It was an exciting week, being B's birthday, and my first ever order from my own shop arrived. I can't describe the buzz when I spotted my own design through the packaging. I designed a graphic tee and matching mask as part of his birthday present, and I was actually delighted with the quality of both. I have seen one of my masks in real life before and couldn't believe the detail in the printing, and it is true that you do really have to see what you are producing for yourself - I got full of new ideas and set to work experimenting with a new brocade design I have been working, using painterly watercolours in jewel colours for summer.
I made B's tee in masculine greys and as always was fascinated at the appearance of the printing tile when it is 'turned inside out', it always amazes me that the two are exactly the same design. B loved his gift, that was the main thing, and the mask had its first outing on Thursday when the fishmonger's van came around bearing delicious seafoods for the celebratory dinner. Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog.
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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April 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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