The Powertex UK Mixed Media Magazine
Free Mixed Media Magazine showcasing the work of the Powertex UK design team.
By Donna Mcghie My prompt for this month’s Powertex article was A Winter's Tale. The festive season is fast approaching and my mind wandered back to those seemingly halcyon days of Christmas’ past. I just love the retro look of these Christmas Rice Papers Obviously memory plays tricks on us all, but for me, nothing … Continue reading A Winter’s Tale – Nostalgic Powertex
This article is about how my favourite artist influences what I create with Powertex. Gosh, making this choice was as tricky as choosing a design from one of my fellow Powertex design team members. The main three artists I whittled it down to were Vincent Van Gogh, Lucian Freud and Frida Kahlo. Swirly patterns reminiscent … Continue reading Van Gogh Inspired Powertex
Designed by Donna Mcghie Step by step guide to creating a Powertex Dream Catcher The story behind my Powertex dreamcatcher. I will always have a bit of a soft spot for dream catchers. When my daughter was young she suffered awfully from night terrors. We tried many techniques to get her to have a peaceful … Continue reading Powertex Dreamcatcher
Designer - Donna Mcghie For this month’s articles the Powertex Design Team were asked to look back over the archives and put our own spin on a previous creation by one of our colleagues. What an inspiration it was going back over past Powertex sculptures and creations. I was spoilt for choice. However, the one … Continue reading Powertex Ghoul Shoulder Accessory
Unique Powertex giraffe garden feature Designer - Donna Mcghie For this article I was asked to create a 3D animal using Powertex and recycled materials. As anyone who is familiar with Powertex will know, the possibilities for this are endless. My brain was buzzing with ideas. However, it was when I was sorting out stuff … Continue reading Powertex Giraffe
Designed by - Donna Mcghie Seascape tag Tags are really popular in the crafting world at the moment. For my stormy sea tag, I'm using the A5 tag from Powertex UK. They are great quality to work with, whatever your style of crafting. Don't you just love the fact that we all have our own … Continue reading Stormy Sea Tag with Powertex
Northern Lights using Powertex Designer: Donna Mcghie In this article I will show you how to recreate my interpretation of the Northern Lights using Powertex. The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis have always fascinated me. Like the ocean which was the inspiration for my last blog, they have that ethereal, slightly unworldly quality. They are … Continue reading The Northern Lights in Powertex
By Donna Mcghie What lies under the sea can be both beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. I decided to make my own homage to the 1970’s film Jaws for my first underwater sculpture for this article. Thanks to this film I always feel a primeval sense of unease when swimming in deep water, and … Continue reading Under The Sea Powertex Sculptures
Van Gogh Inspired Powertex Bottle by Donna Mcghie I was inspired by my favourite artist Vincent Van Gogh For this month’s Powertex step by step article I was asked to use fairy lights to create a lighting feature. So it just had to be a powertex fairy lights bottle! The thought that immediately sprang into … Continue reading Powertex Fairy Lights Bottle
Designer: Donna Mcghie How to paint beautiful roses with blended pastel colours using Powertex Painted Powertex Roses on Canvas One of my favourite photos is of my daughter, face painted as a fairy and for this article I decided to incorporate this into a Powertex roses on canvas painting. (I do tend to use family … Continue reading Powertex Roses on Canvas
