Monday 23 May 2011

Monsters, Monsters, and More Monsters!

Last Friday was marvellous fun! My friend and I volunteered our services to our buddy who is organising an awesome exhibition at the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford. We spent the day painting and tidying the area ready for Monsterville show. Much of the work had already been done and it was starting to take shape by the time we got there.

It's a magical and scary (in a fun way) exhibition that was designed and illustrated by 3 amazing illustrators, Ed Vere, Sarah McIntyre and Neal Layton. With burping monsters, eyeballs in jars and an eerie cinema there's much fun to be had! It opens on Saturday 28th May, so pop along... I know I will!

Follow the monsters if you dare!

Smallest Monster cinema in the world


Monsterous bandstand

Painting the checkered floor


Monday 16 May 2011

Hooray for Huddersfield!

Oh Boy! The Bank Holidays have been and gone and I have been a busy bee! I spent a weekend visiting my sister up in Huddersfield. The dear girl is doing her final year in costume design and textiles and has been working crazy.


Sketches of her final design
Work in progress
Sneaky pics of her coursemate's work

I love the way this sketch is growing out of the page

Where my sister works and lives till June
Buildings of the University

After a grand tour of her working space she took us into the town and onto the Market where bargains were to be had. I love the hustle and bustle of markets and always the electric collections people would sell. At this market there were lots of vintage goods, ranging from antiques, jewellery to clothing.





 After many hours of hunting for bargains we decided it was time for high tea. Gorgeous tea ware and delicious tea with scrumptious food! I was sad when it was over!



A little surprise at the bottom of our teacup

An amazing work outside of the loos!

Found this saucy lady in the middle of the wall

Before I forget here is the evidence of the treasure I brought at the market. Nice little wooden sewing table and some fifties looking plates for 25 pence each!





Also some pictures of my sister's old school singer sewing machine. It's beautiful, don't you think?





Friday 13 May 2011

Sweet Blossoms

Another papercut gift but used fuchsia coloured hand made paper with gold design. Difficult medium to work with in this format but still liked the overall effect.