Continuing my rubber stamping of patterns into the lovely coptic bound sketchbook with different size pages that Eva sent me for my birthday last year. I’m enjoying just making patterns for the fun of it, and hopefully I should end up with a book full of useful ideas. I’m starting to think about the possibility of geeting some stamped patterns printed digitally onto fabric. I’ve yet to fully explore the potential of combining print and embroidery, and this sketchbook could be a good starting point. In the meantime, I’ll just keep stamping…
A tiny new book
The Artists’ Book Club (ABC) at UWE set a Mail Art challenge to keep members connected during Lockdown. I made a small folded single-sheet book with rubber stamps to send to letterpress artist extraordinaire Gen Harrison up in Scotland. Sneak peeks here, and a shop update with a printed edition of the final book will follow early next week…
S is for…
Latest rubber stamp illustration in my Anglo-Swedish ‘exchange of words’ collaboration with Eva Hejdstrom ... S is for scission - the action or state of cutting or being cut. The more I do of these, the more I like the wonkier registration, and the use of negative space seems to becoming a bit of a thing.
PaperLove
Signed up for Rachel Hazell's PaperLove e-course… looking forward to five weeks of inspiration and a prod to start making new work...
F is for Farggläd
The latest rubber stamp illustration in my collaboration with Swedish artist Eva Hejdström: F is for Farggläd (Swedish for colourful).