

I joined etsy as a seller recently to show off my new knitting earrings but the best thing I've found is the community there. I've been having a lot of fun in the forums and found lots of people selling really awesome things! So I decided to put together a treasury showing off the great sellers who make miniature bits and pieces too. Have a closer look and check out the amazingly intricate work!

My 1st treasury

I let the moustache do the talking

2009-03-17T15:24:00.001Z

I designed myself a new t-shirt recently with one of my fave catchphrases on it and ordered it from cafepress. It came yesterday and I'm sooooo pleased with it!
If you'd like to share the moustache fun times you can get yourself one from cafepress.com
Do you let the moustache do the talking?

Spring has sprung

2009-03-06T14:02:00.005Z

It might still be really cold out and a few weeks until the official start of spring but the sun is out and I'm ready for springtime fun times! So is my new friend Benoit, we had a little photo shoot in the garden today. He had to wear his 'bee-ret' (hahaha) to keep warm though. More photos here.

A bit more web design...

2009-02-27T16:46:00.005Z

Well this plan is lasting longer than expected...
I've just finished a website for The Society for Curious Thought. It's a really interesting site showcasing essays on a variety of subjects from politics to arts to being human. Have a look around here www.thesocietyforcuriousthought.com

When I grow up I want to be...

2009-02-15T14:41:00.009Z

...a web designer! Well for this week at least.
I've built a website for my friend Isabel Vince. She knits and sews, and is an artist and designer.
We made a fun little animation for the front page and there's lots of lovely pictures to see. Have a look around!

www.isabelvince.com

Exciting new animation site – 4mations

2008-08-22T18:44:00.003+01:00

4mations opened it's doors today. It's a site from Channel 4 and Aardman featuring some top quality new and old animations. It's definitely worth having a nose around. I've put a couple of mine up there and hopefully will be adding some new knitimations at some point...

http://www.4mations.tv/maxsworld

Knitted Guys in Greenwich

2008-08-01T14:45:00.006+01:00

Say hello to Undercover Tony. He's part of an exhibition of my knitted characters that has opened today at Greenwich Picturehouse. They'll be there until the 31st August so go and have a look if you get the chance. If you can't get to laugh at their silly faces in real life then you can look at their pictures here.

Trouble Bros.

2008-06-29T13:13:00.005+01:00

Here's a couple of crims up to no good on da streetz...
They're going to be on display with some more of my new characters in the bar at Greenwich Picturehouse throughout the whole of August.

Je suis Bob l'eponge

2008-04-15T18:34:00.006+01:00

I find it's always helpful to have a stupid phrase when travelling to non-English speaking countries. And I've discovered that 'I am Spongebob Squarepants' seems to be universally amusing so I'm making it my mission to learn it in as many languages as possible. So far I have:

French - Je suis Bob l'eponge
German - Ich bin Spongebob Schwammkopf
Spanish - Soy Bob Esponja
Korean - Na nun Sponge man
Japanese – watashiwa suponnji bobu desu (Thanks Erin)
Estonian – Mina olen Käsna-Kalle (Thanks Ing)

Can anyone help me learn some more?!
Let me know in the comments below and I'll add them to the list. We can build up a hugely useful resource for travellers.

By the way, you can't just use an internet translation tool as Spongebob has many different pseudonyms and I'm looking for what he's called on the telly box in your chosen country.

Double Trouble!

2008-03-03T19:17:00.001Z

I'm just back from Bristol where Screentest: The National Student Film Festival was held this weekend.
It was a great event and 'I am Ahab' picked up 2 awards! One for Best Animation and the other for Best Music Video. That's 2 years in a row that my knitimations have won best animation. whoop whoop. I guess knitting really is taking over the world. mwah hahaha. If you haven't seen Ahab in action yet then you can watch it here.

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Better late than never...

