The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

I working in 2 shifts to get all the paintings for the exhibition done. I am very excited but very tired as well ^_^… Here are some images of work I have done so far!

Producing a series of videos about how to make some nice stuff is hard work. Juggling audio and video, materials and tools, paper, ink and lighting while patching up creative differences is one way to spend weekends… neither is having only 6 square meters to move and noisy neighbours really helpful ^_^  ….

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There a million different approaches to drypoint printmaking. This post describes one approach. There are different schools and different characters. Rumor has it that you can’t print with water based colours and a book press. Actually I can ^_^… Read the rest of this entry »

Again 2 weeks without posts! I will better myself, I promise! Finally I made it. I got my New Zealand credit card, my Premium PayPal account…. and My Etsy shop ^_^… I can’t believe it myself. And I already got my first order: 6 prints shipped to the USA…

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Oops! No post for almost 3 weeks. Thats a no go ^_^! I am so sorry. I moved houses and was too busy in my daytime job… But this weekend is a long weekend in NZ so I am catching up fast. My new studio is almost set up. Needles and threads ready and pencils sharpened!

Updates coming soon. It is late October so it is time for the calender project. It is the 6th edition and my first time being part of the organiser team. Exciting! And my team is already complete… More info soonish! See you…

I thought I try something new. So I took my mermaid ink drawing and used it as a kind of draft for this needle and thread drawing… It is sewn using my sewing machine, extra strong thread on a fine linen fabric and stretched over a canvas. The stretching was quite tricky though…

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The first 7 items are ready to sell! I changed fabrics and colors one last time, I decided to hand-print the first labels, the woven ones will take their time. I might show all items to Mindy next week, I hope she likes them!
You can see all of them @ flickr. Feedback welcome! I really learned a lot trying to actually get stuff ready to sell…
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