The magic hairball of the ruby eyed panther

Pickle man Netsuke

2011-12-28T13:26:00.000-08:00

This is my first netsuke carving, that I made for the Yaffle, it's a little pickle man, and also a keepsake box.

I attempted to use the Japanese technique of Ukibori, the process of making little raised areas of wood, by indenting the surface of the wood, then sanding or scraping the wood down to the base of the dents, then wetting the wood so that the compressed wood expands, resulting in a raised surface. it's a amazing process, but tricky to get right, I suspect I was a little too reserved in making the dents, so it wasn't massively successful.

It's made from a piece of yew, that I got from the south of England.

sometimes, even tigers get lost, Chine-collé lino print

2011-12-20T14:38:00.000-08:00

This my first attempt at selling things on Etsy, Here's a link

http://www.etsy.com/listing/88824407/sometimes-even-tigers-get-lost?ref=pr_shop

recently Ive been experimenting with chine-collé lino printing. This print is made up of two layers of tissue paper, the stars and moon are cut out of the blue paper to reveal the yellow layer beneath.
The image is 21x20cm.

A print of Pam

2011-10-04T09:09:00.001-07:00

wooden lady head.

2011-10-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

Oort Teefloy progress.

2011-06-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

This is the front face of a diorama box called, 'The final thoughts of Oort Teefloy',
or something like that.
An eye mechanism has half been made, and eventually you'll be able to open his eyes by partly pulling out the little arrow from his heart, and by peering in through his eyes you'll see what he sees.
so far it's all been made out of a plank of wood I found in the rubbish.
hurrah for skips!

Oort Teefloy and a birthday necklace.

2011-05-10T10:13:00.000-07:00

The Exploding sandwiches

2011-01-10T11:54:00.001-08:00

The final image for the story of the exploding sandwiches.

Kate goes...

2011-01-06T08:36:00.000-08:00

This is the final version of 'the animal who wanted to be another animal'. For Kate goes...

лягушка

2010-12-27T14:03:00.001-08:00

This is a frog I saw the swamp out the back of my house. An extra extra clever frog! The leaves were looking on in amazement.
It's the first drawing I've done in this style for quite some time,

The animal who wanted to be another animal.

2010-12-14T13:54:00.000-08:00

This was originally drawn for the wonderful Kate goes... band, it wasn't quite right for their music. but I quite liked the rough sketch so I decided to finish it anyhow.

The beginning of the Woodland spirits revenge

2010-11-18T13:06:00.000-08:00

This little half made whimsey is made from a 300 year old piece of Oak, an off-cut from a barn that I helped fit the windows for. The Oak becomes incredibly hard with age, so that the woodworm can't get their little teeth into it, but unfortunately the saws teeth don't fair much better.

Wood carving bits and bobs

2010-11-06T07:24:00.000-07:00

This is the bottle stopper I made for the Halloween spirit, That me and my friend Tom

distilled from pumpkin wine, it tasted to me very much of hot garbage, but some people seemed to quite like it.

The bottle stopper served a second usage, as a warning to anyone who might attempt to drink the devil dew inside, they have been well warned. blah!

This is the beginning of a piece called 'the known universe for some bugs', it's kind of like a oraray model of the solar system, and also like a inuit shamanic mask. but with bugs as the planets and the moon rather than the sun.

It's made out a piece of yew wood, the insects are being carved from cherry.

Turn up the colour carving.

2010-08-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

A cherry wood carving for the 'Turn up the colour' exhibtion at Analogue books

There are some nice photos of the exhibition here;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/analoguebooks/sets/72157624485857132/

Cards etc...

2010-04-27T05:02:00.000-07:00

A birthday kite

2010-04-27T04:45:00.000-07:00

The entrance to the sea cave

2010-04-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

The story of the exploding sandwiches (in progress)

2010-03-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Story #1, of 'Things we saw in the night'.

The story of two little old ladies who distill arguments into condiments, some turn out like marmite, others like mayonnaise, all depending. They sent people away with their argument condiments, one condiment on one bit of bread and the other on the other, but kept separate. When a sandwich was made and the two condiments mixed the sandwich would ferociously explode. so people were going about blowing up whatever they pleased with their argument sandwiches, providing they didn't eat them!

Various things

2010-03-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

A head for a kite, or something maybe

Homemade pinhole camera

The image for mr. popidoms pompom choco bomb(with water damage).

mermaids!

2010-03-07T14:41:00.000-08:00

Never hesitate to trade your cow for a handfull of magic beans.

2010-01-03T11:28:00.003-08:00

My first papercutting.

Unfinnished work

2010-01-03T11:26:00.000-08:00

You & your future (rejected birthday card idea)

2010-01-03T11:25:00.000-08:00

Sketchbook peepshow

2010-01-03T11:21:00.000-08:00

Bits and bobs from the sketchbook

The things we saw in the night

2009-07-31T01:21:00.000-07:00

Cover drawing for 'Things we saw in the night' a book of short stories of things i've seen while asleep. If i've been blessed with any talents, writings certainly wasn't among them. so I expect I'll be asking one of my friends for help, Probably one of those lucky people who knows how to use punctuation and spelling and other confusing tricks of the english language, rather than spraying it out haphazardly like crumbs from the mouth of someone eating crackers while talking.

The whale bone home

2009-06-21T04:05:00.000-07:00

Gill and I have been making a book together called the whale bone home. In a nutshell it's about two women whom run away from their horrid husband and seek refuge in a beached whale (deceased). Eventually word spreads and it becomes a safe haven for many others. but lo! their oppressors find out!! and they form an angry mob to steal them back. However the whale dwellers take a stand and by turning the whale into a hideous beast are able to frighten them away, never to return. They live the rest of their days in peace, among the bones of the whale.

Here's her website; http://rubyredfoxes.blogspot.com/

Sometimes, even Tigers get lost.

2009-06-21T04:01:00.000-07:00

My friend was feeling a little down, so i made her this print.

The music of the night

2009-06-11T09:40:00.000-07:00

We'll make our own people

2009-06-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

Mr.Under Wood

2009-05-17T10:17:00.000-07:00

The cloud whale

2009-05-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

There was a tremendous storm, the bolts of lightning were like great harpoons and the clouds like leviathans, but i wasn't really watching, because i was in a huff.

The cloud piano

2009-05-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

Da Da Da Darrr. I seem to be quite into clouds that look like things at the moment.

Originally the idea was for a climate camp fund-raising concert poster, But this drawing wasn't used.

Instead it sold at the City Art Centre, in Edinburgh. To who? I don't know.