Reflecting Winter and Spring

This small Moleskine journal is the third of my designs that I have hand screenprinted onto notebooks in the studio:

This original design, drawn by me, was inspired by the ferns and icicles of a small frozen waterfall in the Welsh village of Llanarmon DC:

In the spring of 2009 I was asked to participate in an outside exhibition in the village and therefore screenprinted my Reflecting Winter and Spring design onto aluminium:

It seemed quite natural to play around with the scale of my design and first I printed it onto cards and then onto the Moleskine. The journal is quite handy, easy to carry and is perfect for note taking and making lists in - it can be found in my etsy shop here

Celia Birtwell's Artisan Printers

This video shows some amazing printing by one of England's last remaining Artisan Printers for the textile designer Celia Birtwell. I would love to spend some time in there watching them print:

Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire

A few weeks ago we spent a week in North Yorkshire and were truly blessed with good weather. On one of our excursions out we visited Jervaulx Abbey which is a 12th Century Cistercian abbey and has to be one of the most enchanting places I have visited. The abbey is privately owned and the grounds are immaculately kept (whilst losing non of its charm) and is wonderful to walk through with so many lovely vistas and walkways:

Beautiful flora and fauna everywhere:





There were so many beautiful views and these are just a handful of my photos here. It is such a peaceful place, I can't wait to go back again sometime:





If you do however become tired of this tranquil setting you can always relocate to the abbey tea rooms or the ice cream parlour next door at High Jervaulx Farm.

Florentine Lilies - hand screenprinted Moleskine notebook

I have started adding these screen printed Moleskine journals to the range of goods that I print by hand using water based inks in the studio:


I previously printed my Florentine Lilies design onto cards using white cardstock. However, I am really pleased with how different my design looks when printed onto the brown craft paper of the Moleskine journal. These are available in my Etsy shop here.

Inky.Prints.Two Treasury - 'Bridge of Sighs, Venice' card

The lovely Hannah from Hanmade has featured my 'Bridge of Sighs, Venice' card in her Etsy Treasury Inky.Prints.Two. I love all the colours that she has used in the Treasury and think that the contrasts between the blues and the oranges and reds are great. Thank you Hannah :-)

Indian Block Printing Video

Found this amazing Indian block printing video via Cozy Homemaking blog. I really had not thought about all the skillful carving that goes into making these printing blocks.

They make the printing look so easy but it must take lots of practice to get it right:

Pink Lilies in the garden

These gorgeous pink lilies that my Mum bought me a few years ago flower every year and are a perfect colour match for my limited edition 'Florentine Lilies' screen print. I will be making this print available in my Etsy and Folksy shops soon, in the meantime you can buy my cards with the same 'Florentine Lilies' design hand screen printed here and here.