Hand Printed Waves

I made another of these hand printed pouches (now in the shop). This ancient asian motif is one of my favourite patterns. It represents oceans and waves and is a really good one to print - it’s a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle :)

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Six months!

Six months since my last blog post! I'm posting to Instagram regularly if you'd like to have a look and say hello - I will also be updating here more often but here are some of the things I've been working on:

Woodblock prints on canvas for these pouches.

Working on photos and packaging for the new online shop.

Enjoying the beautiful summer weather we've been having this year!

I hope you've been enjoying the summer (or looking forward to it, some of you) too :)

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Waterlight

The Galápagos Sea Lions I sketched from a nature documentary a few years ago have had a bit of work done! I've redrafted the fish and given them all a bit of watery light:

Scatter!

Scatter! details.

The shop has already been updated with this new version here!

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Surf

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'Surf' in Indigo; tweaked after proofing and in the shop!

Surf in Indigo detail.

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One!

Forest & Sea is one year old today - hurray!

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`Apapanes and `Ōhi'a Lehua Blossom

`Apapanes and `Ōhi'a Lehua Blossom for this week's contest at Spoonflower.

`Ōhi'a Lehua trees are amazing: they grow right out of the bare lava on the Hawaiian islands. They're also the main nectar source for `Apapane birds, a type of honeycreeper whose feathers match the colour of the tree's flowers exactly. In this design the grey background represents the lava plain and the top and bottom borders are for the volcanoes and famous ocean surf of Hawaii.

This was made for the Hawaiian contest at Spoonflower that was palette limited to just 3 colours (+ white). You can have a look at all the entries and vote for your favourites here, read more about the birds here or visit the Forest & Sea page on Spoonflower here! I hope everyone's having a good week.

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