New Circuses

I have decided to add a few more Paper Circuses to my Etsy shop, a few people made the suggestion to me so here they are:


Dancing Kittys


Dancing Piggys


Dancing Puppies


And finally Dancing Squirrels!


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Etsy Inspiration

I love Etsy, my little shop is great fun but I mostly like looking at what other people are producing, the number of times I find something and think 'I wish I'd thought of doing that!'. One of those moments happened what when I found Cotton Bird Design, these beautifully simple little birds are made from recycled fabric and vintage paper, check out the Etsy shop here!

I especially love these little wedding bird couples, so sweet!






www.cottonbird.co.uk

Christmas Cards

I realize it is now January and therefore a little late for Christmas cards, but as I haven't posted in a month I thought I post about what I was doing, these designs where produced in the run up to Christmas for my agent, hopefully we can sell them next year. I always find it hard to do Christmas design in the middle of spring ( when most design houses are working on them!) November and December are great because there plenty of reference and inspiration around.

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!

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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