I've been busy...

So having this week off work has given me a motivational boost, I've been a good little housewife and have been working out and most importantly making stuff!

Most recently this beautiful new print.  I have been itching to do something typographical again for a while and my brother bought me a new 'Drawing type' book for christmas.  I don't remember where I found this quote but its by E.A. Bucchianeri and I really liked it... mystery is everything! 

Also exciting is that I decided to print it onto sections from some vintage maps I have collected over the years.  Not only because they are gorgeous to look at but it means that every single one of the prints is completely one of a kind and I really think it adds to the quote. 

I love it and hope you do too, here is the link to buy it :)

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New print....

So I've been trying to venture away from all black prints but it wasn't going so well, but after continuing my tattoo themed prints I decided to have a go at illustrating a sugar skull.  I have always loved them, and painted my face as one for many a halloween party but this was my first go at illustrating it.  I love the intricacy and tried to get as much in as I could without making it impossible to cut out of lino.  By layering a gold layer of ink underneath it not only added a bit of glitter and sparkle but added another dimension the print and brought out the details more.

This is one of my favourite things I've done for a while and it is a limited edition of only 10 so if you want to pick one up for yourself click here.

The Secrets out!

So I can finally unveil my sleeve design for secret 7.  Unfortunatly I couldn’t make it to the sale of the sleeves on saturday but I hear it was a great success.  The addition of a photo booth this year means that you can see who bought each sleeve on their Facebook page so I could have a nosey at who bought mine.  All the artists names are now up on the website alongside the artwork and a few pieces that didn’t sell on saturday are still available on ebay until sunday.  

I designed a sleeve for Elbows - Grounds for divorce taking elements of the lyrics and and transferring it into tattoo designs which I handout and printed using lino.  It’s not the sort of illustration I’ve done before but I really enjoyed researching tattoo designs and making something unlike anything I’ve done before! 

Mums the word

With mothers day soon approaching the thought of searching through shops to find a nice card isn’t my idea of fun.  So I decided to revert back to my childhood self and make my mum a card.  I’ve been looking at a lot of chalkboard drawings recently after discovering this amazing blog and artist and love the foliage motifs.   Using this as my starting point I drew up a simple border and added a big daisy at the top.  I kept the type relatively simple as the rest was very time-consuming and meticulous to cut out and I din’t want it to get too busy, and voila a handmade card.  

I have made a few of these and am making them available in my shop in the next couple of days when I get some envelopes, so why not send your mum something a bit more special this mothers day :) 



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P.s Let me know what you think of them!