Sussex Thatching

Recently I was asked to create a logo for a thatching business. Greg, an excellent thatcher from Sussex, initially approached me with some ideas about a logo being inspired by 1930s railway posters. I was super excited as I had never tried to work in this style. I love a challenge and a reason to try something different.

Straight away I started looking through posters for research, trying to soak up the style through the use of colour, tone and composition. Greg had some sketches of his own ideas already which gave me a good starting point and, since they involved the cliffs at Seven Sisters, they seemed perfect to translate into a 1930s landscape like the ones I had been looking at.

I quickly began working towards a logo, playing with colour and referring back to the posters; I particularly love their use of purples and pinks.

The finished logo shows the Seven Sisters cliffs in the distance with a thatched cottage (that I hope is up to Greg's standards) within a crest of wheat.

And then for the most exciting bit...Greg had the logo transferred onto his van...

So if you need a thatcher, you know where to ask.

This is what happens...

...when you leave a pineapple on a window ledge outside for a year and a half...

Teeny outfits...

...since everyone seems to be having babies, I printed these...

World Book Day

A rather delayed post as I was so busy it totally slipped my mind to blog about World Book Day!
Lil and I were invited to Ravensbourne College to run a screen printing activity for World Book Day. We created a design each for students to choose from and print onto a tote bag to take home.
We met so many lovely students who seemed really intrigued by the printing process and it was great seeing so many of them turn out brilliant prints.
Many thanks to Billie and Jessica for being wonderfully welcoming librarians and also wearing brilliant costumes! We had such a great night!

Cactus Prints

I've been making the most of the summer holiday by working on a new cactus lino print...and catching Pokemon of course.

Hen Do Printing

Here are some photos from the first hen do printing workshop I've ran. Each person had a piece of lino to cut their own design from and was provided with a selection of draw string and tote bags to print onto with a number of different coloured inks to choose from.

Wedding Invitations

When my wonderful friend, Beth, announced that she was getting married I instantly offered to print her wedding invitations for her. It was such a lovely opportunity to be able to use my skills to help her out and contribute towards what turned out to be a wonderful day.
We began discussing what her and her fiancee would like on their invites and decided to incorporate the flowers that would be in Beth's bouquet, fireworks (as they got engaged at Lewes bonfire night) and their pet rabbits.
I wanted to screen print the invites so that i could achieve a clean, clear finish with the fine lines in my illustrations. After agreeing on a design I prepared my screens for a two colour print and began printing.