drawing and writings du jour

magdalena
ink and ribbon and carbon on board
click on the image below ,I know its v.hard to see it small (sorry !)

work in progress (all that connects us is our tears)
white ink and acrylic on tissue
I am using a lot of white ink at the mo , and I have to say it is a nightmare to photograph, I guess that might have something to do with using extremely light blue underneath.but I am happy with this image in the real world.Hope its nice and warm where you are , doesn,t it make you feel loved ,cozy and calmer? (it does me anyhow.)

studio love

in studio ,gazing around in near catatonic state , what if I can't ever make anymore work after I leave college ?, what if I can't make any work today , on and on it goes .... blahdey blah..at least the sun is shining .

front cover of my first zine /book......(a work in progress)

image on front cover of book is tiny kiss
ink on paper
I was never quite sure of what I thought of photoshop,like I have had it on my mac for years ,but never used it, (okay its an amazing tool ) I quite like this writing that I was able to do with the mouse , I,ll be thinking it over anyways I am posting it in a flurry of excitement , lots more work to do tho, ...(knowing me ,it ,ll probs be all different tommorow )
I am going to try and sell them on this blog ,so any pre-orders or general feedback on my work (the artist assures you that she ALREADY HAS 2 pre-orders,um... thanks guys ! xx ) will be very welcome.
There will be around 20 drawings , interspersed artistically (sort of in a deconstructed storybook way)........with hand drawn lettering transcribing found texts and my photographs (that have inspired the origins of my work )

more treasures ,right here ,right now ...

ceramic pieces from Victorian rubbish dumps

needlework magazines booty

needlewomen are rad !

the second part of this post features my find of the day for sure ,a collection of FIFTY beautifully cared for needlework magazines from the late 1940,s till the 1950,s , these came via a seller who came over from London,with local connections , they are full to the brim with the most amazing ideas , crazy schemes ,and really folkloric booty .I love them so much , that I cannot believe that I found them ,or maybe I cannot believe that they excite me so , there is absolutely no hope for me !...........
The china scraps are from the same man , who used to dig at the old recovered Victorian rubbish dumps , well this is the type of stuff he found. I do think they have a strong poetic resonance together. Once complete dolls, teasets etc.......

it maybe winter outside...

I am on the back of that pink horse like NOW OKAY ?


cute case , its like it was never used ,or very carefully ,if at all

Junior Typewriter Lilliput toys. Gillingham,Kent 1975
(if anyone has any info , they seemed to have made a lot of tin type toys , like robots , some are on ebay , I think the company closed down in the early 1990,s , but I cannot find out anything else, I am praying hard to get some fresh typewriter ribbon , as the one in it is dried up (duh ! ..it is like 34 years old.) It takes half inch standard black/red manual ribbon , it says MK.V on the back of the spool case. I want to type silly things on the front of little hand made books,etc ,ooooohhh I can,t wait !

cute bookplates for squirrel lovers

poodles writing set , I didn,t know that poodles could write ,huh ?

......what a day ! It could not have been anymore cold,overcast and generally horrible !,but I still managed a walk with the dogs and a cycle.I went to the monthly carboot sale, last weekend ,and I must say that I was blessed with some really inspiring finds . I will get great mileage out of them for my work ,but one little problem...I need some half inch standard typewriter ribbon for my typewriter, any ideas, cant,seem to get it round here , if anyone can send me some , that,d be cool.

hand me my little silver trumpet please...

ink and gouache on gessoed board
2009


I was delighted to have been involved in the very recent exciting inaugural show by http:// www.imoca.ie/thismust.html (irish museum of contemporary art)This must be which was curated by Sally Timmons and Paul Murnaghan.
Artswap was presented by the fabulous http://monstertruck.ie,
It was a thrill to know that my piece, girl on a deer, was there , I believe it had a great time, and I am looking forward to getting my swap from artist Lucy Sheridan (hi Lucy !)

some more of my thangs ...

