Crazy Stockings at House of Vans

Earlier this month Lilli and I ran a lino printing and stocking decoration workshop at HoV to spread a little creativity and Christmas cheer. We had been busy on the run up cutting away at Christmas themed lino designs that could be selected and arranged to make personalised stockings.

It was the first lino printing workshop either of us had even run and we're really pleased with its success. The day was really busy and when we realised at 5pm that we hadn't stopped for a lunch break we took it as a good sign because we'd been enjoying ourselves so much we hadn't realised sooner! The day was filled with lots of smiles, colour and pompoms, a great way to start our Christmas festivities! 

Christmas Printing

This year I've tried to make my Christmas cards and presents as personalised as possible by drawing, printing and making as much as I can. Although I can't share some of the presents yet as I don't want to spoil any surprises, I can share my cards and a table runner that I've printed for my aunt (I'm pretty sure she won't see this).

Christmas is getting closer...

So start getting ready by joining me and Lilli for a Christmas stocking lino printing and decorating workshop. We'll have lots of pre-cut lino designs to choose from as well as ribbons, pompoms and other accessories to personalise your stocking. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Back on it...

After taking a short break from printing I'm back on it and preparing for a Christmas workshop at House of Vans with the lovely Lilli Cowley-Wood. Here's a little preview...

Last print of the summer...

After a pretty productive summer with lots of printing, I've now completed my last print run and am ready to relax in France!
I have used a mixture of gold and bronze ink to add colour to the chicken and cup to give them an extra shine. Hope you like the print!

Deer Printing

Next on the list after printing my hedgehogs was printing up my deer. I had prepared my screens so this one would be a three colour print and have printed them in two different colourways so far but there will definitely be more to come!

Open Studio Printing

In September my mum, sister and I have decided to get involved with Crowborough Arts Open Studios and take the opportunity to exhibit and sell some of our work. I'm super excited to be doing something with these two lovelies...but it did pose a bit of a problem; I have nothing to sell!

Over the last few years, although I've built up a good body of drawing, I haven't actually printed anything other than commissions or my own family portraits and I certainly haven't had anything stocked up that could be sold. So with the summer holidays offering so much time, I thought I better get cracking!

Sam bought me a lovely new screen for my birthday this year so, along with my other screens in mind, I started planning out my designs to expose. A trip to Lovenskate (who were printing some awesome skateboards at the time by the way, make sure you take a look!) last Friday meant that I could prep my screens in time to start printing first thing Monday morning.

First up for printing was my hedgehog. Despite being a four colour print, it was nice and simple because the registration didn't have to be massively accurate. It was a good print to get started on and after testing out a few different colourways I got going on my prints.