Twitter followers might have spotted me giving myself a high five over a new studio/shop space lease just signed recently, and since then, things have accelerated apace. I’m up to my ears in quotations, consultations and colour swatches, but having fun and working with some amazing people. So, I really don’t want to say too …
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Watch This Space
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Colours: cashmere, linen, cotton
Playing with colours in my studio today.
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Flower Fields
Maybe I shouldn’t point it out, as I don’t know if anyone’s actually noticed, but so far every single one of my fabrics so far has been printed in just a single colour. However, that’s all changed now, with my brand new design called Flower Fields. It’s got two (count them, TWO!) colours in each …
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Who needs Instagram? (I might)
I don’t own an iPhone, but access to Instagram is one reason I’d be tempted. The great appeal, I think, is that Instagram can make the lousiest photo look interesting, which really takes the pressure off when taking a pic. But honestly, I’ve a perfectly good high-end Blackberry (she states somewhat nervously), and I can’t …
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Escape
It was quite some time ago that I made a papercut called Escape, now silkscreened in silvery ink onto acid-free paper in an edition of 45.
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Stickers & buttons
It may be because I know that Medina is an abstract painter that I notice things in her studio in a certain light, or it could be that she has a particular way of putting things together because she’s an abstract painter, but whatever it is, I’m often arrested by the way the most ordinary …
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Cut out & iron on
Had heaps of fun over the weekend, playing with my roll of heat-adhesive vinyl that’s been lying around the studio for about 6 years. It’s really easy to use – just cut it out and iron it on (a lot). First I made the flower cushion on the left, then used the bits I’d cut …
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Pin it! (for real)
Yesterday I declared today would be Making Day, as I was fed up with sitting behind my computer all day, which I seem to do a lot now. Nonetheless, I found myself sitting at the computer this morning indulging my most favourite online addiction: Pinterest. In self defense, I grabbed a stack of cards and …
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Sorbet Eep!
I have four brand new sorbet-fresh colours of Eep!, now in my Etsy shop, and also in my online store in ZAR. Choose from blueberry, framboos, cocoa and lemon ice. Yummy! This fabric is also available in running metres. Once I’ve taken the shots, I’ll get it into my shop. So excited!
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