Banquet Journal

the bear

gearing up to print a second edition of the marine animals poster, and considering also screening a large tangerine bear - any thoughts?  

fortune cookies

Years ago I made a slew of fortunes to be covertly slipped into the cookies at our favourite dim sum haunt - Happy to find them lurking in the back of a drawer here. (If you click on the image y...

more quilt love

An abandoned quilt i'm revisiting - it seems i can only wrap my head around things in stops-and-starts these days... Eventually, it would be lovely to make something like this with some found quil...

some marine animals of the pacific northwest

Arrived back from a perfect holiday to the arrival (finally!!!) of the marine animal poster. This silkscreen has been a long time coming, but it's finally here, and I'll be posting it to the etsy...

paper

Older work, circa 2000? And this book is breaking my heart. So beautiful!   ::

sailing ships

Some older work... Those ships became an almost unhealthy obsession.

watercolour

  I've been playing a bit with watercolour lately, working loose and then trying to contain things using vector graphics. I'm still undecided as to what the actual end product will be...  

poppytalk

This shape was the leftovers from a project with Cy, and as simple as it is, it hits just the right note. I must extend a big thank you to Jan over at PoppyTalk for giving me a mention this week. ...

re-use

A small design job from over the holidays, and I think a quite brilliant idea (not my own...) And more thrifted fabric in the background. Lovely lilac and yellow roses.

violets

Feeling rushed, I had some tags printed for the tee shirts. After I had sent the design off, I thought Violets?!? But last night I read that violets contain the chemical ionine, which can short ci...