I’ve moved

Hello,

I’ve moved my blog and finally put up some of my arty things on a new website

www.alexrcarruthers.weebly.com

Thanks!

Baby Shower Gift

My friend Harriet asked me to do a drawing for her friend’s baby shower.
She wanted something personal to commemorate the arrival of their little one due this Summer.

We decided to do a line of their shoes, with mum, dad and baby shoes with little cat prints for their two cats.

She did some detective work to found out their favourite shoes and this is the result!

Life Drawing

Not the best attempt but was really interesting drawing a pregnant woman, she did some great poses to.
Also she looks wiggly in the middle because she had her weight on one foot, looks very odd!

My first screen print

My parents bought me a two day screen printing workshop for my birthday this year.

It was at Print Club London, a great little place with friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere.

We spent two days getting our designs print ready and then printed six A3, two colour prints.

I chose a design from my illustrated bike journal I am STILL working on, which is a collection of signs I saw on my cycle trip a couple of years ago. And here is the finished result! (Terrible picture but you get the idea)

 

Hand drawn type scanned in and screen printed

Mitten Christmas Cards For Sale

I’ve put my mitten Christmas cards on sale this year.
You can find them here!

Not only do they make lovely cards but you can also hang them up as a festive decoration.

Merry Christmas all!

Catch Up #4 – Jaime’s Birthday card

My friend Jaime works for the national trust. 

I made her this card on the way to visiting her. 

Catch up #3 – Beatles birthday cake

It was my housemate Tash’s birthday and she asked me to make her a record cake of her favourite song. 

After a little detective work and some sneaky baking I created this masterpiece. 

 

Catch up #2 – Canadian card

 

I made Corinne a birthday card.

She is writing her Masters dissertation on First Nations in Canada and historical artefacts. 

This card is meant to be a historical map of all the original tribes in Canada. 

Catch up #1 – Marathon support

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Lovely Soph ran the Bright Marathon this year. Corinne and I made this poster to cheer her on. 

And she did great! So proud. 

Mummy’s birthday present

My mum likes birds.
Last year I made her a bird card. This year I made her a bird embroidery.
This bad boy took bloody ages.