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
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
season’s greetings… wishing you a happy christmas and all the very best for 2015. (my illustration and the sentiment was inspired by victorian christmas cards that like to depict birds on a cold winter’s day. I like that they are … Continue reading
well, hello there. i hope that you all had a great christmas and i wish you all the best for the new year. it’s been a while since i wrote on here (so my first new year’s resolution is to … Continue reading
i worked on these little critters a couple of weeks ago and was really chuffed with how they turned out. they were a lot of fun to do so i’m going to do more of them and develop work that … Continue reading
in the recent group exhibition with which i was involved, i exhibited 5 pieces of work – only 4 of which have appeared on here previously. they were thistles, bramble, fence and crow. the fifth piece was one which i … Continue reading
so… the fourth piece in the series is again inspired by a brief glimpse of something while i was out running earlier this year. i looked up, saw a bird in the bare branches of a tree and thought – … Continue reading
following on from the last blog – the third piece in this series was inspired by a fence. in particular – what was in front of the fence and what was behind it – with the fence acting as an … Continue reading
