This was my first project at uni. Everyone was given colour to research, to be inspired by and to create a piece capturing the essence of. Mine was scarlet and I went down a little red riding hood avenue. I'm getting very into the darker side of fairytales and their prevalence in our culture. This bit in the Guardian about fairytales is definitely worth a read.
Anyway, ironically for a project about scarlet I draw it all in black and white. I carefully cut red riding hood out so that last red page would show through all the way to the first.
Camden Passage, not to be confused with Camden Lock, is an antiques village in Islington. My Granny remembers when it was full of antique silver and jewellery, but now there's more trinkets and vintage clothes. Still fun. I made this book of all the little things I liked. Painted with coffee of course.
I will be the first to say that the scans and photos are bad.
It all started with a visit to a shop called bygones and curious which is full of beautiful old things. I did some drawings and decided to make them into a repetative pattern and it was actually really fun. The original drawings are done in ink and then repeated on photoshop.
The fabulous children's magazine Anorak is holding a competotion to design the winter cover and this is what I came up with. Rather cool - my old tutor and mentor Simon Wild is a regular contributer.
I know I have been awful about updating, and it not because I've had a creative slump or gotten lazy (kind of the opposite), I just haven't had the internet for quite a while. I thought I'd start my resumed blogging with some good news. A few months ago Millie Boyd contacted me about one of my Christmas card designs and it was shown to Woodmansterne in a meeting. I didn't want to say anything in case I didn't get it, and for a long time I didn't hear anything and then last week I got the email saying they wanted to buy my design. My drawing will on Christmas cards sold in shops everywhere in 2010. :)
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I went to Paris with three amazing friends for the first time last week and I loved every second of it. I found it an incredibly inspiring place (the architecture, the carousels, the pastries!) and was constantly sketching during my brief three day visit. Naturally I couldn’t wait to get drawing when I got back and made Paris my fourth summer project.
This book is supposed to be a wander though my mind, so I hope you enjoy it. Images are best viewed large. This is my third summer project.
Negative thoughts are like moths. You need to catch them before they start to do damage. Something I'm getting better at.
Last night I was very pleasantly surprised by the results googling my name produces.
Creature Comforts loved my coffee face piece. So did Coffee Dreams and Crafty Things, Around Applegate and Just a Thought.
Blog Arte and The Jaunty Magpie like what I do too, apparently.
It is such an honour to be featured on such lovely blogs (they are all really nice blogs, definitely worth checking out).
Dress hand made from scratch from some fabric I got from a car boot sale for 30p. The full skirt is perfect for Marilyn moments.
