Spring Lungs
Ink sketches / Long-lugged creatures / Handmade clearance SALE!
Hello to you if you’re reading for the first time, or if you’ve been around a little longer hello to you too, I do hope you’re well!
I’ll get the customary weather report out of the way before I move on to the art. Yes, the weather has been changeable! …Freezing, grey, windy, bright sunshine, on repeat, but generally more spring-like and lighter, which seems to have been good for my productivity.
I’m still spending most of my art time with my sketchbook. In fact, it’s my number one top priority of the day. I’ve been getting up and going through to my workroom before I’m even properly washed and dressed, setting my timer for 15 minutes but usually working longer. Trying not to think too hard about what I’m doing and just letting what happens take its course. A lot of what happens, sadly, is utter dross, and not anything I’d want to share. Luckily, there are also little fragments of ideas starting to emerge.
In the pages above I was messing around with blue and pink acrylic inks, enjoying the way the inks splodge and flow into each other. Before I knew it these growing, breathing trees appeared, like spring lungs, as my friend commented when I shared the photo in my IG stories.
It does feel good to be breathing in spring air and watching the abundant new growth. It’s very inspiring.
INSPIRATION = the act of breathing in, or a single breath in.
Bronchi normally expand and lengthen during inspiration.
The sketchbook pages reminded me of these rabbit/hare guys. They were made more than a decade ago, when I was mainly making cute stuff from recycled fabrics, under the name Materialised. My filing system leaves a lot to be desired so I had to look back through my neglected flickr account to find the photos. As you can see, they also have spring lungs. And, what a labour of love it was to sew them in place! So many twists and turns of the sewing machine needle while keeping the fabric taut, and ironically, frequently forgetting to breathe until the job was done. But it was worth it because they make such a great pair, with their coordinated adornment.
From what I remember, this pair were sold together and the ones below parted ways
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Shop News
Some exciting news - a great big SPRING26 sale is now underway!
Because I’m shifting my focus from handmade to painting I need to give my website a massive redesign that means lots of handmade items and giclee prints are going to be retired from my shop at the end of March. So as of now there’s 26% off a great many handmade items (some are already discounted so you get 26% off the discounted price) - get them while they last!
Discounts will be applied at checkout - use code SPRING26, or shop via the button below to have the discount code applied automatically.
Thank you for reading and supporting my work - I appreciate you very much.
Have a great week!
Julia x