I’ve recently discovered the work of artist Diana Beltran Herrera. She makes exquisite bird sculptures out of paper. Originally from Colombia this very talented 25 year old is currently studying for an MA in Bristol, UK. Be sure to check out some of her more abstract sculptural work, an example of which is linked below….
Messing about on the water :)
We spent a delightful weekend on a friends canal boat moored in West London. It was lovely waking up to the sounds of Moorhen chicks chirping around the boat, watching Dragonflies darting above the water, watching bats at dusk, being visited by a Cormorant and generally feeling all ‘wind in the willows’ :) Here is…
Sarturday Morning Mini-Album
Hello folks, I hope you are all having a great weekend so far. I spent the morning finishing a mini-album for my niece. Its the first I’ve ever made!! :) I used the hidden hinge binding system by Kathy Orta which creates a neat book with plenty of space in between the pages for photos,…
Sunday afternoon at the V and A
On Sunday I spent a lovely afternoon at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to be going to see the Beatrix Potter exhibit on the 5th floor but got sidetracked by the wrought iron, metalwork and recently opened ceramics galleries :) We also had an amazing meal in the beautiful cafe…
Silhouette Sketch pens
I’ve been playing with sketch pens on my electronic cutter the Silhouette Cameo. I replaced the blade with a pen then converted some cut files to sketch designs in the Studio software then sketched onto watercolour paper before painting them with my new Gouache paints… I luv gouache!! :) I’m looking forward to the weekend…
Funky 3D Boombastic Box SVG
Hi, I just thought I’d make a quick blog post about my new Funky 3D Boombastic Box. It was inspired by memories of playground break-dancing and body-popping with electro and old skool hip hop mix tapes :) and features a working cassette tray, mini cassette tape and realistic graphic equalizer sliders :) The SVG files…
Skyline Boxes
I wanted to make an urban city inspired box that could easily sit on a table, desk or shelf. I was inspired by the architectural skylines of some of the cities I know well. So came up with these stylish skyline boxes They have a box section at the back that can be filled with…
Recent Sketches..
I started painting and drawing for the first time last year and its been a great journey so far. I’ve mainly been using watercolour and inks but more recently I’ve discovered the joy of graphite pencils. Oh yes, and different types of paper for painting on, my most recent discovery is Glassine paper, I just…
Newsreel mini-album and Twilight Science
Some of you may know that I work in footage archives as my day job, and as a little treat I decided to make a mini album dedicated to archive footage newsreels. It was sort of inspired by the purchase of some absolutely gorgeous patterned paper by First Edition called Noir et Chic. I used…
Dimensional Dressforms SVG
I’ve finally finished my Dimensional Dressforms I thought I’d take the popular dressform motif and give it a 3D dimensional twist with added optional clothing. Its available at my Etsy shop here http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JoanneSeale In other news I’m off to the Twilight Science event tonight at the Royal Society, it should be fun with lots of…
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