Morning Sun - Three Colour Screen Print

Morning Sun is a three colour screen print, hand pulled in my local printmaking studio.  It was printed some time in various flavors... 

I'll be exhibiting this piece on my stall at the Winter Arts Market in St Georges Hall, Liverpool on December 8th - Come along if you are free and say hello! I'll have the fabric CATS with me, and some new screen prints too!

Morning Sun - Various prints

Morning Sun

Morning Sun

Morning Sun

Morning Sun

Tree Explosion

New Screen print in my shop.

'Tree Explosion' is a four colour original hand pulled screen print designed and printed in my local printmaking studio. 

Tree Explosion - Screen Print

Tree Explosion - Screen Print

A black tree with oranges, yellows and sage green burst from this peculiar tree which was inspired by the surrounding parks where I live.

Tree Explosion - Screen Print

Prints are titled, signed and dated and the print area measures....Width: 10 inches Height: 14.5 inches (approx).

Paper: Fine grain heavy weight cartridge paper, acid-free
Ink: Water based acrylic 

Tree Explosion - Screen Print

Tree Explosion (detail)

Ships are Sailing!

The Tall Ship Fleet were in Liverpool at the weekend - how could I not take photos!  

Was a warm sunny day even though the photos look a bit overcast....ha ha

As luck would have it a while ago I had a go at making some boats from Paper Mache.  The structure is based on a traditional origami technique. 

Tall Ship - Liverpool

Tall Ship - Liverpool

Originally I was going to be delivering workshops at the event but in the end was working elsewhere, ah well another time...

First efforts at making some wee boats with some screen printed waves in the background. 

My wee ships / boats

more wee ships...

Ships are Sailing...

Paper Mache boat

Tight Rope Walker

Recently made The Tight Rope Walker which is wooden decal print mounted onto Spruce Wood. 

The subject for the image was based on a photograph I took at an outdoor theatrical event many years ago.... Lots of performance artists were dotted around a beautifully lit wasteland area of the city where I live and one of the performances happened to be a lady walking on a tight rope! Brilliant!

Tight Rope Walker

Tight Rope Walker

Sits rather well on a windowsill or mantle piece!

Tight Rope Walker

Got carried away again and made a box for it!
Block dimensions: W 93mm, H 93mm, D 18mm

Handmade Notebooks

These are the latest editions to my Folksy shop. Lovely sturdy notebooks that I have screen printed using three colours: red, black and white. More on the way, now I've got the hang of it! The exciting bit of stitching / binding was… exciting!

Notebook - Dragonfly

Notebook / Front cover - Dragonfly

Notebook / Stitching detail - Dragonfly

Notebook / Back cover - Dragonfly

I used a strong linen thread to bind the book together as detailed in the photographs and various recycled papers have been included. It has 22 pages in total (44 sides) and these have also been been trimmed by hand with the corners rounded.  Size: width: 4 inches x height 5.5 inches

Notebook / Pages - Dragonfly

Fish in the Waves - Decal Print Mounted on Spruce Wood

Recently listed in my Folksy Shop a beautiful decal print featuring my design of a shoal of fish swimming amongst blue waves.

My artwork is mounted onto a block of square spruce wood letting the natural variants of the wood appear through my design - making each block unique!

Fish in the Waves

 Based on my original screen print I have reproduced the artwork onto decal paper and then carefully placed this onto a hand sanded wooden block - For extra protection the artwork has a coat of varnish - The sides remain natural.

Fish in the Waves

 Each block has a pre-drilled hole in the back (diameter 5mm) ready to hang off a nail on your wall... Block dimensions: W 93mm, H 93mm, D 18mm
Oh yes, made the box too!

Fish in the Waves

Vase of Flowers - Decal print on a wooden block

Brave move yesterday as I approached a shop to see if they would like to take on my wares...we'll see what happens and if they like.

Meanwhile I've listed my Vase of Flowers decal print in my Folksy shop a few days ago...

Vase of Flowers - Decal print on Spruce wood

There's more of these to com, once again I'm getting a little obsessive!

Vase of Flowers

Vase of Flowers

made a box for it too!

Berries and Birds - Decal print on a wooden block

I've recently added Berries and Birds as a decal printed wooden block to my Folksy Shop.   It features my design of two birds playing amongst blue and purple swirls in a forest.

A lovely tactile object and really pleased with the results and becoming quite obsessed with making them! Originally a hand pulled screen print A3 in size.

My artwork is mounted onto a block of square spruce wood letting the natural variants of the wood appear through my design  - making each block unique! 

Berries and Birds - Decal print on wood

   

 Based on my original screen print I have reproduced the artwork onto decal paper and then carefully placed this onto a hand sanded wooden block  

Berries and Birds - on a wooden block of Spruce Wood

For extra protection the artwork has a coat of varnish - The sides remain natural.  Each block has a pre-drilled hole in the back (diameter 5mm) ready to hang off a nail on your wall... 

Block dimensions: W 93mm, H 93mm, D 18mm

Inspired by my garden, the surrounding parks where I live and of course the birds.

Here it is in the box I made for it!

 

Just listed my Autumn Leaf - Blue screen print in my shop!

Autumn Leaf - Blue

First layer printed and drying on the rack...

one of my trusty screens...

with some birdie props!

Recent Exhibition - Unity Theatre

Just a few photos from my recent exhibition in the Unity Theatre Liverpool.  In the end I exhibited nearly forty pieces of work which were displayed around the building.  Beautiful architectural features...
It's been a long time since I've done anything like this and there was a ton of things to think about and do.  Got there in the the end and apart from the odd hiccup (with couple of frames) it's been well received with loads of lovely comments from people and strangers!   Oh the relief...tis done, out of my hands and on the wall!

Collage made using my screen printed papers, leftovers...

Shoal

Another collage - Green Landscape

Berries and Birds - Green Prints

I've recently printed a four colour screen print of Berries and Birds.  

All the greens as you can see and it measures just short of A3 in size.  It's printed on white Fabriano paper and also on brown paper... 

There's a single colour edition (black) listed in my Folksy Shop.

Berries and Birds - Green

on the brown paper...

this is the last layer to be pulled - light green

Berries and Birds - Green (brown paper)

can you see what's missing?

got a bit carried away...my paint pots!

Berries and Birds - Green (detail)

on the drying rack...