Folksy Jewels Pattern on society6

Folksy Jewels Pattern

oooh not for the faint hearted!  This is vibrant colours meet jewel like pattern and is part of a range I've created for passionate people who just love decorative details, pretty shapes and colour, colour, colour.  I chose my art card as a link and a cropped area of the pattern has been chosen to compliment the range.

Scottish Food Cards

Yum!

Slurp!

Breakfast!

Yer Dinner!

Lick!

Chew!

Can't believe I've been drawing these for over 20 years and they haven't changed much - I love that! I'm popping these wee observed drawings of Scotland's favourite treats into my shops in the form of blank cards and accessories! Have I missed any? Let me know what's your favourite Scottish sweet or food?  You can find the ones I've illustrated so far here  - Etsy and Folksy

Artyzan At The Emporium

Debbie

Detail of Debbie's work

Marianne

Detail of Marianne's work

Jewelery designer Susan Urquhart

Exciting new creative adventure in Kirkcaldy's High Street - the opening of 'The Emporium' featuring Artyzan and other local makers, artists and designers.

Found on Folksy

Thank you 'Found on Folksy' for featuring Kirsty Cat with her favourite Scottish food!

matouenpelouche : Creative Interview

Australia's calling this week meeting great and interesting artisans such as Sam Battersby aka Matou en Peluche who's principally herself, chief artist, illustrator and drawing machine!


Sam is also assisted by a partner who's a technical genius and all round good guy - Matou en Peluche means Plush Tomcat and under this banner produces original drawings, cards, posters, prints and badges.


Sam's been drawing and making things enthusiastically since whenever. Favourite thing is to spend the day drawing - preferably lovely looking girls - drinking cups of tea and listening to music. She thinks she's a bit of a closet hermit! 

Mermaid Art

Why do you do what you do?

I've always enjoyed making and creating! I've worked in many different mediums, oils, clay, decoupage e.t.c. but I always come back to drawing. I think I like the absolute control you get with a pencil in your hand! I also find the actually process both rewarding and very relaxing.

A walk in Provence

Do you work in silence or music blasting or ......?

When I'm initially nutting out an idea, silence. If I've got the basics down and am doing the final bits then a bit of music never goes astray!

Cute Girls

What's your routine before you create ?

My routine is I don't have one - it's all a bit in the lap of the gods!

Who's your favourite designer / artist / musician or song at the moment?

I'm very inspired by Mad Men actually at the moment. I'm watching season 4 episode by episode on I-tunes and it's just the best thing since sliced bread in my opinion!

Ursula

Chocolate or cheese?

Cheese most definitely! Preferably brie, camembert, jarlsberg or blue castello!

What is your PLAN B?..

I teach English as a second language to students from overseas.

Queen Nefertiti

What have you learned about being a creative?

I've learned that you must above all be patient and persevere.


Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these questions and I wish you lots of success and happiness in everything you do!


Sam's links    

Etsy Shop


Blog


Website

Tile Tuesday

Top Left – girliepains

Middle Left – Michelemaule

Bottom Left – Leung Kayin

Top Right – Hollie Brown

Middle Right – Coramantic

Bottom Right – thewheatfield

Paul Revie : paulofnavarone Interview

I'm on my home territory this week with fellow 'Weegie' Paul Revie, who's shop comes under the title of 'paulofnavarone'.  A great big thank you Paul for giving me the opportunity to interview you and allow me to show some examples of your work! Many thanks Paul! So here are the questions:-

Ah a fellow weegie - what's life in Glasgow like for a maker/designer like yourself

Glasgow is a great city for designer/makers because it has a good mix of cultures, building styles and people. Diversity is the perfect environment for thinking up ideas.
Just now it’s great to be coming out of winter. Every year I forget just how cold and dark and miserable the winter can be. This year I’m going to make the most of the summer and try and appreciate the long days more.

How would you describe yourself in five words and how would you like people to describe you

I’m probably ‘very, lazy, unambitious, content, daydreamer’  But I wish people saw me as ‘Dependable weird rich talented cagefighter’

Give me the names of 3 objects or things you dislike most and why

I don’t like hoovers. You know how a dog will immediately get up and leave the room? I feel the same way.I don’t like Watership Down. Creeps me out. I don’t like fireworks. They are basically little artillery and in Glasgow bonfire night really lasts 2 months. If they were silent I would go for it. Someone should invent a silent firework. This makes me sound like a grumpy old man but it took me a long time to think of 3 things I don’t like.

Tell me about something you've achieved?

