Wine bottle dressing

To make a crate of wine a more special and unique gift, I dressed each bottle with a neck theme and 'Drink me when…' lable. They had themes such as 'to celebrate', 'when it's sunny' and 'when in the mood'. 

Swimmer

I did a swimathon and raised money for Marie Curie. I made a paper cut swimmer to place on my collection pot at work.

Mother's Day 2015

Bottle gift

I have a friend who collects Isle of Wight memorabilia. I found an IOW sand bottle in a charity shop and dressed it up a bit, adding some charms and paper cut initials of her and her husband.   

ICAO Spelling Alphabet Project Return

After almost 5 years since I last opened the project, I'm reviving this idea.

A little further research brought up this lovely set:

Art Cartoons - 1956 ICAO Alphabet by Artist Carl Rose

Creator/Publisher: Popular Science - Approximate Size (inches): 6 x 9

This is an original 1956 two-page two-color print article about the airmen's alphabet for pilots that was developed by ICAO and illustrated through a series of cartoons by Artist Carl Rose.

Carl Rose (1903 – 1971) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker,Popular Science, The Saturday Evening Post, and elsewhere.

Read more: http://www.icao.int/secretariat/PostalHistory/annex_10_aeronautical_telecommunications.htm

I'm pleased I illustrated mine before I saw this so I wasn't too influenced. I'm also comforted to see they came to the same conclusion as I did about 'Mike' being represented by a 'mic'. 

Also, I notice this is American, because of the turkey in November. I've always had it in mind to try to keep mine as internationally recognisable as possible. 

Place settings

You know you're a special guest in my house when the Rob Ryan plates come out. I even hand cut the first initial of my guests names to dress their napkins.  

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette. I left it unframed so that it was easy to post to America. 

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette.  

Paper cut for Persephone on her first birthday

During Quiet January (as it is known in my world) I took on a special commission to create an artwork for a friend's baby based on her name, Persephone – the Greek Goddess of Spring and harvest.

I took inspiration from the Pomegranate mentioned in her story, and surrounded it with a celebration of meadow flowers. 

I also felt inspired to try it in two layers. The top (white) layer being outlines and defining shapes, with infills of gold beneath, mounted on mint / turquoise. 

Here are my printed templates…

I started by cutting out the top layer…

…and removed the template…

…to reveal the white top layer…

…then cut out the gold…

…and finally mounted it on the turquoise…

I wrapped it in purple tissue and bubble wrap and finished it off with a little 3-layer swing tag…

I also made a timelapse film of myself cutting out the piece…

Energy has sold!

The Mustard Cafe has sold my Energy papercut