vegetables

apples and oranges

My favorite book.

The new Brief.

We have to design and print a publication in 4 weeks, the minimum number of editions is 10.

i have decided to make a cheap recipe book with an aim to provide frugal recipes for healthy food that's not just beans on toast and also not got the pretension of Hugh Fearnly Whittingstal. The audience is students and foodies with a budget, those wanting to save and learn new tricks. It will be vegetarian and alot of the book should focus on beans and pulses as a really cheap source of protein. Im going to collect the recipes from friends and family and have some of my own that ive collected along the way...

in my house we seem to have a pretty large library of cook books..

developing essential oils

trying to progress with the essential oils project.. how to print them professionaly but cheaply?

flashcard essential oils

watercolours

experiments with abstract watercolour to convey a mood.

Fact Project

My uploading for this project has been pretty poor due to my lack of a computer, but i have been working in the in the old fashioned lost of art of books and writing instead...

sketchbook scans for my project looking at the distillation of essential oils and their scents.

apples and bobins.

pigs.

Some more drawings from the summer project, my grandmothers pigs.

More Summer Project.

Some more images, ive played around with them abit now, just trying to refresh photoshop skills, the little boy sleeping is my brother, I will hopefully Etch the design on monday, i want to try and get a speckled dream like affect with aquatint. we will see..

Summer Project.

A couple of the drawings from the summer project, looking at Daniel Defoes "Journal of a Plague Year" Not really a good read but a brilliant book.

big fish

http://www.bigfish.co.uk/index.php

ive always loved their stuff but never known their names.

A SALE

Hurray~Huraah ive just sold a wood carving i made last year, a Happy £250 in the bank!!!

Me, my boyfriend and mate Tommy have set up a printing studio in a disused chapel, we stocked up on inks rollers and burnishers from Intagllio print makers by borough market. (which by the way is an absolutly brilliant shop, they sell everything you could possibly want for printing) We've got soo much space and its pretty nice to being able to listen to your own music, smoke and drink whilst working. So im hoping for a productive summer!

I liked the wasp factory when i read it befor and although its popular moby dick tempted me, but i think im gona go with Daniel Defos "journal of a plague year" its relevant for me spending my summer in london, plus there havnt been that many covers designed for it. Im looking forward to this project, it seems really good, just simply working on draughtsmanship rather than having to second guess and plan whilst drawing, is going to be refreshing.