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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Day job
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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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New leaf
Today, I’m turning over a new leaf. In honour of this, here’s lots of leaves on one of the teatowel designs that didn’t make it to the Somerset Studio show (MORE red and white? sheesh). The new leaf? I’ll be adding new favourite links to the sidebar (really easy in betablogger), and also will be …
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Niecie Darlin’
My big brother’s little girl showing she’s at the cutting edge of toddler fashion, wearing the latest Skinny la Minx designs hot off the press. What a darlin’.
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Weekend not for the faint-hearted
As promised, an update on the crazee weekend: Thursday dawned with the arrival of painters to finally finish off our renovations (started in June). Great to have the painters, but the timing could have been better. Our lives were in chaos and having this reflected in our apartment was a little too much! Paul also …
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Reportback – not quite
Keeraaazzeeee weekend, and I have the pics to prove it, but my camera battery went flat before I could download. Tomorrow I’ll show the evidence. But, as this blog intends to provide eye candy to those who care, here are pics of what should have been trays if my supplier hadn’t gone red and white …
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Bizzy bizzy
Oy, what a weekend. Loads of fun, with visiting mandolin player, Chris Clarke delighting us with his traditional American and bluegrass music on Friday (thanks for organising, Brendon!), a 40th birthday party on Saturday, a baby shower on Sunday… … and then it suddenly occurred to me, in a brief moment of clarity in my …
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Somerset Studio Show
Capetonians alert! Next Friday, 23 November, is the start of the annual Somerset Studio exhibition, which runs until 25 November. The show is hosted by Carine Terreblanche and Heidi Hesseling in their jewellery workshop and showroom at 67 Somerset Road – that’s one of those beautiful big Victorian houses just opposite the Traffic Department in …
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