Growing up in a culture of myth and legends such as the Salmon of knowledge and Tir ná nÓg, I've always been fascinated with magical creatures.
I started doodling and decided to play around with color and finish.
Basic color, less shading.
More depth and color in main and shading.
The class being over is bittersweet. I truly enjoyed the makeartthatsells.com 5 week home decor class. Seeing all the inspiring work from all the students pushed me to think differently and try more.
The last week was working with wood. I decided to do a clock, a dresser, coasters, cutting board and egg cups.
Working with wood
I've always loved pottery. Infact I have quite the collection building of handmade pottery from Ireland and the U.S.
I was very excited about this weeks class. However the week ran away from me and I was left with just my sketches and a day to work on some type explorations and ceramic styling. So here it is.
There was more in the sketchbook than made it to the page but here is where I netted out.
WILD FARM
Wild Farm hand painted ceramic collection.
Bee Wild typography plate
Detail of plate
Handmade ceramic mugs- finishing style handpainted and sealed with a gloss.
Detail of cups using feather details for inspiration.
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I decided to challenge myself in a market I used to be more familiar with when I worked for Torc Candles in Ireland. As the in-house designer and product developer, I travelled through Europe to trade fairs to see upcoming market trends and meet with buyers from Ireland and the U.K. This is a far cry now from what I do today for a global design firm in Chicago.
I love illustration and home decor so I signed up for Lilla Rogers 5 week boot camp class. It has been a challenge, between pitches, managing a team and daily work load, being a mother getting home in time for dinner and school work and still find time and energy to do the class.
Even though I haven't given it the time I wanted to, I have tried to put something up every week.
Week 3
Week 3 — working with glass
Close detail of lamp.
Week 2
Week 2 — working with fabric
Pillow detail
Week 1
Week 1 — metals
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