POP...

Yesterday was a total write-off due to a college reunion Friday night, but got a good bit of work done today, here's a sneak preview! LOVE this project, can't wait to have the work finished and printed.

Screenprinting!

Had such a great weekend at Cork Printmakers. I love screenprinting! So much fun, Marianne Keating is a great teacher as well!

Here's some of what I made, a couple of posters and a stack of tshirts, plus two tote bags. The paper is 700g cartridge, YUM, and check out the deadly gold foil and red puff ink!

Chica

Working on some images to screenprint at the weekend (yay!). Not sure where this one is going but I like it so far... I must be in a Spanish mood today!

Spring!

In honour of the arrival of Spring, and the upcoming general election!

String Theory

Last Thursday and Friday I was in Dublin giving a workshop in the Digital Hub. It was my main assignment for an course i'm doing at Mayfield Community Arts. It was a first for me and a really interesting / challenging day. The workshop was centered on developing narratives & characters based on the concept of social inclusion and I delivered it with three other girls doing the course.

As a result i'm a bit behind on work and have been drawing all weekend, here's a preview from yesterdays session, mmmmm.... lovely sharpies....

Chloe Early / Stuff 4 Designers

More blogging! I'm doing a weekly (Thursday) post on Stuff4designers. My first one went out yesterday and focused on Chloe Early, an incredibly impressive painter. I saw her boyfriend, Conor Harrington (another amazing painter!) give a talk at Electric Picnic a few years ago, this was my first introduction to his work and what led me to Chloe's work. It's so beautiful! I would LOVE to own one!

The post is here, with more images and a slightly more articulate reflection on her work (I hope!).

Tune in to stuff4designers every Thursday for more examples of stunning work, plus any random day for some great insights into web design!

Full Circle Exhibition

I went to the final evening of the Full Circle exhibition in the Wandesford gallery today. Organised by Noeleen Doheny, the exhibition was a response to a brief given 8 years ago, the dreaded "Black Squares Project" (just as ominous as it sounds!).

Spurred on by stories of former classmates losing their jobs in the well-documented "current crisis" in Ireland, Noeleen organised the exhibition both as a tool for self-promotion for the designers involved and as a morale boost at a time when jobs are scarce on the ground.

The exhibition had some really interesting work, my favourite posted here - Noeleen's playful and crafty response to the old nightmare brief. I think it's the first purely graphic design exhibition i've gone to in Cork, it would be great if this was the beginning of more such exhibitions!