I use my trusty NT cutter to cut these from adhesive vinyl, and then use lo-tack tape to stick them down on magnetic sheets that I also cut. For the Kinder Kunst show at What if the World I thought I’d be smart and get some of them cut at a vinyl cutting place, but …
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Fridge magnets
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Blue Birds
Cutout birds. Possibly to be a melamine tray too. Actually, this would be nice on a Tshirt. Hmmm.
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Two more from Saints
Two more pieces I made for the What if the World… Patron Saints project. The trees are wood grain vinyl stuck onto cut paper with a beautiful linen-like texture which somehow has a lovely retro vibe (paper vibes?). Unfortunately, I stuck the paper down with double sided tape and because it’s quite big, it’s starting …
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Rockster
For a while, I’ve been working at a range of designs that use San rock drawings as a starting point. Most of the time, these are used in a very kitsch way that attempts to preserve the feeling that the paintings are ancient artefacts. With my repeat designs, I’ve made patterns that are contemporary, using …
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Virgo
I’m thrilled to have been commissioned to do a year’s worth of horoscope illustrations for Fair Lady magazine. This is my first, for Virgo. The saucy neat freak is cut vinyl, and the rest is a mixture of scanned paper, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
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Drawing Room 3
Drawing Room 3 is the third in a series of highly successful exhibitions of a group of illustrators’ work. This year, we’re showing at the marvellous What if the World… gallery in Hope Street, Cape Town. Find out more by clicking here.
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DR3 detail
Detail of the Drawing Room 3 poster – probably the most complex cutout I’ve ever done!I was very relieved not to rip or bubble it when sticking the vinyl down.
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Berries
This is one of my larger vinyl cutouts. It was made to hang in Saints Bar in Bree Street, Cape Town and got sold in a recent auction!
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Bunny
Cutout vinyl bunny
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