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Sketchbook Peek: Paper Cut & Drawing
A preview of two experiments in my sketchbook combing paper cutting and drawing that recently led to finished pieces (not pictured here). These are small, about 4 or 5 inches square, and I used those...
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Working in Layers and Dazzling the Eyes
For the last few weeks I’ve been concentrating my paper cutting efforts on a series of larger pieces with two layers. I’m working with heavier and larger paper than usual, a 98 lb with light texture...
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Working In Layers and Dazzling the Eyes Part 2
I finished this second layered paper cut work a few weeks ago, but just didn’t get around to sharing it here until now. The papers I used for this work are a 98 lb lightly textured paper by Canson, and...
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Doodle Evolution
The other week I bought a white ink Sakura Gelly Roll pen from Opus on impulse, and my doodling addiction was refueled. I tested it out on a piece of scrap card stock in black, and knew immediately I...
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Doodling to the Moon and Back
Last week I was feeling like all the work I needed to do for my upcoming show was ready to go, that is until I visited the venue again. I decided I needed a few more pieces to properly fill the space,...
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Geometric gel pen drawings
While hanging around in my studio during Culture Crawl this past weekend I decided to work on a few gel pen drawings so visitors could see how I work. The first one I started sold before I could even...
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Working with TerraSkin Paper
My friend Jasna of Dear Human has asked me to participate in a small project with a group of Vancouver artists and designers happening in Toronto early next year. The one requirement is for the work to...
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Exploring TerraSkin Paper and Circles
I’m going to share this small series of paper cuts in two parts because it feels like too many images for a single blog post. I shared in November about creating a paper cut using TerraSkin paper,...
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Exploring TerraSkin Paper And Circles Part 2
Part two is for sharing the remaining three TerraSkin paper cuts exploring circles. Part one can be found here. The series of six explores circles in new ways for me, as well as allowed me to work with...
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Work In Progress Cut Paper Scroll
This is one of those ideas I’ve had on my mind for a few years and only now have I found the opportunity to work on. I want to make large paper cut work but I’ve held back because of the logistics of...
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Hand Drawn Cards
Leading up to Christmas I decided to go on a little bender of card making. I’ve had a pack of blank white cards for years just sitting in my supplies waiting to be made into something lovely. I went at...
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Spiral Line Drawings
The drawing obsession continues (of course it does!) but now things have shifted to longer lines flowing around a circular area. The first two drawings I completed are spiraled lines around a central...
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Spiral Line Drawings Continued
A few days ago I found myself feeling unproductive so I decided to lay out all of the drawings from the last week across the floor. It was a good check in to do because I’d produced a lot more work...
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Drawings in Colour
My time working in The Leeway is about to begin just in time this week because I haven’t been productive at all recently. I can hardly wait to get started. In the meantime, here are two of the most...
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The Leeway Residency: Working With Pattern Design
I’m three weeks into my residency at The Leeway and I feel like I’m making good progress on my project. I’ve decided to explore traditional pattern making as my focus for the next few months, and these...
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The Leeway Residency: Update on Progress in Week Five
When I was working in The Leeway during my open studio on the weekend I completed my ninth paper cut pattern. I am pleased to have reached this point already, though I am trying to finish two to three...
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The Leeway Residency: Halfway Point
I haven’t been working on my pattern paper cut project much over the last three weeks because I’ve been focused on other things. But yesterday I finally made time to work on transforming the flat...
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The Leeway Residency: Transforming Prints into Objects
Some of those screen prints I shared recently have been transformed into an army of tiny pyramids. I started out with the idea of turning one print into a single 3D object but decided to maximize the...
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The Leeway Studio Residency: More Screen Printing and Sculpture
Last week at The Leeway Studio I worked on a new batch of layered screen prints with the intention of turning these into more small pyramid shapes. I did five or six different layers of colours and...
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Work In Progress: Intricate Islamic Pattern Design
My work on the paper cut patterns has almost ground to a halt as I work on a whole bunch of other things. The braided rug has taken over my brain and that’s what I’ve been spending more time on lately....
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