Do you recognise these faces? They are stamp portraits I have carved of Emily Orpins beloved Doxies Ferdi and Elfi - regular guest on her sweet Instagram feed and wonderful blog "G...
Ive captured more pics this last year than any other time of my life thanks to my iPhone and a very supportive and encouraging community on Instagram. When someone started a tag for #9ofpride this we...
Onto my second entry for my Little Homes Drawings. This one is based on a photo I took of a lovely little weatherboard house in Freshwater (Harbord) in Sydney. Following a suggestion from an Instagra...
Common for me to make myself something to look at - very uncommon to make something for me to wear. But this is the result of my first play with polymer for many years. These chunky disks remind me o...
Silver seemed to have such good prospects as an easy colour theme for the month of April. I had lots of things all in a bowl by the start of the month ready for the challenge.&nb...
Ive been playing on Instagram for over a year now (lets ignore how many hours!) and during this time I have created a theme of Little Homes for some of my photographs. Lots of wonderful ins...
Screen printing is something I vaguely remember undertaking at secondary school, but that was some time ago. So today Tanya (of The Secret Closet) and I ventured to Marrickville, Sydney to attend a t...
I sometimes dream about planning things beautifully and executing creative projects in a timely unrushed manner...and then life happens. It feels like the opportunity to do something creative an...
Its complete and viewable on Flickr here! Completed for the Sketchbook Project 2012, The Journey of Henry is a collection of sketches and hand carved stamp prints about the migration of a Short-taile...
Short-tailed Shearwaters pass close to Japan on their north bound migration from Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. Ill add a large bird stamp to this picture when I print onto fabric for the finish...
Another stamp! Love that this project is motivating me into creating more. (thanks to Raewyn for encouraging me to make another Turtle stamp).
Only 1 more week to go until the Sketchbook Project 2012 deadline! This is a stamp Ive carved of a tall ship - Ill add print Short tailed Shearwaters into the pic from stamps I made earlier in the ye...
I think I bumped into the Redbubble.com site some time back when preparing for the sketchbook project. Amongst other things the site features a community space for artists to share their work. Only r...
Short tailed Shearwaters feast on juvenile arrowhead squid during their migration.
Another work in progress for my sketchbook project. This time an Alaskan Island for the mutton birds to fly past. Amazingly the birds do not rest on land for the many months of their migration.
Laziness disguised as keeping it simple!
My favorite type of seahorse.
This ones still a bit of a work in progress I think. Finding away to eloquently tie all this together in one sketchbook will be a challenge!
Away on holidays but finally working on my Sketchbook Project again. Heres a whale I drew and painted using watercolour pencils and pen. I am using my phone to post to blogger so please excuse simple...
Thanks to the kind senders of two lovely crafted cards, (bloggers Jess from Brown Paper Bunny and Jeannine of Saylor Made) I have been mot ivated to make two st...
Congratulations to Laura of Creativity Unmasked! Nicole of LittleWrapBag will be sending an iPad Cover and Chica Purse in your chosen fabrics to you next week. I hope you enjoy using them!
I have long admired the carving of Kozue - she creates wonderful portraits of both people and pets. Kozue has a remarkable ability to capture both so well in a stamp. Like any portrait, I feel the ar...
My sister Nicole has recently launched a new range of iPad Covers for her Little Wrap Bag brand. Designed here in Australia they come in 4 fabrics unique to Little Wrap Bag. The iPad2 cover (al...
We have finally settled into our new home and I have fallen head over heals in love with the area. We are close to Manly Beach. So close I can get up at 6am and walk there to take photos and sti...
Ive been drawing on things in the kitchen again! Find out more about my Mixed Tape Mug over at the Creative Collective Blog for my final post of the September "For the Boys" project. Hav...
Today I received some more fabulous Art Mail from Jessica Gowling of the wonderful Etsy shop and blog Natures My Friend. Jessica has recently revisited linocutting as a way to represent her love...
This week was my first venture into printmaking with car shapes. I love the older car designs so chose to carve a VW Beetle (or bug) and a Mini Minor. I then also played with some ideas as to h...
I do have two boy themed stamps to show you later in the week but in the meantime I thought Id share with you some pics Ive been creating from my Grandmothers sewing tin contents. De...
Lots of card making goes on in this household. Mostly by my kids. I think my daughter has made nearly one every day this week for Fathers Day. Heres one I made for hubby to be given on Sunday.&n...
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