African Animals in historical clothes original artists cards

Original Artists Paintings Greetings Cards

Small Magnets with Unique and Original Artwork

Susie Batsfords Business Cards with Original Art

Well, it’s finally here, this evening is the Opening Night of our exhibition ‘Metamorphosis’. I remember watching in awe as all the student work went up on the walls this time last year, and thinking that I could never imagine being ready to exhibit anything. If I’m totally honest, I still don’t feel ready but I wonder how many artists really do when they are at this stage of their career.

So, with the exhibition hung, I began to turn my attention to promotional material and here is what I’ve designed fresh from the printers today… just in time. Blank greetings cards, small round magnets, bottle opener magnets and of course my double sided business cards from https://www.moo.com/uk/

When the magnets arrived I popped them into little bags and attached a cardboard label I’ve also designed and printed, there’s a matching logo design on the back of my greetings cards. You might recognise the icons from my previous post http://www.illustratorsimaginarium.co.uk/the-emperors-new-crown/

I’ve also just begun another course in photography with the Makelight community, this time I'm studying 'Makelight Essentials' which teaches some basics in photography: https://makelight.com

So hopefully, I’ll start getting to grips with my new birthday camera. Photographs of tonight’s exhibition will follow so for now… wish me luck!

"Pressed floral collograph print, surrounded by antique floral teacup, organic, botanical elements and gem stones. The combination of natural textures and printed design creates a serene, nature-inspired atmosphere."

"Here’s a closer look at my collograph print on paper, with a scene of vintage items that inspire me. I love surrounding my work with objects that carry a sense of history and beauty, from antique tea cups to colorful gemstones."

"This is the first step in my collograph print process—my print master set on the press, ready to transfer the intricate design onto paper. It’s always exciting to see my artwork come to life through the printing press."

Hello my friends, I thought today I'd share my results of the wonderful collagraph printing workshop I did at college earlier in the month. For those who know not, a collagraph is a little like a collage which you then make prints from. I made the collagraph plates by collecting plant matter from the garden. Then after pressing it for several days I assembled two plates on cardboard using strong pva glue. I then painted the whole thing white using acrylic gesso, this is so you can see where you've put the ink when you ink it up in the print room. Then I varnished each plate using acrylic matt medium and voila, once dry they were ready for printing. The top picture shows one of the plates on the printing press and below this are my prints. I had so much fun, I recommend it if you get the chance!

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