It’s so wierd how sometimes a design can be a bit of a sleeper. I did the Specimens cutout and screenprint ages ago, and it appeared to have run its course, as nobody seemed to be particularly interested in it any more, so I stopped punting it. Then, all of a sudden this week, everyone’s …
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Popular Specimens
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Leaves in full colour
You may recall that a little while ago I picked up some oak leaves in the Company’s Gardens on the way home and taped them to paper. This got pinned to my studio noticeboard for a bit, and then my knife and I had an idea for what we could do with it: Actually, I’m …
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Horoscopes of late
I’m still doing horoscope illustrations for Fair Lady magazine – I think it’s three or four years I’ve been doing them now – but haven’t shown many of them lately, so here’s a bit of a catch up with Gemini, Taurus and Cancer horos: They’re all made from sticky vinyl that I cut with my …
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Get ’em while it’s cold
Oak leaves: available for free from the Company’s Gardens, all winter long. Hurry, get yours now, before I pick them all up to tape on sheets of paper. I did it to make nice shapes from behind. It’s part of my job.
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Back to the source
Delighted to report that the Dala horse cake tin I nabbed in my inaugural IKEA visit has finally galloped its way to the intended destination in Joburg: arriving at the source of my love of all things Swedish, just in time for a birthday. So pleased it arrived safely, Monica, and happy birthday, Jörgen!
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Eepmail – first edition
I’m ridiculously over the moon with the new little rubber stamp I’m using for the mini envelopes and notecards I send off along with my Etsy orders: Hey, I’ve got an idea. Why not go buy something from my shop, then for no extra charge, I’ll write your name on the front, fill it up …
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Shh! IKEA’s reading my mind
Do I sound paranoid if I say that I think IKEA is intercepting my thoughts? Well, listen to this spooky tale, and decide for yourself: It starts when I took lots of photos of dandelions in Central Park one lovely Spring day. About a week later, I decided to put all this spare time of …
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Paper Pops at Poppytalk
As a result of being a Jury’s Choice in the Poppies Awards, I was lucky enough to be included in this month’s Poppytalk Handmade market, which is all about paper goods. I don’t usually sell paper things in my Etsy store, but as it happens, I do have something papery to sell: it’s the Cut …
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Been there, done that
People, I have finally been to my much-fetishized shopping destination: I have been to IKEA. I got there by walking through Red Hook, Brooklyn, which is the least gentrified area of NYC I’ve seen so far. Capetonians, at times it felt a bit like the back streets of Maitland, which is not an area I’d …
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