peut-être.. cuir?

maybe leather?

paper is, obviously, my usual choice for cutting… but after spotting a beautiful hand carved leather bicycle saddle during a browser-window-shopping session, i was inspired… i picked up a basic and cheap-ish set of carving tools and had a play…. it’s very different, but definitely something i would enjoy playing with more.

arbre de l’amour.

tree of love.

so fromage-y.

for the wedding of a childhood friend of mine, Lisa and her man, James.

oui, allo?

french rotary phones are impressive on any normal day, but have you seen the hand-worked beauty by The Nin, herself? “Bonjour!”

anyway, this is the card made in honour of the work and birthday of The Nin, the far-away craft-extraordinaire friend.

poche.

actually not really a ‘pocket’ at all. this is more like a document folder/case thing. i just like the word ‘poche’.

always a fan of a bold, scandi, illustraive style print, i picked the Siirtolapuutarha print cotton fabric from Marimekko’s range, lined with cotton canvas and inserted foam sheeting to add a bit of padding and body. i actually made this a while ago, but still happy with how it turned out.

and if behind-the-scenes videos take your fancy (as is my thing at the moment), you should definitely watch Marimekko Fabric Printing, a little video on the print process at their factory in Finland.

la terre. feu. l’eau.

june, every year is an explosion of births for many of my favourite people. a busy carding month. last june, three particular cards i made for different people, each for their own separate reason, sit together quite nicely together as earth, fire and water. completely unintentionally.

le temps.

time goes so fast, doesn’t it?

it’s been 8 months since my last post. although that’s probably more to do with my laziness to post than the speed of time. still… can’t believe it’s already the end of the first month of 2012. in the time that has passed, i’ve gone from one obsession to the next – including but not limited to: book-binding, clipboards, knotting, weaving and more recently, staple gunning and leather carving – watch this space. it goes without saying, i have a backlog of stuff to post… so cue time-warp screen…

zébre.

x 2.

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