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shop update: cat tote bags

here's tonight's update: cat tote bags! this was my first time printing onto fabric - i bought these bags over a year ago, so i certainly put it off for long enough. things went smoothly though, & i'm happy to finally have a small number of these to add to the shop. each bag come with a cat face badge too - see some more images over on etsy.

providing i've not completely misjudged time-zones, this queued post should be appearing in your blog-roll whilst i celebrate the wedding of two friends in new zealand. i created a small edition of lino prints that they could give out to guests, created just a few days before we had to leave to catch our flight. it's been a few years since i've made a successful lino-cut so i'm pretty pleased that it worked out. happy wedding times, dave & jenni!

twenty-six

as of yesterday. if this one's as good as previous ages then i'm one lucky lady.

on a side note, this image served as a reminder that i am not ambidextrous. if i ever lose my right hand, i am screwed.

This one cute guy I know.

radish

lovely little local radishes.

settling in

slowly but surely, we're settling in. well, alan's been here for five months & feels pretty settled already, but after six weeks i'm finally feeling a bit more at home. inanimate objects make all the difference; being surrounded by significant items that have collected/been gifted over the years has been key in making this flat feels like ours. this doesn't bode well for travelling lightly over any great distances in future, but i think i'm okay with that.

the most organised space so far is the living room. pictures on walls & a bunch of flowers on the dining table. a rocking chair from a family friend & an amazing rug. as of next weekend we'll finally have everything from our old flat in this new one (that includes the massive cd collection & old portfolios full of drawings from four year degrees that we've been reluctant to sift through). by the time i'm twenty six, in just under a month, we'll be done, & then i'll share more.

I read The First Bad Man by Miranda July. Then I did a thing.

print pre-orders

i'm pretty excited to finally have these two prints up for pre-order in my shop! after a bit of a delay, botanic I & botanic II are now on sale. these images are two of my favourite things i've done in recent times - i don't often put my own work up in my flat, but i'd rather like to get these two framed & on the wall. you can buy each print individually or buy both for a discounted price.

alongside these two brand new prints, i'm also bringing back a print from a long-sold-out edition in digital form. i often get reprint requests for a few items i've run out of, but i don't have much interest in bringing many of them back, mostly due to feeling that the image doesn't reflect my current work/style/thoughts/feelings. however, i've always had a soft-spot for this little bison, & am pleased to offer a new version of it.

testing...

colour test for a personal project.

today's girl face is girl face #50! i don't know how long i'll end up doing the project for but fifty feels like some sort of milestone. above is one from just over a week ago - i have my favourites & she's one of them.