Sometimes there is great joy in owning a cat.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
New York Stories: Pet Ownership
Sometimes there is great joy in owning a cat.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Hudson
Went upstate a couple of weeks ago. Nice colours in the fine town of Hudson, NY.
New york stories: Manhattanhenge
I've started doing a daily(ish) diary(ish) of life in New York. I've been an expat for almost eighteen months now - haven't really done much by way of documenting my life here. But I do have pages of notes of 'things to draw' that have happened here. So now I'm drawing them - some get drawn on the day they happen, but on uneventful days I'm just going to draw something that happened a while ago. Like this.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Lino cut: for luck
I made this as a lucky token. Seems like there's been a bit of a spell of bad luck goin' round me & my loved ones. This is an attempt to ward that off.
I've got quite a bug for lino printing lately. I want to build a press, something like this one. We'll see if the time ever materialises...
Saturday, February 4, 2012
ceramic cat
Well, at the same time as I was making my burning woman, I also made a ceramic portrait of Milo. Here he is. And here's the man himself, to demonstrate the preciseness of the likeness (good rhyme there, eh):
Monday, January 16, 2012
Internet presence
For the NYT Townies column. A harrowing one, this one, as the internet prompts a woman to recall her rape. Not for the faint of heart, but worth a read if you can stomach it. Read it here.
The author wrote to me and said she was proud to have my drawing accompanying her story. Essentially the highlight of my career so far.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
burning woman
A ceramic piece. Her face didnt used to have such a grimace, but the glaze slid down a little in the kiln.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Crackup at Radio City
Aaand another one for the NYT Townies!
This was a great article - the protagonist was a 24 year old girl, committed to a mental hospital. (there but by the grace of god go I, eh?). Sort of accidentally, sort of on purpose, I made her look a lot like me. A sneaky self-portrait as myself as a mad girl, surrounded by dancing girls. Pretty much sums it up.
This was a great article - the protagonist was a 24 year old girl, committed to a mental hospital. (there but by the grace of god go I, eh?). Sort of accidentally, sort of on purpose, I made her look a lot like me. A sneaky self-portrait as myself as a mad girl, surrounded by dancing girls. Pretty much sums it up.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Cathedral cradle
Another drawing for the NYT Townies section - the role a Cathedral plays in the life of a family over the years. The article is here.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hanging her out to dry
I did this drawing for the NYT column 'Townies' last week. It's on the website, and was in the Sunday Review last weekend. It never ceases to be incredibly exciting to have work in print, let alone in print on the scale of the New York Times - I took cheesy photos of myself with the paper but I'll spare you. Probably better suited for my private collection.
You can read the article and see the drawing in situ here.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
manuscripts don't burn
More drawings from the master & margarita.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Kaye x Leah
Over the summer I worked on a collaboration with illustrator/designer/woman extraordinaire, Leah Goren. We wanted to make a couple products that would combine our processes, and allow us to share skills with each other. We're both illustrators, but Leah has taken her drawings to textile designs and is a whiz at pattern making. And I'm pretty addicted to making metal pieces. So we got to learn each other's ways! Here's what we came up with. We went in a moody floral direction (I think the floral was Leah's influence, the moodiness I probably need to answer for).
A two-sided tote, with an ink blot test inspired bouquet. You can see on it the pin that we designed: a big spiky sunflower.
An allover-patterned clutch. It's hard to tell scale in these pictures but it is a pretty large pouch - 11" x 8.25".
They're finally up on my etsy, should you wish to see more photos: clutch and tote.
A two-sided tote, with an ink blot test inspired bouquet. You can see on it the pin that we designed: a big spiky sunflower.
An allover-patterned clutch. It's hard to tell scale in these pictures but it is a pretty large pouch - 11" x 8.25".
They're finally up on my etsy, should you wish to see more photos: clutch and tote.
