At last! Some photos from the Craft fair at Nottingham Contemporary earlier this month! An absolutely beautiful collection of handmade loveliness. Here’s some pictures of my stall and some of the beautiful work by fellow makers involved.
I was sent these beauties (pastels/pencils from Caran d’Ache) to play around with. They looked so smart I actually felt a bit nervous about scuffing them up. I’m not very familiar with pastels – I only remember using ones at school which snapped the moment they touched the paper but these were pretty resistant and the colours were beautiful. Here’s some of doodles…
I tried them out on watercolour paper – looking back at the photos the outlines look a little bit like embroidery. They worked more like a chalk so I tried spreading the colours around with a damp paintbrush. I’ll be honest, it was like being back at school again – figuring out what techniques to use. Smudging and scribbling with them on slightly wet paper made pretty results, the colours became really thick and vibrant… impossible not to draw wiggly hair…
This is probably the prettiest mouth I’ve ever drawn – don’t ask me how I did it though, scribbles and water (the colours blended really well).
The black and white were probably my favourite to work with. The colours looked beautiful on grey card – the white especially (even though it’s probably not showing up as strong in the pictures). The grey card tests turned out to be my favourite in the end…
A handful of beautiful things I spotted recently on etsy. Enjoy!
1. Kilim cushion cover from YASTK, 2. Sinister Tabby by Tastesorangey, 3. Coin purse by BlackbirdAndTheOwl, 4. Necklace/Bracelet by ISWASANDWILLBE, 5. Triangles Tray by oelwein, 6. Vintage coat from secretlake, 7. Glass locket from HHHdesigns, 8. Green and Yellow bag (I’ve lost the link for this one – contact me if you know it on etsy!), 9. Etching – havenvintage.
All picture credits go to the sellers and if anyone’s familiar with the bag (if it’s not sold already) send the link this way. Have a lovely Saturday!
Holiday update part 2 – The end is the beginning – We flew into Copenhagen and spent the day pottering about. I had a mini childhood pilgrimage to do, the mermaid. I was a massive mermaid fan when I was shorter and the trek to statue made me feel like I was 5 again (stuffing my face with ice cream just the same). The chap playing high-speed classical music on bottles was probably the icing on the cake. Brought back memories of Nottingham’s Xylophone man and I considered kidnapping Bottle man as a replacement. Alas, no room in the luggage…
Hello folks! Just a speedy post to say I’m back from my holiday adventures! (All the shops are back up and running too) And now it’s time to bombard you with the pretty holiday photo stuff!
More tomorrow! :)
Hello lovely people,
If you’re local this weekend I’ll be selling some doodle treats at Nottingham Contemporary’s craft market! Come say hello! I promise not to sneeze on you! :)
Here’s a peek at some of the goodies:
