The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

Puh! It was really hard to pick my favorite one, all his work is just amazing! Nicolas Guittard aka ORES lives and works in Lille, France. Read the rest of this entry »

I am really sorry about the lack of posts the last weeks. I have been busy at craft shows and the 2009 edition of the ‘design a calender’ project and after that I somehow needed a bit of a break ^_^… but I found a great french artist illustrator at Flickr yesterday and I am about to write a post!

I went and joined a print making course at Inverlochy Art School in Wellington. Basia Smolnicki’s eight week (3 hours a week) crash course through printmaking was covering an introduction to printmaking, colographs, woodcut, dry point and acid etching and I really loved it.
I never ever thought that woodcut printmaking would be something I am interested in, but the moment I sat down and began to cut into the wood (using a sharp tool ^_^) I knew that this is working really well for me Read the rest of this entry »

Talking about feeling blue. This illustration from Colombia really cheered me up ^_^… My Spanish is really bad, so it is hard to find out something more about Ana, but you can see her work on Flickr Read the rest of this entry »

… That is really not good enough! I am very sorry… I do not have any excuse which would be good enough either… I am just a wee bit moody… But I found so many talented folk on etsy and Flickr and I promise I will post some great stuff soonish!

“Craft2.0 is an indie craft fair featuring the best and brightest of the New Zealand craft scene. Our carefully juried shows highlight a wide variety of handmade goods, including handbags and jewellery, baby gifts and paper products, clothing and housewares, one-of-a-kind plushies and original artwork. Everything sold at Craft2.0 is 100% NZ Made. Everything sold at Craft2.0 is made by the person selling it. Most items are unique one-off or limited edition creations…” Quote Craft 2.0 website . Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes I think my head is going to explode. There are so many things I want to try out and experiment with. There will be never ever be enough time to do all those things!
So I at least will start a list to remember what I dreamed of the other day ^_^: Read the rest of this entry »