New screen, new prints!

Recently I invested in a nice new little screen along with some hinged screen clamps. My new screen has a much finer mesh than my others so I can get so much more detail in my prints and the clamps make printing at home SO much easier!
First on my printing list are some wedding invites that I've designed a small emblem for. They're looking lovely printed up on some china white card in what is apparently 'hookers' green!

Better late than never!

Recently I've been working on my portfolio and trying to show a good spread of skills so I figured it was about time I learn to use Illustrator properly. I thought I best start out by familiarising myself with the basics. Here's a quick peek at a work in progress...

That's right, moles like ice cream too!

Just a little illustration I did last night...

Christmas wrapping paper!

This evening I decided to make use of the packaging paper that came with my recent online Christmas orders as well as the alphabet stamps I made years ago, in particular the 'v' and 'o'. I've been busy printing some wrapping paper...

Drawstring bags

Since losing my little studio space I haven't done much screen printing at all but hopefully that is going to change! This evening I did some screen printing at home and managed to keep our furniture ink free! I've been busy printing some little drawstring bags which are looking pretty cute. It's good to know I can print from home so I can make a resolution for the new year to be a more productive printer!

Latest commission...

I was recently asked if I could do an illustration inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It was really nice to do because the brief was very loose and, as long as the illustration included Alice, I could take any aspects of the book I fancied! Here's the finished piece...

New York

So it's been a little while since I got back from New York. Things were a bit hectic at work trying to catch up with everything so I didn't have much of a chance to just sit down, catch my breath back and write a post.

New York was incredible, the view from the Empire State Building, seeing the skyline at night, dog spotting in Central Park, in fact I want to go back again already!

I got to see some awesome classic paintings that blow you away when you see them for real. Colours vary so much from print to print that you never really know the real colours of a painting until you actually see the real deal, it can make such a difference!

Here are a few of my MOMA sketches...

While we were there we also visited The Sketchbook Project. It's the genius idea of having a library of sketchbooks and the best bit is ANYONE can take part. You buy your sketchbook which comes with it's own barcode, fill it up, post it back and it becomes part of the library. I can't wait to get cracking on mine!