Artist Book, Etsy Shop, Children's Books, Cafe Royal...

Sorry I haven't been on in so long, been very busy!

Anyway, first to tell you about is the Manchester Book Fair. Here are some pictures of it, taken by Chiu Man (from www.artistsbookcollective.blogspot.com):

Wirral Metropolitan College- some beautiful work (as you can see!).

Cafe Royal- will mention again later!

Borbonesa- Really loved the typography going on here!

It was amazing! There were so many different types of work there that I felt really inspired. I also sold 6 copies of my book, pictured below. I ended up screen printing it in 2 colours on brown paper (which gave me a 3rd colour). I'm going to have another look at other ways to do it too, I feel that I've lost a lot of detail from my drawings doing it like this.

It's currently for sale/trade on Etsy too: www.starttoday89.etsy.com

I've started a new project at uni on children's books, in preparation for the Macmillan's Childrens Book competition. It's a VERY high standard and as a second year student I'm not sure I have what it takes yet, but I'm working really hard already and hopefully it'll pay off!

More info here: http://www.panmacmillan.com/About%20Us/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Macmillan%20Prize

I also noticed on the Macmillan site there are exciting job vacancies for graduates so that's something for everyone to look at.

Cafe Royal again! Craig Atkinson is coming into uni next week to do a kind of workshop with us on zines, which I'm SO excited about! Take a look at the website, I think it's really interesting: http://www.caferoyal.org/

Here's an example of his work:

So keep your eyes peeled for my first zine! It's going to be about a week of my life...

Anyway sorry this was so long! Just had a lot to say...

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Sideshow Curiosities

I've made an artist's book about 'Sideshow Curiosities' as a collection, and am pretty pleased with it. The book below is from an edition of 6, and was originally in watercolour and then digitally printed. I'm working on a screen printed version, which should hopefully make it to the Manchester Artist's Book fair.

Also, I'm starting an Etsy site on which I'll be selling handmade (by me!) books and some artwork. Part of the profits will hopefully be going to Leicester based charity Wishes For Kids, who help very poorly children and their families. I'm hoping to get in touch with them next week and hopefully then that'll be underway.

Exciting stuff!

Apricot Cat Artist's Book

I've finished the line work for the Apricot Cat artist's book! Yay! :) On the left is a (quite bad, sorry!) photo of what it looks like so far. You can see more of it on my flickr, and there you can see how the idea developed to some extent too. I plan on colouring this in watercolour and maybe pencils, and also maybe photoshopping it too before I make it into a book. Hopefully the colour should be done in the next week or so, so I'll keep you updated with that :)

I'm face painting on Sunday at a craft fair- somewhere near Nottingham I think- so hopefully I'll be able to take some photos without looking too inappropriate! Look out for those pics :)

Is anyone going to the 4th Manchester Artist's Book Fair? I know it's a bit early to be planning really, but for those of you who are interested, the website is here. Take a look, artists books are mint I promise! I've gotten well into them lately :)

Anyway I'm off, party to arrange for tonight! Wish me luck and keep updated :)

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