If you read my Best Things post from last week, you’ll see that I’m pretty colour crazed at the moment, probably because I’ve been working pretty non-stop on the Skinny laMinx Colour Book, which I’m looking forward to revealing, along with our new fabric collection at the end of the month. On Making Friday last week, I …
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Making Friday: Book Rainbow!
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Making Friday – Block Printing
While teaching block printing on the Ritchie Ace Camp last year (and again in October this year), I’ve been using carved lino blocks, but I did bring back some super-simple wooden blocks from Jaipur to play with too. Whether printing with lino or with wood blocks (or designing prints to be produced on scarves) the thing I’ve …
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Making Friday 17 April
Every now and again, I attempt to be a good aunt, and Making Friday is a great way to connect with my multitude of nieces. Izzy and I had some great studio time last year, and as my middle brother has been out from Aussie with his rarely-seen daughters, this Making Friday past was the perfect time. And of …
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Making Friday: Waiting for inspiration
You may remember that a few weeks ago, I wrote this post about making designs with the offcuts of a papercut I was doing (with free downloadable wallpapers included). I thought you might like to see the finished papercut, still generating interesting side-effects with its shadow: If you’re wishing you were also having a Making Friday, but …
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Mid-March Making Friday
After last week’s great reception to my post explaining Making Friday, I’m under pressure to follow up, aren’t I? Well, here goes, with a post about using the side effects of the thing you’re making (just for fun) to make something else just for fun. More fun? I’m in. So, just as I didn’t throw …
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Making Friday – what it’s all about
Anyone else running a business based upon the results of their creativity will be able to relate when I say that I’m always trying find time to spend in the studio, doing the creative work, but there’s always so much other work to do, and long spans of time are pretty rare. I’ve written a fair …
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Making Friday: 6 Feb 2015
I had red and blue fingers by the end of Making Friday, after spending most of the day trying out the same print in different layouts and combinations, in a very small range of variables, namely: red or blue / right side or upside down / different kinds of spacing. I enjoy this rather repetitive patternmaking exercise …
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Making Friday – The Multipede
I’m still potting away on a Monday morning, and really enjoying it, making the oddest little pots. Out of the kiln most recently: The Multipede!
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Shaggy dogs
While on Noordhoek Beach these holidays (see previous post), we spotted a really funny looking shaggy black dog, with crazy wild hair – some of it tied up with a scrunchie – and giant floormop feet. The owner told us he was an Afghan Hound with rather poor grooming habits. I tried drawing him the …
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