— influences, inspirations, illustrations, design, crafts, writing, music.
I have been very busy drawing and designing Valentines images but took a break because today I got a new camera!
A spooky, melancholy Sefton Park photographed today…
I have finally set up an Etsy shop and have been busy computering away when really I just want to draw!
But here are the first fruits of my labour, postcard packs on sale! A Halloween themed set of 5 and a Roald Dahl quotation 5 card set. I can’t resist the postcard, collecting, framing and sending, and it was such a thrill when my very own illustrated cards arrived.
A new tote bag I’ve been working on, I love the old black and white horrors, especially Elsa Lanchester as the bride of Frankie (but Elsa he just wants a friend!) This was a sketch I did then machine embroidered onto fabric. Lots more to come!
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This was a David Bowie sketch I did made into a tote bag, it sure was good free machine embroidery practice! I’ve got loads of ideas for bags and shall keep you posted.
I am fast becoming obsessed with ‘Grey Gardens’ a 1975 documentary by the Maysles brothers. The all singing, all dancing Little Edie Beale Bouvier is astounding, hilarious, tragic, eccentric, sad, this is the best docu I have seen in years and has to be the most quotable ever.
“This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt, I think. Then you have the pants under the skirt and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants underneath the skirt. And you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape. So I think this is the best costume for today.” – Little Edie
Just writing about it makes me want to watch it again…
A few sewing projects I have been working on, I have sew many ideas of what I could be making it’s difficult to stay on one project! Expect a lot more craftiness in the coming months with some for sale!
A selection of cheeky easter bunny girl drawings, collaged together and coloured in illustrator. The quote is “I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg” (James Barrie)
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