Working through the mountain..

..of postcards, leaflets, flyers, and business cards! I've junked a whole bin's worth already and am slowly working my way through the next! Having collected an awful lot this past year through visits to Collect, New Designers, NTU Degree Shows and the MA Expo, I've not spent anytime evaluating what I wanted to keep!? So here I am with a few days to go before starting back and considering my own work again! As I work through, here are my favourite finds:

Continuing my Journey by Lexi Mac

Isobel Thackray

Janet Wooton: eco resin, black bamboo and jute

Christina Barnard Illustration

Kyle Hands, Painting No.56

Canadian artist Martin Messier brings this unusual orchestra in which all the sounds are made by sewing machines made in the 1940s, amplified and processed by computers. A complex network of strange rhythmic patterns which create all sorts of mental associations among the audience, thanks to the evocative power of these small industrial marvels.

Cards etc

I've been sorting through photos today and found these of cards that I have made over the past few years. I am thinking about potential things to make for our uni Christmas Craft Fair, maybe these could be a goer?

birthday card using patterned paper, buttons and material scraps

writing in it with the sewing machine! I must invest in a freehand peddle!

compilation CD cover with vintage image and patterned paper, material scraps

Envelope collage with paper assemblage

I had some spare shirtcuffs so used them as a card 'wrap'

and secured the cuff by machining a message inside!

I love old dress patterns

and layering them up is just the best!

textural in every sense!

yum yum yum!

I had a few rolls of this vintage-looking wrapping paper so made a bespoke envelope to fit