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22 juin 2009

Back from Freiburg

Back from Freiburg
Hi, I'm back in Dublin and already missing Freiburg so much. We had a great time there. More photos and a mini shopping guidecoming soon!
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15 juin 2009

To Freiburg

To Freiburg
Signing off for a week in Freiburg , capital of the Black Forest. See you in a few days! (photo from Clockstyle )
15 juin 2009

Screenprinting weekend #4: Collective print

Screenprinting weekend #4: Collective print
Details of a collective work from latest screenprinting workshop at Liz Nilsson 's studio, made by the people that took part in the workshop: Marie, Cristina, Sinead, Cliona, Cecile and me.
14 juin 2009

Screenprinting weekend #3: A work in progress

Screenprinting weekend #3: A work in progress
As I mentioned in this post , in the latest screenprinting workshop at Liz Nilsson 's I had very ambitious project in mind, and this was the printing of a square tablecloth (160x160 cm) with a border of my own design (see planned layout in the last picture...
12 juin 2009

Thinking origami #1: The Boat

Thinking origami #1: The Boat
Let me introduce a series of posts where I'll present some of the patterns I've been creating lately. They are all based on origami shapes and are intended as ideas for future screenprints. The boat is one of my favourites and I really enjoyed playing...
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11 juin 2009

Screenprinting weekend #2: Making holes

Screenprinting weekend #2: Making holes
Some images of effects obtained with newspaper and a paper punch during the latest screenprinting workshop at Liz Nilsson 's studio.
11 juin 2009

The crafty library grows

The crafty library grows
Two new acquisitions for the craft manuals section of my library: Fabric Jewellery by Teresa Searle and Sew What! Skirts by Francesca DenHartog and Carol Ann Camp. I know I should keep my library as reduced as possible, considering that I'm probably moving...
10 juin 2009

Screenprinting weekend #1: the Japanese paper

Screenprinting weekend #1: the Japanese paper
You might wonder what I'm doing in the pictures above, and if you had asked me on the spot I would had told you 'I don't know!'I was again at Liz Nilsson 's studio for another wonderful 2-day screenprinting workshop and the stencil I have prepared for...
8 juin 2009

Cuban film posters

Cuban film posters
Sunrise of Judo, State's Holidays, The Goat Horn, I am Cuba Posters of Cuban films at Stony Hill Antiques and Gallery , click here for more.
6 juin 2009

Botanic Gardens #3: Van Gogh's Delirium

Botanic Gardens #3: Van Gogh's Delirium
It's iris season, and at the Botanic Gardens they take it seriously.By the pond, in a more relaxed way...
6 juin 2009

Botanic Gardens #4: The Weirdos and The Beauties

Botanic Gardens #4: The Weirdos and The Beauties
3 juin 2009

Art Fair at the RDS

Art Fair at the RDS
A couple of weeks ago I visited the Interior Design and Art Fair at RDS Dublin . I came home with two artist in my mind. This is what I saw in the exhibition: Flying Souls and a Cross, 2009, gesso/oil on board, 30.5x28cm, by Fionnuala D'Arcy exhibiting...
1 juin 2009

Caucasian Folk Costumes

Caucasian Folk Costumes
Azerbaijani woman from Baku. The Azerbaijani. Photographer F. Orden. 1897. Girls wearing traditional head dressings. Village of Tubenel. Balkaria. The Balkar. Beginning of the 20th century. Photographer N.A.Bush. Nogai women. Dagestan. The Nogai. Photographer...
1 juin 2009

IF: Adapt

IF: Adapt
Adapting sewing patterns for a perfect fit.'Adapt' for Illustration Friday . Pencil on paper.
1 juin 2009

Dorset Buttons

Dorset Buttons
One of my latest crafty adventures is Dorset button making. If you visit my Etsy shop you'll see a series of hair clips decorated with these buttons. Dorset button making was a flourishing industry before the button making machines took over around 1850....
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