I recently took a trip to Brazil and was so impressed with the use of colour everywhere I thought I’d try and bring some back. I’ve decided to paint the house bright colours and generally wear colour as much as possible. Of course they’re simply reflecting their environment. With bananas, humming birds and bright blue…
On the 16th August at 11am I am running a headdress making workshop at Shoreditch House. It’s open to members and their guests. The materials will be provided for free. Come down and make something you’ll be proud to sport at a festival, a wedding or just down the pub. The image shows the materials…
Beautifully executed hand drawn typography. I like the fact that you can see the workings behind it. This reminds me that I need to create more hand drawn fonts. I did one recently and it worked out pretty well. More sketching! Curly hand drawn typography
This is a picture I took in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil this week on the iPhone. Such a great camera for a phone. There are some great effects on offer. The font is from 10 dollar fonts I love this site. Now that I’ve created this graphic I realise it looks like the same format as a…
In Vienna last week I visited an art gallery called the Art Supermarket that sells affordable art at 3 set prices under £500. It’s a great model I thought. The owner, who is a friend of a friend, has asked me to send him some of my work to potentially sell there. This is exciting. I’ve…
I Love Gestalten, they are my favourite publisher of anything creative. I picked up this excellent book on my visit to a modern art museum in Vienna, which by the way is a extremely beautiful city. You can buy it here I think http://shop.gestalten.com/books/age-of-collage.html Some of the collages inside remind me of some of the early…
Sketch work graphic design. Last summer I did a lot of sitting in parks and sketching and reading. This was actually in Hackney Marshes. One of the places closest to my heart. Nobody goes there! It’s so lovely and massive. It’s the only part of london that has never changed. It’s just as it was…
Mixed media framed art. As well as graphic design, I also make all sorts of things, headdresses, fascinators, festival capes and hoods, pictures, greeting cards, christmas wreaths. I love making things. I find it therapeutic and enjoy complete creative freedom. Going to burning man festival was great for my crafting. I started by making a…
YES to interior design I’ve always wanted a neon sign. Originally I wanted it to say DISCOVERY. Then I changed my mind. YES is the vibe I want to share. It looks fabulous sitting over the old polish barn window framing Johny Dawson-Ellis’s Zebra painting.
I saw some tissue fringe somewhere and thought it would look good if there were more of it and layered, so I tried it. My boyfriend added the lights and a fan underneath and it really works! It’s not going to last forever. Great party decoration.