Sunday 28 December 2014

Christmas wreath folded cards

Each year I pickup my paints, lino blades or potatoes and create a new Christmas card design to give to friends and family.

This year I revived a previous folded design I created in Christmas 2009 (take a look here), a circular design that stands when folded up into quarters.

This year's is a watercolour painted wreath of oranges, eucalyptus leaves, berries and fir.

2013 - Lino printed partridge in a pear tree
2012 - Potato Printed Robin

2011 - Watercolour squirrels, robins scene
2010 - Lino cut Robin prints
2009 - Repeat watercolour Christmas pattern for cards, advent calendar and tags
2008 - Re-interpreted Victorian Christmas Cards - Handpainted




Wednesday 3 December 2014

Viewpoints: French beaches and Sheffield's Skye Edge


French beaches I daren't climb down to


Skye Edge - views over Sheffield






I recently developed three films at once and had a reminder of the year that has trickled behind me (nicely).

Note - A walk up to Sheffield's Skye Edge gives wondrous views of the city, as was well illustrated by Sheffield Publicity Department a few years ago in their great, FREE, thoughtfully designed paper maps.

Here's the Skye Edge map. Print at home, as their original distribution was snapped up within weeks and SPD are no longer officially in operation.