254 - 261 // 365 2015

Day 254 - This was the very last thing I finished off and packed away before Clutter City.



Day 255 - After my Clutter City and his painting workshop Will brought home a Viennetta. He was pleased with it and rightly so.



Day 256 - Making oat biscuits is calming.



Day 257 - My floor is covered with work.



Day 258 - Desk chair being colourful.



Day 259 - I painted myself an awesome shirt.



Day 260 - My reading pile is getting a little out of hand. (you should add me on goodreads so I can find out more books I want to read!)



Day 261 - I treated myself to two new nail varnishes and my inner goth couldn't handle it so added black.

Zine ~ An Ode To Photocopying (Mostly) *Shop Update*

I have a brand new zine! Yay. It's inspired by my love for photocopiers but also the fact that photocopiers are crazed beasts that do whatever they want and seem to make no sense (because they make no sense). It's a mixture of drawings and scribbled notes and there's a comic in the middle. Part of the 'content' of this zine is the fact that I didn't think too much about what the photocopier was up to so the pages aren't in any particular order, some are upside down, every copy comes out different which I think is pretty cool.

  

I'm on a (seemingly) never ending hunt for some printer paper that isn't awful for show through so I can print my zines at home because it'd be cheaper, especially if I want to do colour, but I do love photocopiers, they have a quality that's just different and lovely so this was a real joy to put together. I was at the photocopier for so long that I ended up having to help a few people figure it out too which was kinda nice.

  

If you'd like to buy a copy here it is on etsy and here on folksy. Or if you make zines (or something else) maybe we could do a swap?

Also, as a side note, that blankety background is also listed in my folksy. I'm having a sort out and have made last chance sections in both my etsy and folksy shops so the things listed in there either won't be re-newed at all when the listing expires or just won't be re-made. Either way when they don't show up on the shop anymore they're gone for good so if there's something you've seen before you should get it now or help me clear out some studio space and grab something!

Sketchbook ~ 15.09.15

A few grubby sketchbook pages. This sketchbook is almost full and although I actually already started a new one I'm itching for this one to be finished.

Clutter City Autumn 2015

Excuse the rubbish photo, I only took a few quick blurry ones. Yesterday was the autumn Clutter City, my first one alone and although I felt pretty anxious and although my wheeley bag fell over on the bus and although I got rained on, it ended up good. It felt a little slower than others I've been to but I think we can blame the rain for that and even so it did get pretty busy at times and I ended up doing really well so thank you to anyone who bought something or even just said something nice. Also thank you to anyone that looks at my table and just laughs or says aw, I take it as a compliment. What other reactions would I want?

I got myself home and died a little bit. Will had also been super busy with doing a miniature painting workshop with a dollhouse and miniatures group he's worked with the past few years (when he arrived they had set up a little display of the paintings they'd done before and got him a little artist bear and it's just the sweetest) so Will went and bought some ready meals (which is so so rare for us, special treat) and we watched Aristocats and had a big sleep. Today I'm going to just pootle about tidying up and getting organised again before marching onward with everything else on my list. I hope you're having a good weekend too ^_^
 

247 - 253 // 365 2015

Day 247 - I love watercolour.

 

Day 248 - A whole year since his first tattoo, it's gone so fast but also seems like something he's always done. (He hasn't really technically done a whole year of tattoos, there was a no tattoo gap in the middle while they moved studios but a year since his first is still worthy of shiny stars)



Day 249 - About to do inking with a tiny tiny brush. Apparently my super power is however small the brush I can do chunky lines. The good thing about brush inking is that it looks lovely anyway plus, no one knows what I was aiming for they just see the result. One day I'll master the brush.



Day 250 - Making, making, making for Clutter City.



Day 251 - A brand new zine that will be coming along to the market. I'll get it listed online too.



Day 252 - More market prep. I really need some sort of paper trimmer. Ruler and knife is slooooow.



Day 253 - More market prep. One last new thing I sorted last night and today I need to tag and pack and all that jazz and then tomorrow hopefully all this prep will turn into something awesome.

Bernard Bunny

Because there can't be enough Bernard gifs in the world and I'm in the midst of a million half finished projects trying to be ready for markets and general re-stocking and new things and custom orders and then that thing what happens towards the end of the year. Much busy basically. I'm feeling all productive and stuff which is quite nice. I hope you enjoy manic gif version Bernard. It's actually calmer than watching real life Bernard.

By the way, that is a free local magazine thing that came through the door, not some sort of football thing I'd got for myself. Just thought I'd clear that up. Football, ugh.

What My Phone Saw ~ August

I really need to finish the film in this // I bet you can tell what I was making from those notes.



The river had a bad day // Stealing Will's sketchbook.



Working on patches while watching youtube videos // Got a bit carried away in the library.



Pretty pretty clouds.



My long arm stapler arrived and I fell in love // My printer is a jerk and I don't know why.