Paper tigers, dragons, etc…Vida e Caffe coffee shops have an free instore magazine called Obrigado, and for their New Year’s issue, I was commissioned to do paper cutouts for all the Chinese Horoscope animals. What a cool job!A super-quick deadline meant I didn’t have time to take my own pics of the final work, so …
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Paper tigers etc…
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(ku)nihito
(ku)nihitoI took this pic at my studio, inspired by this which I saw amongst the beautiful photos in (ku)nihito’s Flickr photostream. Hers is so much better than mine, but I enjoyed my attempt to emulate. It’s a good way to learn. (via 2 or 3 things.)
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Atomic
Atomic Christmas Other than sipping bubbly around a pool and jumping on a trampoline with exciteable nieces, I’ve spent my Christmas break looking for fabric inspiration so I can get around to recovering our Ercol daybed. I found a couple of cute things at Atomic Textiles. PS: Update from Lara, who tells me that the …
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Night Market 1
HandMade Now!When we do markets together, Jesse and I work as the Hand Made Now! team. Here’s our stall at Friday’s Night Market at the Old Biscuit Mill. Jesse’s beasties got their own little cave… … and we sold teatowels and wallets and beasties and badges like crazy, especially after the first few pints of …
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Night Market 2
More about the marketUsually, the Neighbourgoods Market has a strong food bent, but the Night Markets showcased more design, and here’s what caught my eye at this Friday’s night market. REBOUND BOOKSLovely stand of notebooks from Rebound Books. Check out their website for more. SENYOLSenyol’s work impressed me so much, I spent money I really …
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ReboundThose clever kids at local outfit, Rebound Books , have come up with such a brilliant idea. They remove the guts of old hardcovers and fill them with creamy blank pages, transforming old, neglected books into beautiful notebooks. Apart from Peacock Pie, these are my favourite Rebound Books : You can buy them online, but …
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Night market
Night Market tonightCapetonians, come to the night market at the Old Biscuitmill in Woodstock tonight! It’s going to be fun, with live music, beer, and nice things. Jesse and I will be selling some of the nice things. See you later!
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Inside the envelope
Inside the envelopeI have a drawerful of envelopes at home, saved for their beautiful patterns inside, so I like this site full of security envelope patterns. Here are a couple of favourites.
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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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