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Tag Archives: collage
christmas 2019
season’s greetings! we’re well into the festive season now, and recently i produced two drawings that i initially worked up as digital pieces – the first was of a partridge, the second a stag. now – in all honesty – … Continue reading
Posted in finished artwork
Tagged animals, art, artist, christmas, collage, deer, digital illustration, handmade, illustration, made by hand, partridge, reindeer, stag
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peacock
a few months ago i developed a series of works based on peacocks. i’d been wanting to develop this work for a while and produced outcomes that included drawing, digital collage and traditional collage. The first piece I worked on … Continue reading
Posted in finished artwork, handmade
Tagged art, art and design, birds, collage, design, digital illustration, handmade, illustration, made by hand, nature, peacock
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christmas 2018
is it really nearly christmas again!? apparently so, and i’ve produced another series of designs for cards and prints for this festive season. there are three different designs and they follow in the same vein as the designs i produced … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cards, christmas, christmas card, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, fox, handmade, illustration, owl, sloth
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christmas 2017
merry christmas. i thought i should post my designs for christmas this year. i produced four different animal illustrations – a penguin, a flamingo, a llama and a rabbit – each wearing a scarf or hat to keep them warm … Continue reading
Posted in finished artwork, handmade
Tagged art, bagdes, bunny, cards, christmas, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, flamingo, handmade, illustration, llama, penguin, rabbit
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bugs
i’m working on a series of insect-based illustrations using ladybirds (or ladybugs), as the starting point. here’s the first two i’ve completed. there’s been some new challenges in producing them – although they only contain about 40-50 individual cut pieces … Continue reading
riso printing @ rope press
i recently attended a riso zine workshop at the splendid rope press in birmingham. i’d been wanting to attend one of their workshops to learn a bit more about and have a go at the risograph printing process for a … Continue reading
Posted in finished artwork, handmade, sketchbook
Tagged art, arts, artwork, collage, drawing, flowers, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors, printing, riso, risograph, rope press, self-publishing, sketch, sketchbook, zine
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handmade boutique
“handmade boutique is a collective of midlands based independent designers that make beautiful lifestyle products and gifts for all ages.” their store in the touchwood shopping centre of solihull recently relocated and reopened and i’m proud to say that they … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, bird, chris cowdrill, collage, handmade, handmade boutique, illustration, solihull, touchwood
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birdy business card
just a quick post to show you my new business card that i got printed earlier this week. i’ve had them less than a week and already want to get new ones printed with a different bird illustration on each … Continue reading
squeeze (part 2)
i thought it was about time i shared some of the awesome work my colleagues produced as part of the first staff show at the further education college where we work. as if we didn’t have enough to do towards … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art and design, art teachers, artist, arts, artwork, bournville college, collage, design, exhibition, fashion, fine art, illustration, painting, photography, wedding photography
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new technology (squeeze part1)
here’s some new work that i produced for a group exhibition at the fe college where i work. i’d been meaning to go back to robot characters for a little while and this seemed like a good opportunity. they are … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, finished artwork
Tagged art, arts, artwork, chris cowdrill, collage, exhibition, illustration, retro, robot, robots, sci-fi
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