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Clare makes: August 2013
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013. Another project which took hardly any time but was a lovely effect. I hand made hair clips for my bridesmaids out of appliqué wedding lace samples, a glue gun and a hair clip accessory. A little bit of wedding customisation for both the bridesmaids shoes and my own! Do ask if you would like to know more about how they were made: clarecme@yahoo.co.uk. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Clare Therese Gray. Visit Clare's profile on Pinterest. Secrets of a Butterfly. The ABC of Murder.
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Clare makes: February 2015
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Friday, 20 February 2015. Spring birdy lino print / design. Sharing a print I made earlier this week which I quite like, and which looks quite pretty transformed into a pattern for interior furnishings. Et voila the final print! Surface Pattern Design development for homeware and furnishing. Click on the images below to see a few more of my recent linoprint designs. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm Clare Therese Gray. Spring birdy lino print / design. Visit Clare's profile on Pinterest. The ABC of Murder.
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Clare makes: October 2014
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014. Inspirational Assyrian and Greek Sculpture. Such a lovely day recently exploring and drawing the sculpture in the British Museum. Here are a few pics of my faves, I always end up going back to the Elgin Marbles and Assyrian reliefs from 600bc. The Elgin Marbles (don't take them awayyy! Tuesday, 28 October 2014. British Museum and V&A drawings. Some drawings from the British Museum and V&A the other day as inspiration for designs! Assyrian Friezes (approx 650bc). Some recent fu...
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Clare makes: August 2014
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Thursday, 28 August 2014. Busy morning in my studio today, thought I'd share some Country Living-inspired watercolour paintings, which are new designs for greetings cards! Friday, 15 August 2014. Have long been meaning to try using a bottle of masking fluid, a gum which resists ink and watercolour - to see the effects with my drawings, and after investing in a bottle yesterday, am super excited by the results, love it! Step by step below. Et voila. some details of the end results! Just thought i'd share!
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Clare makes: November 2013
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Saturday, 2 November 2013. Tom and I decided to use our favourite places in West London as the table names. I really loved making these as the places we chose for the designs were close to my heart. Firstly, I designed some little paintings for each table. As they needed to be visible from both sides, I traced the original design and then painted them again so that they were identical. The paints I used were gouache on white mount board. The table names in situ! Friday, 1 November 2013. A freelance surfa...
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Clare makes: May 2014
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Tuesday, 27 May 2014. I have hoarded these images for almost a year, but think that they are far too beautiful not to share! They are from vintage wallpaper samples books. New floral pattern source drawings. Feeling the need for some springlike colour on this cloudy day in Ilfracombe! Working away at some hand painted floral drawings. Wednesday, 21 May 2014. Handmade drawings at Furniture Magpie! In Barnstaple, North Devon! Here's some pics of the display we put up today around the shop. Handmade drawing...
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Clare makes: A first winter in Hampshire
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Friday, 30 January 2015. A first winter in Hampshire. Good frosty morning, it's freezing here! Thought I'd share some of the highlights of the inspirational things I've seen here in Hampshire in the past couple of months - pics mainly via my Instagram. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm Clare Therese Gray. A freelance surface pattern designer and visual artist based in Winchester, England. Sharing what I've been making, photos I've been taking and recent inspiration. A first winter in Hampshire.
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Clare makes: September 2013
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Monday, 30 September 2013. Handmade wedding chutney favours. I don't have any pics of the works in progress of these little numbers but I thought it was worth sharing a I think the result was really pretty. 1) Firstly, I hand wrote out the label, (lots and lots of times till I got it right! 2) Scanned it in, and reworked in photoshop to produce a design which I then. 3) Had made into a little stamper (just on vista print! 4) I bought some cute brown labels on ebay and then handstamped the labels. A freel...
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Clare makes: July 2014
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Thursday, 31 July 2014. Just a few patterns I have seen of late which have inspired me, i've tried to categorise them a little! Marilyn Moore, Zara. Feeling dreamy in the haberdashery department at Liberty's. Cannot for the life of me remember where I found these but aren't they amazing? Hand block printed fabric from India, found in a Hackney haberdashery shop. Tuesday, 29 July 2014. Devon Allotment Lino Print. Et voila, the finished print! Soon for sale on my Etsy Shop page! Saturday, 26 July 2014.
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