Whales

New pattern entered in a recent Spoonflower weekly challenge. The subject was Whales and the palette was restricted.
I didn't like the colours but I took the challenge anyway.

Detail

Wall paper

I designed it entirely on Inkscape without drawing it first, which accounts for why it looks a bit blocky and geometric, but I guess that was a challenge too.
Hopefully you can recognize the blue whale, humpbacks and sperm whales.

A new shop on Etsy

Today, the 1st of May I have finally opened my shop on Etsy.
Etsy is a USA based market online, with about 2 million members. The products in this shop are all made by me using my own fabrics.
I had a lot of help from Tasha, who did most of the work needed to set up shop, as well as sewing the pencil cases.

My new Etsy shop

Good luck to my new venture.

Mugs

Last on the list of new products for sale at my shop on Society6 is mugs.

All photos courtesy of Society6

Shower curtains

This post is about shower curtains, another new product on Society6.
It's quite amazing how digital printing has changed the way goods are produced this days.
For an artist like me it's only a matter of uploading a file onto the printers website.

 

 All photos courtesy of Society6

New products on Society6

There are new products on my shop on Society6.
Because there are too many of them, on this post I'll start with the clocks.

Doves and Cumquats

At the fish market

Ravens in my garden

Shield bugs

Black swans

Black swan garden

Wildflowers and silvereyes

All photos courtesy of Society6

T shirts

I made these T shirts just before Christmas, but hadn't had the time to take a photo. When Tasha came over earlier in the year she took the pictures for me.

New Holland Honey Eater fabric

Grevillea and Silvereye fabric

Sardine competition

My sister Cristina has sent me the link to a competition  named Which sardine are you?

It is a fun art competition open to everyone in the World, and it is part of the "Festas de Lisboa" a cultural celebration of the city of Lisbon which happens in June every year.
Portuguese people and sardines have a special connection to each other, so what is more obvious than decorating a sardine to celebrate the city of Lisbon.
Click here to access the site, and good luck with the competition.