Yearly Archives: 2008
29 posts in 2008
We Have a Winner!
Thank you to everyone who participated in my Favourite Shoes print giveaway – what a response! I had so much fun reading everyone’s shoe stories. Stories of love & loss…hope & regret…disappointment & serendipity… Read the full story…
Print Giveaway – Tell Me About Your Shoes!
I was so happy with the Favourite Shoes print that I made another edition in my favourite colour combo du jour – red & pale blue – & it’s now for sale in my Etsy shop. It’s difficult to decide which edition I like best, but I’m really in love with… Read the full story…
New Gocco Work
Here’s the new work I’ve just finished for the Gocco Exhibition at the Here Gallery in October. It’s all been bundled up & shipped off now. I made the Favourite Shoes print in an edition of 50 & it will be available in a boxed portfolio with prints… Read the full story…
Gocco Exhibition
Some of my work is going to be featured in this fabulous exhibition of Gocco artists, Even Dwarves Started Small, being held at the Here Gallery in the UK (& look, one of my pics is on the flyer!). It’s shaping up to be a great show… Read the full story…
I Haven’t Been Swindling Your Paper – Honest!
Can you believe it? It was in July that I started the Paper Chase! Some of you may have been wondering if I was ever going to make & send the promised collages, or that maybe I’d skipped town with all that paper. Well, fear not, I’m still here… Read the full story…
May I Rant About Digital Art Please?
I’ve started digitally “inking” the sketch from my last post in Illustrator & thought you might like to take a look at my progress. You can see from the scan of the original sketch (acting as template) that I’ve made a few adjustments… Read the full story…
Aaahhh…Fresh Sketchbook!
First page of new Moleskine…
Accidental Beauty & Organised Chaos
Maybe beauty is too grand a word for accidentally organised clutter, but even so, I thought these little dogs (picked up a few weeks ago from a flea market) I’d put to one side of the hellish mess I call my work table… Read the full story…
It’s All in the Details
I want to make the Paper Chase a little bit special, so I designed this stamp to print on the back of all the collages I make. I also uploaded a new batch of photos to the gallery – I’ve received 20 packages so far! I’m pretty busy… Read the full story…
Quick! Where are My Scissors & Glue?!
Trips to the post office are not normally this thrilling… The response to the Paper Chase has been huge – 19 parcels of paper so far, & more to come. Hooray! Here’s what I picked up this morning…it was like Christmas Day… Read the full story…
Still Chasing Paper…
I am absolutely floored by the response I’ve had to The Paper Chase. I’ve already received 6 packages – 5 of them arriving super-fast from the US. This project means so much to me, not just because I love paper… Read the full story…
Who Knew Paper Could Be This Exciting?
Well, actually, I knew…& I’m not the only one out there with a serious paper fetish. I’ve kind of lost count, but we’re up to over 50 participants in The Paper Chase now (from 7 different countries), with over 10 people already… Read the full story…
Paper Chase Continued…
Wow!!! The Paper Chase Project has exceeded my wildest expectations – not that I actually had any expectations really, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. So far, I have 44 people (from 5 different countries)… Read the full story…
The Great Paper Chase
I’ve been busying myself making new small-format originals for a mega-update of my Etsy shop & thought I’d list the first four pieces yesterday & then post about them here in my blog this morning – & guess what? Read the full story…
More Bits of Dusty Ol’ Paper
Look at all the paper goodies my friend Mark bought back from a secondhand market for me! I can’t wait to draw & paint on it & snip it all up & make collages. Is it weird to get so excited about bits of old paper? In other news… Read the full story…
Rummaging Pays Off Yet Again!
Well, I set my alarm for an indecently early hour on Saturday morning (& promptly snoozed through it) because it was the opening day of an annual secondhand book sale, held every June long weekend, that I never miss… Read the full story…
My Passionate Love Affair…
…with paper continues… I’ve just given myself blisters from cutting hundreds of little paper shapes for a new collage I’m making. Someone needs to invent scissors with fur-lined handles. Fake fur of course… Read the full story…
Sneak Peak
Here’s a little preview of two new Gocco print designs I’m working on. Both involve quite a bit of colour & detail, using four screens each, so I’m having lots of fun (make that headaches) working out the colour separations.. Read the full story…
Brimful of Interest, Excitement & Skill
Look at this great board game my friend Mark brought home for me from a secondhand market a few weeks ago. You’re all invited to come around to my place on a rainy Sunday afternoon & we can sit on the floor & play Fairyland… Read the full story…
And the Winner Is…
Hooray! Time to announce the winners of my Super-Duper Mega April Giveaway! I’ve drawn the names from my Mailing List for the 4 prizes, but 1 of the people hasn’t replied – eek! Shows how important it is to keep your mailing list… Read the full story…