Studio show Next weekend, I’ll be selling my wares with ceramist Tessa Gawith in her Muizenberg studio in on Saturday between 10am and 4pm. I’d better get cracking – lots to organise!
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Wood Belt
While we’re on the subject…Talking of pretty belts, I’ll be picking up this beautiful buckle from the post office later today. I got it from the very sweet people at Star of the Sea Supplies in Turkey. Isn’t the Internet fantastic? PS: The belt in Thursday’s post was made by the brilliant Chloe Townsend of …
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How not to do it
How not to do itYouthful illustrators, a word of advice: When you have a deadline with a brand new client you really want to impress, don’t muck around pointing your camera at your tummy while you attempt to photograph all the nice textures of your pants, belt and tshirt. It’s a waste of time. And …
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Glimpse
GlimpseA few weeks ago, I made this large cutout, after my friend Candice asked me to make something for a large wall in her dining room. Candice and I were at school together, and met up again, almost 20 years later, after she bought a cushion from my Etsy shop. Isn’t that odd?
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Trendjie update
Trendjie updateJust to let you know, I got such great feedback on the little house trendjie I did at the Elle Deco SA blog, that I’ve posted a little trendjie update. (Thanks, Angela Liguori for sending the Julia Rothman print!).
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Kindnesses
KindnessesAfter my somewhat desperate post yesterday, everyone’s been so nice to me – including myself! Check out all the nice things that happened yesterday and today: I was given the day off from my scriptwriting at Strika yesterday, and caught up with heaps of things; Mid-errand yesterday afternoon, I turned myself around and went back …
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Swamped
SwampedPaul and I found these at Milnerton Market years ago. There was a whole box of them (at R2.00 each), and judging from the writing on the back, they are sample cafe chair weaves from France. Now they hang on the lounge wall, and when I lie on the sofa I like to look at …
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Kittyblog? Never!
Kittyblog? Absoluutly not!Ooh, look! My beautiful new cushions from Absoluut have arrived. What? Did someone suggest I’m just using cushions as an excuse to post lots and lots of pictures of our beautiful little Monkey making lurve to the camera? Who, moi?
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Horoscope illustrations
October illustrationsI’m way behind on showing my FairLady illustrations here. These are from the October issue (and the December issue is already on the shelves!). Anyway, better late than never. First up was the Libra horoscope, and this is how it looked on the pages. Tech info: pencil drawing on rough paper, scanned, with colour …
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