My Favourite Sculpture

Today Rich and I had the day in Bath, we've both been working pretty hard lately so I felt we deserved a brake, one of the places we always have to and have a look in is The Victoria Art Gallery, it's free to go in and they have some really amazing stuff on display.

My favourite thing is the sculpture they have in the entrance hall...



This is 'Lady-Hare on Dog' by Sophie Ryder, I think it just wonderful, I love the fact that the artist has used toys, kitchen implements and bits of old metal like bike chains and stuff in the casting.



Whenever we're usual there its always surrounded by kids looking at all the pieces in it and trying to recognize them, I really love the fact that this sculpture seems to draw so many people to it, you can't help but want to touch it!



You can see where Dog's nose has gone all shiny because everyone strokes him as they go past! No day out in Bath is complete without saying hello to Dog and Lady-Hare!

Shop Update

I have just updated my shop with my latest Christmas card designs, hopefully there will be some more stuff going up in the next few days including another Paper Circus!









Merry almost Christmas!

©Under The Stair Studios

Fairys

Here's some bits I produced for a small company in Ireland a few months back, the theme was fairy's and was aimed at little girls from about 4 to 8 years old, the idea is that these images can be used on any produce from stationary to kids wear.







© Kat Whelan 2008

Watercolour Illustrations

Just a quick update to show I am still alive and drawing, these are just some ideas I've been playing around with lately, not for anything in particular mostly to keep my hand in and because I love using watercolours!





© Kat Whelan

Web Work

I realize I haven't been updating much but that has mostly been as I've been waiting to finish up some deadline's before I could show you what I've been up to.

One of my latest briefs has been for a blogging friend of mine, I've been designing some banners or her web site (soon to be redesigned to include my stuff!) Her site is a gardening and green living web site/forum, pretty cool stuff, just up my street!

Here's what I've produced for her:






















Here's Lucy's web site, check out the forum, there's some really good ideas on there!

http://www.ruralmuse.co.uk/

Selling Cards

I haven't had chance to post these last couple of weeks, I've been run of my feet finishing verious jobs (which I shall post about later!) and getting cards ready for shops, I am now selling to a new shop in Bath. The Widcombe Gift company has taken 17 cards from me to see how they sell (fingers crossed that their popular!)

Dancing Hares

I've got a real thing about hares, I just love them for some reason. This would be why they seem to end up all over my designs, I cant help it they just scurry on there and they wont budge!

Anyway I have got the latest Etsy offering up in my shop, my Paper Circuses are now available to the world at large, lets home some nice people want to give them good homes!...and what has this got to do with hares, well I couldn't resist doing a dancing hare circus.









I don't care if no one but me likes it, the one I made for the photos will sit on my little desk making my happy!