Last week whilst taking a tea break from making a book, I switched on the TV to see my work being displayed as part of a show about the Silhouette Cameo. I was very chuffed :) My Skyline Boxes were featured twice!
The Penguin Book of Ducks
A while ago I purchased some old natural history books on Ebay, including this stunning book of ducks. Whilst researching the illustrator of the book Peter Shepheard I discovered that he was an English architect who worked for the London County Council in the 1960’s. My house is an ex LCC building which I like…
Cellcutz – video paper designs
When I got my Silhouette Cameo electronic cutter in 2012 I bought quite a few svg files from other designers before starting to make my own. Some of these were stunning geometric designs which I repurposed for use in video work :) https://vimeo.com/61560947
The Northern Lights seen in the UK
Last night the Aurora Borealis gave a spectacular display over the UK due to solar winds from a coronal mass ejection reaching the UK. Unfortunately I was tucked up in bed sound a sleep whilst it happened but here is a lovely picture from the BBC Website. Nature is beautiful..
Nubian Treasure SVG Paper Cutting Template
The Nubian Treasure paper cutting template is now available in my store here I was inspired to create this svg paper cutting template after creating the artwork for a Kudu antelope vector file. I added a dimensional mask card with adinkra symbol motifs, which is ‘sculpted’ by gently folding along the perforated lines. I then…
Saturday Morning 22.2.2014
It was a delightful morning here in London so I decided to go shopping and pick up a package from the post office. I live in Bromley which is just at the edge of London and Kent, Bromley town centre has recently been revamped with a few new shops so I decided to check them…
Sneaky Peeky – Nubian Treasures
Here is a sneak peek at my latest SVG paper cutting template, the Nubian Treasures set It features the Kudu antelope design artwork, a dimensional mask card and little gift card pouch. This set will be available soon. Watch this space. :)
Watercolour leaves
I spent a windy and rainy London day snug in my ‘woman cave’ painting watercolour leaves The colours used were Permanent Rose, Rose Madder Hue and Purple Lake
leaf cuts with Dylusions
I made some leaf paper cutting templates and inked them with my new Dylusions sprays :) I found some leaves that had prominent veins, and created cutting files from them. I then inked them with crushed grape and cut grass dylusions spray inks as well as Inktense paint blocks.. then used them as stencils as…
Art Journal pages 25.1.2014
Some recently worked on pages from various art journals This was supposed to be an abstract tree form.. A mixed media art journal page dedicated to Karl Blossfeldt I practiced painting vines with gouache.
Phloem 