The larger screen wasn’t perfect either by any stretch. Instead of chunks washing off, I struggled to get rid of the weird pebble dash thing happening across some of the motifs. Read more…
#Print52 Week 2: Dip Pen Squares
Got ink all over the place (again) before even hitting the fabric. solution: swapped spatula for spoon to be able to place my ink neatly onto screen. Yes, you’d think I am old enough to be able to handle a spatula…
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Introducing #Print52
#Print52 – My hope is to print something (probably a tea towel) every week of 2016. Why? Well, I discovered during 2015 that a) if I don’t have a long haul creative project I flounder…badly. Read more…
Weekly Wrap Up – Boids!
I know I don’t spend as much time as I should practising that side of my projects, but it really shouldn’t be this hard! Too much ink, not enough ink, too much pressure, not enough, forgot the first layer…Boids!
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Weekly Wrap – Pomme de Pins
Pink & Grey, you gotta love the ’80s parrot! So what did they leave me? A bunch of pine kernels. I know, not what you usually associate with treasure, but these kernels were fresh, soft and have amazing detail. Read more…
Draw.Stamp.Print. Squirrel Nutkins
Love Christmas? So do I. What better way to add festiveness and broaden my surface design knowledge than by making little DAS clay Squirrels. Read more…
Draw.Stamp.Print. Doodle Tweet!
I have made a good start. Sketches were made, I tinkered about in Illustrator AND I carved a snow gums branches and Doodle Tweet! (bird) stamp. Read more…
Draw.Stamp.Print. Paws
‘Pause for Paws’ the Grizzly Bear Paw stamps: No idea why it was important for me to make them on Monday (it was top of my to-do list and had exclamation marks next to it), but it was, so I made two. Read more…
Draw.Stamp.Print – Oh Canada
My blog writing mojo is still on the brink, as is my ability to organise myself. So here’s a quick overview of a recent project. Read more…
Draw.Stamp.Print. – Reed & Grebe
Some of the blog posts will be smugly jubilant, others not so much. It all comes down to how many coffees I have had during the carving part, and luck. Read more…