Visit to Scribble Stone

Hello you!

I had THE BEST visit to my favourite fabricators Scribble Stone on Wednesday with my mentee on the project (the BRILLIANT Ross Bennett). They are making my 6 way marker pillars and 2 LARGE paving slabs ready for the Barrett Development and new country park in Laverstock near Salisbury.

They are all inspired by Medieval Tiles found in the area and reflect the contemporary flora and fauna that will be found in the area. I'm SO SO happy with how they're looking and excited to see them installed later this Spring.

I hand draw all the designs (both the cut outs of the two stones AND the hand drawn details) then have them converted to vectors by the WONDERFUL Josh. These files then go to Scribble Stone, who use a powerful water jet machine linked to a computer to cut along my drawn lines in the two coloured stones. These are then slotted together and glued. The final part of the process is sandblasting the hand drawn detail. (My drawing is fed into a plotter which cuts out a adhesive mask ready to protect the areas that won't have the sand blast detail.)

I have tried to simply explain how this process works but in reality the team at Scribble Stone are INCREDIBLE as it's FAR more complicated. We have worked together on multiple projects and I am ALWAYS asking them to achieve things that shouldn't really be possible (just look at how narrow the bud stem on the poppy design is!!) They are a dream to work with and help me to achieve EXACTLY what I have in my head.

That's all for now A MOUNTAIN of work to do today!!!

Have a LOVELY week and I'll be back soon x

Oooo La La!

I had the MOST AMAZING time in Paris with Al! My very favourite place in the world with my favourite person xxx

MAC Cosmetics

Hiya

I have had a LOVELY week!

I was approached by Polar Black Events to create a Parisian map for MAC Cosmetics the morning after booking a Christmas trip to Paris with the (VERY lovely) Alan! It was a brilliant job with great timing allowing me to draw lots of landmarks in Paris and day-dream about my upcoming trip!

Next week I'll be finishing off the last 30m of the 95m of illustrated hoardings I'm creating for Southwark Council. I'm then zooming off in Clementine (the camper van) on Friday for a weekend away seeing family and on Sunday I'm performing with my Charleston Dance Troupe at Hayling Island and I'm SO EXCITED! It's our first performance and this week will be a flurry of rehearsals/ sorting out our costumes (and MOST importantly... learning to dance in heels!!!)

Have a lovely week - next time I'll be back with news from my printmaking class at Gunnersbury Park Museum (which I LOVED!) x

Salisbury Museum tiles

Hello all

Hope you're having a smashing week!

I just wanted to share these behind the scenes shots at Salisbury Museum. I was VERY lucky to be granted access to their medieval tile collection to inspire the final artwork for my public art commission for Barratt Homes with Studio Response. It's a new housing development and ENORMOUS Country Park in Laverstock near Salisbury. Laverstock was an important centre for Medieval tile making and so the work I'm creating is inspired by the colours and shapes of these tiles, and also reflect the plants and animals of the site.

I'm REALLY excited to share more with you soon!

Have a wonderful (pancake fuelled) weekend x