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25 juin 2009

*akka design* is on Facebook

*akka design* is on Facebook
*akka design* has now a business page on Facebook . If you become a fan you can keep up with shop updates and other news related to the Etsy shop .
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Tags: shopping,  craft,  etsy,  business,  internet,  networking

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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...
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Tags: print,  design,  textile,  screenprinting,  pattern,  fabric,  origami

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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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Tags: illustrator,  print,  design,  screenprinting,  pattern,  origami

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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.
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Tags: print,  design,  paper,  textile,  screenprinting,  workshop

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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...
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Tags: print,  design,  paper,  textile,  screenprinting,  workshop,  japanese

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1 juin 2009

IF: Adapt

IF: Adapt
Adapting sewing patterns for a perfect fit.'Adapt' for Illustration Friday . Pencil on paper.
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Tags: drawing,  illustration friday,  pencils

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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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Tags: textile,  craft,  etsy,  buttons,  hair accessories,  tutorials

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30 mai 2009

Etsy Etsy Etsy

Etsy Etsy Etsy
After a long preparation, *akka design* is on Etsy ! There aren't many things yet, and a lot of work needs to be done to improve it, but here we go!I'll be posting soon about the products and other Etsy related things.
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Tags: textile,  shopping,  accessories,  etsy,  handmade,  retail. business,  selling

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27 mai 2009

The 'Arboles' series

The 'Arboles' series
A quick sketch for an etching. Then at Graphic Studio Dublin I printed proofs in different colours, but I only was happy with these two:
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Tags: etching,  print,  sketchbook,  drawing,  trees

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20 mai 2009

Spring cleaning results: my new sewing corner

Spring cleaning results: my new sewing corner
I love our little (rented) apartment but recently the lack of space for my creativity became a problem. I was tired of having my stash stored in small batches all around the house. Every time I wanted to machine sew I had to set up a provisional workshop...
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Tags: workshop,  creativity,  materials,  sewing,  studio space

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19 mai 2009

'Exit: pursued by a bear' project

'Exit: pursued by a bear' project
This is the CD cover I designed as part of the final project for my Type and Image course. I was attending this course during the winter semester at NCA D with designer and photographer Aris Venetikidis . The task was to design a CD booklet for Exit:...
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Tags: graphic design,  drawing,  music,  projects

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12 mai 2009

More and more screenprinting!

More and more screenprinting!
I did it again. Another screenprinting workshop! I was really looking forward, since these workshops at Liz Nilsson' s studio are the only chances to do some screeprinting. I have bought some materials from Selectasine but unfortunately I don't have a...
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Tags: print,  screenprinting,  workshop

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11 mai 2009

IF: Parade

IF: Parade
'Parade' for Illustration Friday . Pastels and colour pencils on paper.
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Tags: drawing,  illustration friday,  landscape,  pastels

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9 mai 2009

Random screenprinting #3

Random screenprinting #3
This is another example of my experiments with screenprinting during Liz Nilsson 's workshop. In this case I put a piece of plastic lace under the fabric and then printed with green dye using an open screen.
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Tags: print,  design,  screenprinting,  lace

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7 mai 2009

Attention: birds overhead

Attention: birds overhead
Another etching from my course at Graphic Studio Dublin . In this post you can see a preliminary sketch . And these are some pictures of much more populated wires I photographed in Galway some time ago. I like the pictures but I decided to kill some birds...
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Tags: etching,  print,  drawing,  birds

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