College Exhibition 2012

hello again, i know, i KNOW... i said i'd post the other day but it was my final HND assessment yesterday at college so it was all a bit 'panic stations' while i sorted everything for that.

the good news is that i have been offered a place for the final BA year next year :) so yaaaaaaaay!

anyway, i thought i might share a few snaps of my actual exhibition. bearing in mind that we all get the same grey or white boards on which to display our work, we're kind of limited to how it's all going to look so it's not particularly glamourous or exciting... but it is mine!

so in case you can't really tell from the pictures, my end of year exhibition consisted of a set of printed cotton Tote Bags (with the handles pinned away) with matching Badges

a series of four acrylic painted canvases...

 

i also had three printed and embroidered cushions... (you can purchase these here)

some postcard and business card bunting + real sweetie garlands (they were so much fun to make!)

 as well as some little exhibition booklets... (available to buy here)

 

there are actually 20 pages in each booklet, they feature ALL of the 'candy pop dolls' as well as matching lyrics pages featuring the song lyrics that inspired each doll + some funky end papers :)

so there you have it! exhibition 2012... done!

in case you hadn't guessed it already, pretty much ALL of the stuff is already for sale

i have prints and postcards featuring the dolls as well

they're ALL available via my big cartel shop RIGHT HERE


and also on my Etsy Shop


(i'll hopefully be adding some badges and totes to the shops soonish as well)

and as if that weren't thrilling enough, there are now even iPhone cases/skins, hoodies, tees, prints, canvases and cards also available via my Society6 shop

they're also available on iPhone cases, stickers and stuff via my Red Bubble Shop

+ you can currently get 15% off ALL iPhone cases with the code IPHN15

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ok i'll shut up about shops now! promise :)

i'm toying with the idea of giving some of this stuff away to one of YOU luuurvely readers but i'm not sure yet, would anyone like to get their hands on a free print + a booklet and some postcards and badges???

anyway, until next time, that's all folks... xX

Endless Embroidery ♥

hello, long time no... post!

ok i'm sorry but i started college again this week and have therefore been rather busy as i'm sure you can imagine!

anyway, i have a new finished piece! (yaaaay)

since i'm not allowed to do digital illustrations any more i've settled on sewing stuff instead!

why?!

because i'm clearly a little bit insane. 

that is why...

this piece was inspired by the super super embroidery book 'Embroidered Effects' by Jenny Hart i mentioned in THIS post before Xmas - Family and Friends

apologies for the crappy photo quality but we all know how much my camera sucks!

so basically this is all embroidered onto an A4 (ish) sized canvas

i picked the canvas apart to sew into it and put it all back together so it can hang on the wall etc etc

it was all sewn entirely by hand and when you sew into canvas you have to pierce every single hole to stitch one by one before you can complete the stitch

to say it has been a long process is a bit of an understatement to be honest!

i actually finished it at about lunchtime as you can see here...

but thought it was a bit empty so... bluebirds/swallows were added!

and NO i don't plan to fill in any more parts with full colour since doing the satin stitch on the blood drops nearly made my brain explode

this is a test piece so it's supposed to be not entirely perfect (yes i just said that, i the ridiculously picky perfectionist just said it doesn't have to be perfect!)

also in case you were wondering, this is how the pinup-girl-face-lady thing is coming along...

yeah there's still quite a lot of hair to sew but i've actually run out of embroidery silk/floss so i'm not sure how to finish her yet!

to see how she has progressed so far, you can check the first post about her here - who ya gonna call?

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yeah that's pretty much it for today, 

nothing happens in my life, at least not during the first few weeks of January

it should pick up a bit in February though, it usually does!

ok until next time dudes and dudettes,

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ★ xX

Ευχαριστώ πολύ και αντίο

(that's thank you and goodbye in Greek on behalf of Greece... sadly i've never visited Greece despite my massive nerdy love of Greek Mythology, Art and Architecture, someday i'll get to see it all for myself, i hope Ευχαριστώ x)