2008-02-01T17:43:00.000Z

Here's the show reel that I put together at the end of the 3 month animation course in Bristol in December. It was a fantastic course and I learnt plenty of animation skills which I'll be putting to good use in my next knitimation!

And here's some of the other students work that are on youtube. Lots of variety!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=biuJotTBo9Y

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=X3xiWIfPmAs

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ_fRRDxWh8

Knitted animation gets serious

2007-11-25T15:17:00.000Z

I'm outsourcing my knitting to puppets now. They seem to be pretty good at it...

Learning to run

2007-11-01T21:00:00.000Z

This week I am mostly having difficulty learning to run and walk with 4 legs. But last week I think I did a reasonable job of walking with 2 legs, or at least an amusing job... See for yourself:

By the way, this is all because I'm at The Bristol School of Animation trying to improve my knitimation skillz before I use them to make a bid for world domination... or something like that.

Eyeball Workshops

2007-10-27T11:46:00.000+01:00

The Affordable Art Fair was last weekend and there was knitting and crochet mania. Eyeballs and blood went everywhere. It was all under the guise of workshops to coincide with National Knitting Week and create more gore for my Bear's cauldron in the sculpture 'A Job for a Bear'. Much fun was had by all and we converted many new people to the yarn arts. At the end of it all the bear was sold and has a lovely new home to continue working his cauldron magic in.

Here's a picture of my stand in the recent graduates section where you can see the crowds flocking around the knitted plinth to watch my animation 'I am Ahab'. The other is of me teaching a spot of knitting. And a big thank you goes to I Knit for providing yarn, knitting needles and crochet hooks to make the Horror Knitting workshops possible.

A Job for a Bear

2007-09-20T18:02:00.001+01:00

Here's a photo of my latest sculpture 'A Job for a Bear'. He's in charge of stirring the eyeball cauldron.

You'll be able to see him in real life at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park from Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st October.
He'll be alongside Monster Head and I am Ahab in the Recent Graduates section. If you're around come and stare into the eyes of gore!

Crocheted Plastic Bag Laptop Sleeve

2007-06-22T22:49:00.000+01:00

Check out this laptop case I crocheted from plastic bags. It's made from the best colour! And I'm recycling and saving the world and all that blah. If you'd like to make your own just leave a comment and I'll post a tutorial for you.

In related news here's a tutorial about how to make your own plastic bag yarn. It's easy and fun, hurrah! Also have a look at this round up of all the ways to turn your plastic bags into cool stuff on Treehugger.

Camberwell Degree Show - Last Day!

2007-06-22T22:01:00.000+01:00

My knitimation 'I Am Ahab' has been showing at my degree show all week to rave reviews... If you haven't been to see it yet then tomorrow (Sat 23rd) is your last chance to marvel at it in it's knitted plinth housing. Here are some photos of the crowds enjoying themselves if you can't make it. It's on the 4th floor (Sculpture dept.) at Camberwell College of Arts, Peckham Road. I'll be there in the afternoon invigilating/answering all your knitimation questions. See you there!

New Knitimation is finished!

2007-06-16T23:32:00.000+01:00

I've finished the video for 'I am Ahab' by Not-Too-Distant-Future. It's currently on display at my degree show at Camberwell College of Arts. You can go and see it in it's lovely knitted plinth from Tuesday 19th June to Saturday the 23rd. Or you can watch it now in all it's YouTube glory! Let me know what you think...

Cloud in a box

2007-06-04T15:21:00.000+01:00

I went to see the Anthony Gormley show Blind Light at The Hayward Gallery today. He made a cloud in a box! It was much fun and very spooky seeing people disappear right in front of you. I highly recommend visiting it before it closes on the 19th August and then you can take some spooky pictures like this one.

Knitted Animation Progress

2007-05-14T16:46:00.000+01:00

I Am Ahab is about a week away from completion and I know you're all waiting on tenterhooks for the big day... maybe. Anyway here's a sneaky shot of the whale to keep you going.