Collage brooches.

These are three brooches I've made. Once my etsy shop is up and running I'll be selling these designs (not these exact brooches) along with three other designs, a toad, a squirrel and a cat.
The brooches are each handmade individual collages on wooden circles which are then sealed and then resined to make them waterproof.

These are the brooches before the resin.

And here they are after!

Forty Hall.

"So Abi, you've kind of been MIA for a while, didn't you say you were going to update every week?"

Well, yes, I did say that and now the New Year is here (and I do hope you all had wonderful festive times over Christmas and New Year) I fully intend to carry that on. Sadly, I've had a few things to deal with recently which have meant this blog has fallen a bit by the wayside.

On a more exciting note I've been working on some pictures for Forty Hall and Estate. The images are based on a poem by the lovely Frances Cherry. They are aimed at nursery aged children showing them the wonders of Forty Hall before they visit. 

If you're ever in the area, why not drop by Forty Hall and take a look?

http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/about_forty_hall_estate/forty_hall

Two birds with one stone...

I really should be holding off posting this... for one thing it's actually part of a set of two. However, I was pleased as punch the other day when I finally finished it and just couldn't hold off! It's unusual for me (in other words once in a blue moon) to be happy with my artwork or feel it looks how I imagined it. This was one of those rare occasions! (Although annoyingly my scanner was still playing up and made the colours slightly off... Updated! It's better but still not perfect!)

This is my dad's girlfriend's dog, Billy. It was a birthday present for her but also came out of an idea of something I wanted to do for the Lewis Carroll show (based on a incident in "Sylvie and Bruno" where the pair visit dogland). It is also a development of the images I did way back here, where I took animals and combined them with portraits from the fab National portrait gallery (this was based on a portrait of Henry Pelham by John Shackleton). 

I'll probably post it again with its pairing nearer to the show but for now you can enjoy it as a single image in all its glory!