Fatima is an artist and writer/researcher. She studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines where she also taught industrial design, art history/theory and computer art (1996-2004). In 2004, she retired from teaching to become a full-time artist.
In 2004, Fatima was invited as artist-in-residence at Ecole Cantonale d’Art Du Valais in Sierre, Switzerland and at the Networking Initiatives for Culture and Arts in Yangon, Myanmar. She has been awarded grants to present her work and conduct workshops in Taiwan, Singapore, Myanmar, India, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
She has also written chapters for the following books: “PLACE: Local Knowledge and New Media Practice” published by Cambridge Scholars Press (2006); “Tanaw: Perspectives on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Painting Collection” by the Central Bank of the Philippines (2005); and “Read_Me 2004 Software Art and Cultures Conference”, Digital Aesthetics Research Centre, Aarhus University in Arhus, Denmark.
Fatima lives in the Philippines with her husband, British computer artist Trevor Batten.
You can contact Fatima thru this address:
Fatima Lasay
San Roque, Baclayon,
6301 Bohol
Philippines
Or thru email: fats@crochetology.net
hi there! I found your website through google! those dresses from old doily patterns are absolutely amazing. I’ve just learned to crochet myself and all i can do is baby mittens, and beanies and mini cp holders. I’ve been wanting to make a shrug/bolero but I don’t know where to start >.O. You inspire me to do so much more in crochet! thank you!
Thank you so much for this encouraging comment! I truly hope that you do so much more with your crochet and that you have lots of fun with it too!
Crochet is such a lovely craft. 
Hello! I just wanted to say that I really admire your blog. It is a wonderful reference, and so beautiful that you share your knowledge and skill so freely. I am inspired to try some ideas of my own (when I have a chunk of free time!!) thanks to your useful and clear guides. Many thanks!
Thank, Laura! Please visit again!
looking for jewlery patterns,found you. YOUR CROCHET ART IS BEYOND WORDS!!!!!!!! Magical, powerful,awe-inspiring.Like a rainbow, a sunset, a a sunrise, oceans and forests all mixed together…Look forward to learning from you. Thank you for sharing your talents mary from Alabama.
Thank you so much for this very encouraging note, Mary! I’ve just started re-organising the crochetology website and am in the process of adding many new (including free) patterns, many are jewelry patterns which I hope help inspire and generate many new ideas from crafters and artists everywhere! Cheers!
Hi, I just stumbled upon your website by accident while looking for patterns. I was immediately drawn to the beautiful piece at the top of each page of your website. Can you tell me what exactly it is? I really can’t tell if it is a necklace, cuff or hairpiece. And do you sell the pattern for it? Absolutely stunning! You won me over in the first glance and am looking forward to your next projects!
Thanks,
Gina K.
Thanks, Gina, for visiting! The banner photograph is detail of the choker shown in Natural Tendencies #5. It’s crocheted in natural colour cotton thread. Well, now that you mention it, if re-worked to become a bit wider, it can indeed be a hairpiece as well!
Thank you for sharing your artwork. I was excited to see one of your comments. When you were working on a top that you were not sure if you were going to continue to develop into a dress, you mentioned the reason was that you did not think you would enjoy working on the same motif over and over for the rest of the dress. I find this is a feeling I have often for my projects. I get easily bored by the monotony. My personality is the type that once I have mastered something (like a motif) I want to move on and try something else. Unfortunately I don’t get my projects done. You have inspired me by your site to not be ashamed of my creativity and desire to grow but to embrace it and share it. Thanks.
Hi Tanya, once or twice I did try to push my “impatience” aside and attempted to crochet the same motif/pattern over and over to cover a large surface (for a top, I think). The result was a disaster. I was frustrated, tired, and I didn’t finish the piece and worse I didn’t learn anything new.
Sometimes when we push ourselves to do something, we think we’re being “determined”, but more often, we’re just conforming.
The advantage of boredom is you keep looking for new things, learning new things. So even if we don’t finish a project, something new has been acquired.
I’m at the middle of the dress now and I’ve changed the shape of the lower part – a design decision coming out of boredom!