Monday, 28 February 2011

Chin colle!

Half-term holiday over and I'm still alive !

The Hula hamster was a requested knitting project that's been quite a while in the getting around to it line

but I was glad that I did it in the end and we're all quite fond of her now! ( have asked permission of her 

new owner to publish pics)

Miss Hula (courtesy of  Alan Dart's patterns)
Watch that hamster hula!
"Chin colle" is the other pastime that I've been madly pursuing - the process involves applying colour in 

the form of acid-free tissue paper and acid-free glue before printing on top.

Simples!

Well - not really. Because if you don't want to mark the paper (and you don't), and you want to get the 

colour where you want it , whilst remembering the image will be reversed when you print it....well, you 

get the idea but it keeps you off the streets.

Same print - different colour application!


As yet un-named but I'm sure something will come to me soon...

Its an amazingly creative process that I'm now totally hooked on - watch this space for more.........

Remember this blog is linked to the website - katy-alston.co.uk and is really useful to update you

from but the rest of the work is there.....
Still hula-ing! Bye bye!

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Apologies to Rob Ryan!

Copied the idea from Rob Ryan! Its not to sell! its just for a special someone on valentines!






oooh Spot the mistake!

Thursday, 3 February 2011

Here's the printmaking bit!

I don't know! You solve one blasted techy problem only to be confronted by another!

But here goes - the printmaking has been coming along a pace.....


Here it is again in blue ( linocut)

Whippet and tumbling blocks (linocut)
a little avatar!(mini linocut)

And I've just discovered a marvellous illustrator whom I have admired for years 

John Lawrence! He did illustrations in the Dark Materials books which are some of my favourites -

I just didn't know who he was!

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John Lawrence 
John Lawrence

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