Just a quick post to say I’ve updated my most popular blog post with a new 2020 free calendar download. I’ve been making one for myself for the past 4 years, it sits on my desk and is perfect for … Read More
Press for Design is 8 years old today! Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me over the years, whether by hiring me as your graphic designer, buying some of my artwork or my book, coming along to a … Read More
A little freebie for you, made from some doodles created in Adobe Illustrator when I was playing around with it a few weeks back. This printable stationery set features lots of colourful little love hearts, and comes with an A4 … Read More
April’s free download is the result of the first couple of days of my #100daysofcelticknots project, and is a colouring page download of this 6-fold triquetra that I have drawn over the last three days. The final hand drawn version … Read More
Winter comes, and it’s time to get knitting by the fire again. I’ve been knitting a lot of presents lately, and here’s another one that’s on the needles, a simple scarf. This is a simple twisted rib stitch, using James … Read More
Make your own 2019 star shaped desk calendar – with three free downloads!
The lovely Louise Lewis asked me to be a guest blogger this month, and I was absolutely thrilled to be asked! My blog is all about how I prepare for my workshops, so if you’re thinking of putting on your … Read More
My lovely partner has just spent two months of back breaking work re-roofing both our and our neighbours houses. And of course that means we have a lot of old broken slates … and as a crafter I can’t just … Read More
I’ve been wanting to play with gelatin plate printing for quite a while, but as the commercial plates are pretty expensive, I hadn’t yet managed to have a try. Over the past few weeks I’ve been teaching collagraph printmaking, and … Read More
Yesterday I was playing with some pre-gessoed canvas paper, and ended up drawing a mandala on it. I had to use a brush pen, as the canvas was quite rough, hence the much thicker lines than I would normally draw … Read More