girl in a gilt oval frame

ink on paper satin ribbon and gilt frame

what next ....?

my table at college yesterday
detail of lacefield
ink on tissue

page of my scetchbook
ink on paper

scetchbook page
ink on paper
I am in the process of rounding up all my worldly (um, unworldly worldly) work as I approach my degree final assesment which is on.... WEDNESDAY JUNE THE TENTH ,no, no ,its not getting to me at all ! I actually feel quite apart from it all , its like well, I just make the work , its up to the work to ... well to work, like it either works or it doesnt and at this stage in my life it can do as it pleases because I know that I could not have poured any more work into it and so I am letting it of on its way..... then I can make some more !

drawings du jour........

ink on vintage wallpaper on gessoed board in old frame

ink and acrylic on board

ink on acrylic on envelope with transfers

drawings etc......

garden
acrylic on paper on board
2007
work in progress
ink on tissue paper
april 2009
azura and her rabbit
ink and acrylic on paper
march 2009

she tripped lightly in the april sunshine gathering clues wherever she looked (sometimes it can be overwhelming ..you know ..being CREATIVE

the light was AMAZING today, every time I went to photograph some little fairy or bud all I could see was this amazing shape shifter ,I think I recognise her ,but I am not sure (if you do ,hurry, let me know )
then I heard a shreek of little girls saying OMG, OMG , A BIRDS NEST ! so I sprinted over and so enamoured with it was I ,that they kindly gave it to me, (probably out of embarresment) as I was a little more excited than they, its an old nest ,so no cruelty involved.
The last image is this amazing flower that I thought I.d lost ,its called frittilia , but I know that it is obviously from alice in wonderland or something.

studio love part two..

thats it for todays inside world account, rush to the next post to find out what happened when the artist went into...... THE GARDEN today.......

studio love

When I finally got into my studio this afternoon, I had a lump of emotion in my throat. I love the feeling when I enter my place of work. Its true,it is a place apart from the outside world, from which I can safely scheme up plots to overthrow complacency,mundaneness and insignificance. It is here that all great things start...... Yes ,it is here that I can be me......
below are some random images that I photographed today, in my imediate surroundings , they make my work, its all work, it all flows the same way ...It was a real April day , drip,drip,drop little april showers ......The sun shone shone valiantly on , through the showers ,through it all, it was there..x

um..........happy easter everyone

ceramic flower tree
ink,vintage wallpaper,watercolour and pencil on gessoed board
2008

lapins from the amazing Parisian taxidermist Deyrolle

I had a fabulous day ,tidying and gardening and eating and cycling and walking but not drawing and that makes me a small bit sad. These lapins I adore them , I was in the shop Deyrolle in Paris,a couple of years ago, and it is amazing ,sadly they had a fire this year and if I had half a brain you could read all about it with a super slick link...but I cannot do anything taxing (I DID not say taxidermisting !) until after june when I will have completed my degree ,until then its like I am in intensive care (yes it is that touch and go),
TOMMOROW I WILL DRAW LOADS OF AMAZING THINGS,,,,yes I will , really, easter holidays are a busy time ,not conducive to solitary drawing but very good for wearing bright blue and yellow (which I was) and a dear elderly neighbour said she,d take a photo of me if she had a camera ! and the palpable general bonhomie atmostphere of "can do" in our village today.
The drawing I posted was in Catalyst Arts exhibition last year and I kind of miss it. Fingers crossed that they have found it by my next post .
Oh..and if you are reading this I just want to send out some love and a big high five to all my friends even the ones I havent yet met in person ! ,your support is so appreciated.(you all know who you are )Thanks for the comments ,they kind of keep me going when I feel all alone . (you know...art does that to you,seems its all a part of the process ) xxx Jane ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

college today

a small installation of drawings and my film ..the lady who carried her house on her back
ink on paper and board

drawing du jour....

untitled drawing (for selma)
ink on tissue

scary huh ?

mischevious misty
illustrated by Chader 1963