I got to level 12 of the old Prince of Persia on the commodore Amiga. In those days there was no save game on my copy so you couldn’t turn the machine off or you’d go back to the very start. Had to keep the machine on for days. Seriously that’s quite an achievement - It was a hard game. It has lovely blocky pixelated graphics and looks and sounds really nice and retro 20yrs on.

What materials do you most enjoy working with and what gives you the most pleasure

I normally work with micro thin vinyl, it’s similar to a papercut style. I was a signwriter and engraver for 7 years and now I use those skills to make little things. There’s nothing nicer than when you get a delivery of vinyl or a new batch of glass to work on and you can experiment and just play around with your new stuff, try things out that you’ve been thinking about and see what works, confident in the knowledge that when it all goes wrong you’ve still got lots of stock left.

Where or what in the world would give you inspiration

mmm. Japan. Paris. French films. Internet. Really good libraries, children, Jack Lemmon, I should analyse when I’m inspired actually and record what I’ve been doing or what I’ve eaten, because I think I eat certain foods and it’s like brain food. Stuff just starts firing right - Don’t you find?

Are you usually late, early or right on time?

Usually early but sometimes I can be all three. It’s good to keep people guessing. A good cowboy never goes the same way twice.

Did you ever have a plan B

I read recently you shouldn’t have a plan B, it subconsciously promotes the failure of plan A. But yes. I wouldn’t mind working for the forestry - being outside on my own, in the drizzle, away from the computer.

Any advice for Ziggy

Ziggy, try and buy property while you’re young and don’t ever watch Watership Down.


Paul's links:

www.etsy.com/shop/paulofnavarone

twitter.com/paulofnavarone

http://paulofnavarone.tumblr.com/

lovelysweetwilliam interview

I'm down under with my latest creative interview and it’s a bit of a sister partnership so a big G’Day and welcome to Shelley Gardner, in New Zealand and Paula Mills, in Australia. Both sisters share a passion for all things creative, make, draw, sew, collect lots of lovely sweet things and drink endless cups of tea!!!

I just want to thank both ladies for taking the time in their very busy schedule to answer my questions and allow me to include images of their work. So, here they are:-

How would your friends describe you in five words!!

Funny, quirky, prayerful, eclectic, creative

What's your daily routine when creating

Make sure the kids are well taken care of! Music, phone off the hook, no urgent appointments and a lovely cup of tea. Once time and space is set up, Paula will doodle with her black ink pen and Shelley will pull out all her fabric and get excited about a new project.

What's been your greatest achievement

Shelley: Building a new house second time in a row!

Paula: Moving to Melbourne and establishing an illustration career.

Tidy or messy worker  -  messy!

What's your plan for 2011

Extending our range of products to include wrapping paper, cards and other paper goods. We also have discovered some lovely new craft markets and we want to be more involved with those. Shelley hopes to join Paula in Melbourne for a sister's crafty, creative week!

Did you ever consider other types of jobs

Shelley works as an educator at the Museum of Wellington, City and Sea

Where would you love to be right now and why

We would love to be with each other and our brother, Myles. He lives in Ireland so we would be there and be celebrating his birthday with him and having an Irish jig together.

What's your own favourite piece of work

Shelley: The Motherhood Dolls - based on the Madonna and baby icon. Carefully combined different fabrics, some vintage, some new and appliqued together to make this heart shaped doll. She is then embellished with wool, sequins, beads, pom-poms and embroidery.   Paula: Any new artwork I am currently creating!

Any advice for Ziggy? The grass is not always greener on the other side!

Thank you Paula and Shelley - I’m hoping to be in Australia in the near future so I'll have to pop in and treat Paula to a cuppa (sorry Shelley - you too if you are there LOL!) and a wee piece of cake as appreciation for answering all my questions.


Lovely Sweet William links: -
http://lovelysweetwilliam.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/lovelysweetwilliam
http://www.madeit.com.au/sweetwilliam

McEtsy Mention

 

Lovely highlight on McEtsy Blog for my calorie free haggis!  Many thanks!

New on Folksy

'Bertie Bear' Kiss Card

'Pink Shells' Vintage Original

'Underground' Vintage Original Wall Art

Just uploaded to Folksy - an eclectic mix of my original work and handmade cards.

Folksy - New Work in Shop

Kirsty Cat With Irn Bru

Scottie Dog

Vintage Original Art

Some new illustrations and artwork available in Folksy now.

New Caramel Wafer Illustration

New illustration I've drawn for my 'all things scottish' range. Slight problem here as there doesn't seem to be anything healthy in it yet ... hmmmm. what does that say about Scotland then? But I love it!!

Etsy Front Page

Great news! The Black and White Abstract Art Card has made it on to the Front Page of Etsy - thank you redtilestudio for my very first highlight on Etsy's Front Page!