Early tomorrow morning we leave for a short holiday in the steamy greenness of the KwaZulu Natal countryside. I hope you have a happy Christmas and holiday. Thanks for reading my blog this year – it’s been a lot of fun for me. See you in the new year!
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Over and out
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Green bird of bliss
For my birthday, my brother and sister-in-law gave me a voucher for a massage at the Thai spa up the road from me. I redeemed the voucher on Tuesday, and afterwards went to my studio and cut a magnet that seemed to express my post-massage bliss. Ahh…
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And in the studio today…
Next year I want to spend more time making things. My head’s bursting with ideas and I just can’t wait to get back into my studio and start cut-cut-cutting! So, to firm up my new year’s resolution to Spend More Time At The Studio, here are some studio shots: It’s a beautiful space we have …
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Christmas!
I’ve been dreadfully lazy about Christmas this year – everyone’s just getting teatowels and trays (shh, don’t tell my family!) – and so I haven’t really got into the spirit yet. But now I’m finally getting cracking – my collection of toilet roll inners for homemade Christmas crackers is growing, and I’m saying “after you” …
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Monkeys
Monkeys! Love ’em.I think next year I’ll print this up and make little purses with it. Maybe a bag would be nice too.
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Day job
In my profile I list myself as an illustrator, designer and writer, but all I’ve shown here have been my illustrations and designs, so here’s a bit about my writing. I work every morning at a company called Strika Entertainment. Strika produces comics that get distributed all over Africa, in Colombia, Pakistan, and in Norway …
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How To Blow Your Christmas Bonus
My work’s been given some really great publicity during 2006, with features in the Design Indaba mag, Jesse and me in House and Leisure, the Plascon colours mag, and some really nice photos in Art SA, but an article in the Financial Mail was so unexpected – it really tickled me! In the lifestyle section, …
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Horoscope Tshirt
Check it out! Fairlady magazine has made T-shirts with my star sign illustrations (see looong post two postings back). You can pick your own sign and get a Tshirt made up!Cheap cheap! Going fast! Don’t miss out.PS: I should just add that FairLady specifies that this offer is only available for South African readers. Should …
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Magnet mania
Here’s another fridge magnet, cut with my NT cutter from a magnetic sheet. This took a while to make, cos it’s quite big. It feels delicate when you hold it, but I think it’s fairly tough. After making this one, I cut off a lot of the leaves in an attempt to have a minimum …
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