A gift for my brother.
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Drawing at night
Woof, it's been a long time. I've been travelling, mainly on jewellery business, so a little more has been going on over on the Datter blog. I got home yesterday after 16 hours in transit. Very jetlagged. But today is my dad's birthday, so I drew him this. Simple. Drawing at night, which I guess I'll be doing for a while til I adjust to GMT.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Tenement
A birthday gift for Lion, in case he finds himself missing the buildings of Alphabet City. Now on display next to our wooden half-a-brain. It's hard to get any sense of scale from these photos I realise, but that's a realistically sized brain, so the building is about 18" x 6", painted on wood. It's funny working with acrylics on a non-absorbent surface after so much time mucking about with inks and wet paper and so on. I like the way the paint resists being applied. You get all these stops and starts in the line. Or I do at least.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Iphone case
I got an iphone case made for my brother's birthday. Lino print in a different context.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Rabbit rubber stamps
I carved some stamps a couple weeks ago, as prizes for an easter egg hunt. Now they're in their new homes, I've just got this post-it to remember them by. I think I'll re-make that grumpy face up top. I rather like him.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Spitfire in situ
Remember the spitfire I made for my Grandpa back in March? Well, here's where it lives now. Patrolling the skies above the dining table in his home. I like how somehow this photo came out with the background perfectly matching the plane. Film is full of nice surprises.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Paper Spitfire
My Grandpa turned 89 yesterday. I made him this paper spitfire to mark the occasion. He flew planes in his youth.
He's also an illustrator - a wonderful artist, mainly for children's books. He has well over a hundred to his name.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bleach shirts
Just before I returned to NYC from London in September, my brother and I made cat tshirts for each other. We're both cat fans. We just painted 'em with bleach.
Basic photos but here they is.
(my brother wearing totally inexcusable trousers he had just bought in Thailand)
My cat & crossed paws drawing.
Basic photos but here they is.
(my brother wearing totally inexcusable trousers he had just bought in Thailand)
My cat & crossed paws drawing.
Monday, March 21, 2011
brass knuckles
21st birthday gift for my brother, Viggo. So he can leave his mark on anyone who might wrong him (and also slices of bread, soaps, leather jackets, etc). I'm going to start making custom ones, but probably a little smaller - something subtler and more wearable for your average, less-theatrical-and-eccentric-than-a-Blegvad, person.
Also, brass knuckles are illegal. So I'll have to play up the 'novelty jewellery' aspect, and minimise the 'brand your enemies' feature.
Friday, March 18, 2011
two birthdays
a 21st birthday card for my brother
and a 3rd birthday card for the little girl I babysit. She is obsessed with cats.
And in between the two birthdays was St Patrick's Day. I have never seen quite such enthusiastic Irish celebrations as I saw yesterday in New York. So intense. Watched a guy fall asleep against the wall of a bar, resting on his giant padded hat, at 2.45pm. Magic.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Lion banner
Valentines day gift for Lion. Now our bedroom looks like a nursery.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Receiving the miniature dog
Viggo was pleased.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Miniature dog
A good-luck-in-exams gift for my brother. I was obsessed with making miniature things when I was a kid, so yesterday I thought I'd see how small a dog I could make. It's pretty small.