Baby Cockerel Cushion

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This little cockerel cushion is the latest addition to my ‘textile range‘, made from a fabric sample printed with one of my cockerel designs.

 

I made the baby cushion as a gift for the recent arrival who lives in the house where I sketched the original cockerel, which turned into a stencil

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which has since adorned many walls….

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and even a few items of clothing……

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I was a bit sad to find out recently that despite his regal appearance the cockerel I drew was firing blanks and was put up for adoption, but he died of shock just before his new owner turned up to claim him….just shows, a cocky exterior hides a multitude of insecurities….

Cockerel Patterns

I´ve been having fun making some new patterns from my cockerel design:

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Cushions and Bunting

A few months ago I had some fabric samples printed with a few of my designs. I was recently inspired to make these into bunting and cushions to show alongside the digital prints on paper of the same designs which I’m currently exhibiting in the beautiful tea room Chokolata in Vejer de la Frontera.

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Here is a cockerel (which started out as a stencil on wood) being sewn with a contrasting border prior to his edges being frayed.

 

 

 

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Here is the finished bunting hanging at home. To see photos of the bunting at the exhibition click here

 

 

 

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I also made bunting from the fabric sample printed with my 2CV design (which evolved from my ‘7 Days’ illustration project).

Click here to see the bunting at my exhibition.

 

 

 

Here are the cushions.

I backed my printed fabric samples with contrasting velvet, cotton and corduroy to make them go further.

 

 

 

The Dragonfly pattern also evolved from my ‘7 Days’ illustration project.

To see photos of the cushions at my art exhibition in Chokolata click here

 

 

Cockerels for Kelly

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Another outing for my strutting friends, in another beautiful Vejer town house…lucky chaps.

Screen printed t-shirts

3ts-webHere are my latest screen printed t-shirts, using three of my designs…all printed by hand at home…

 

If you’d like one for yourself just give me a t-shirt and I’ll print it for you!

 

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This is the screen for the cockerel design…..

 

 

 

 

…the cockerel t-shirts

 

 

 

 

 

the El Palmar t-shirts….

 

 

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and the feather t-shirts.

Cockerel

This piece evolved from a little pencil sketch I made of a neighbour’s cockerel during an exercise for a distance learning illustration course.

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I scaled up the sketch and used it to cut a stencil through which I applied acrylic paint to reclaimed wood. It still serves as a house sign for the home of the cockerel and his human companions.Rooster-postcard-web

 

This image is now available on postcards and as digital prints (A3 and A4) and I can stencil him onto almost any surface.