Claire Scully's portfolio is full of intricate and lovely designs. These animals invite your eyes to switch between looking at the whole image and scrutinising the myriad small parts.
They remind me a little bit of 70s macrame designs with the woven motif, yet the stare of the wolf and the lion are much more confronting! Have a look at her portfolio for more goodies - she is an exceptionally talented illustrator.
Yes, I know I've been keeping news from you! My copy of Vogue Spain Kids arrived yesterday, and sure enough my pretty butterflies made it onto page 83 on a page about blogs and sustainable consumption. Super exciting stuff!
Please excuse the slightly fuzzy photograph - I still don't have a scanner... (I just refuse to believe that they're necessary!!)
These bird lamps from Mathieu Challières in France caught my eye. They remind me of the Anne Wood birds so popular on wedding cakes and blogs at the moment - so delicate and pretty.
I also think these lamps would look amazing by night: the little birds would surely cast dancing shadows on the wall, illuminated by the bright, centre light. Jolie, n'est-ce pas?
Today marks two years since I opened my little etsy shop - and it has been such an adventure. I count myself lucky to have met so many lovely customers and such interesting, crafty folk.
Alice pointed me to these amazing map lino cuts of Amsterdam - Mark Andrew Webber also takes custom lino cut commissions, so if you're in the mood for a custom print with delicious typography, he just might be your man!
I've had a few days off recently while my supervisors read the full draft of my thesis. I may or may not have been a little anxious to hear back from them, so read a lot and made a lot in the meantime!
Remember how I posted about soft map quilts a while back? Well these ones by Leah Evans zoom out even further than street level, to sea and fields and lakes.
I am almost speechless at the type of effort these involve. When I first saw them, I immediately wanted to make map quilts of my childhood, or of Sydney itself, where I grew up and where my family lives.*
Finally the new quilt is done. It is nowhere near as well made as some professional quilts out there, but the sense of achievement is intense!
Eeep! Have been featured on the Etsy treasury again! Check out the link while it's active.
Laura Cahill makes vases from books - the intricacy of the cutting and the way the pages splay out is so amazing - like hundreds of spines or shells. In fact, some of them even look like gourds, or melons from paper trees.
Do you remember this quilt I was making? It's all finished and I shall post photos on Monday - very excited about it!
Third Drawer Down have the cutest paper notes ever. Thee apples and pears are from D-Bros and look positively edible!
