Goya etching

Beautifully Morbid

http://youtu.be/4ma4qEq9_28
Heres a link to a short film which is really just a collection of victorian stills photography and some moving images of excavations of Victorian graves. Its all very morbid and in some instances very tragic, but there are some incredible images which totally amazed me. Worth a watch if you like this sort of thing!

There are I should say lots of cheesy atmospheric shots of crows flying about the place and misty castles, which kind of discredit this film. Just try to ignore them! and the really depressing poetry captions that pop up..

Hand Drawn Floral of my own design

Because my style is very traditional and fairly tight! People often assume these designs are ripped right out of a decoupage source book of some kind or that they are imitations from other existing designs. This is not the case!! and its because I put so much work into this stuff, that I need to repeatedly make this point. Of course my work is inspired by 17th/18th century botanical prints, but its all my work. More details of my processes will be included on my website which is very nearly there...

Mouse Necklace!

While working in Boda Bar on leith walk, I spotted this guy in the bar playing with a mouse. Its his pet and he brings it out with him most places he goes, not sure why, maybe to attract strange girls like me!
I made a bee line for him and asked if it was indeed a mouse he had in his hands! It was and I asked if I could play with it.. please bare with me, I know how this is sounding, but as the above photo validates, it was a real mouse and I got a shot with him.

recent printing

Willow Sculpture Workshops

I am going to be delivering a course of Willow Sculpture Workshops during the Edinburgh festival this year.

I'd been looking for a venue to host a few workshops and found out that the Out Of The Blue Drill Hall, a venue just around the corner from me, were looking for workshop type things to complement their new Festival Fringe Venue this year. Its a very cool building with a strong creative buzz about it, theres lots of stuff going on there over the festival so I'm looking forward to working there.

Its a bit confusing I know, you thought I was a Textile Designer.. Well I am! I just do this also. Its really good fun and gets quite addictive! but in a good way.

I've tried to keep it fairly cheap... Its £40 for 3, 2 hour sessions, including equipment and materials. Follow the link below to the Out Of The Blue website to book tickets and for more details...

http://www.leithonthefringe.com/workshops/wicker-workshop/

Box of bits and bobs