More BCTF

Some of my prints and me on the stand.

BCTF 2011

The BCTF is over now, it was very tiring but fun. I met lots of lovely people, both buyers and exhibitors. I also had some really nice comments about my work, so thank you to everyone I met during the fair! Here are some photos of my stand.....

PROGRESS

Work for BCTF is coming along. Can't believe there's less than a week to go! There's still so much to do. I've been busy recently organizing my cushions and finding somewhere I could get them made. The lovely Gill Sinclair from Sinclairs in Edinburgh made my first batch of them to take to the fair with me and I'm really happy with the results. Thanks Gill!

Facebook

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Screen Printing Begins

I've finally been able to start screen printing my calico for my cushions, having been delayed by a water leak in my studio! The printing process at home in such a small space is stressful to say the least, but I think I'm getting the hang of it so the next batch will be better. I'm printing on calico with permaset aqua textile ink and the cushions are being stuffed and stitched together with various patterned backing fabrics.

Gift Tags

I've been making gift tags for the fair. These were made by combining 18th century illustrations by Thomas Bewick with modern graphic fonts. They have a to: and from: on the back as well. I'm really happy with them but don't know what to price them at. Is 50p too cheap or too expensive? I dunno!

New Logo

Organizing

I've been organizing some of the drawings I did to figure out layouts for my canvas bags. This is my homemade screen printing set up in my studio. Still waiting for my fabric inks to arrive! Then I'll get started printing.

New Cards

These are photos of two greeting cards I made recently. The top card is done with a custom rubber stamp of my wren drawing. I had the stamp made at english stamp company. The bottom card is my drawing of a scops owl, I also printed an address box on the front of the envelope.

A Few Favourite Things

1. Owl Cushion by Silver Minnow 2. Print Liberation book 3. Vintage Ceramic Containers, Etsy 4. Suede Boots, Topshop 5. Necklace by needsupply 6. Vintage Tin tray, Etsy