I’m always inspired in the great outdoors so being asked to create an illustration for Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort Festive Brochure was perfect match for me and my work.
They wanted to do something different and part of my job is to capture the essence of the place and to bring their vision into reality.
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It’s that season again…….. I’m going to mention the Christmas word! I’ve created an artwork called Winter in Dundee and made it into some cards which would make perfect Christmas cards!
They are A5, locally printed and blank inside for your own message. Available to buy directly from me, please email me on hello@louisekirby.com or pop into the DCA shop in Dundee to get them. They are priced £2.45 each.
I will be taking part in the Wasps Artists Christmas Sale on 30th November if you want to get some there, where I will be offering a special offer of 3 for £5.00. For more info on the Artist Christmas Sale please click here.
They artwork has my signature style using rhythmic mark making and merging patterns to represent the creativity happening in Dundee.
I’ve spend Saturday in the Anthropologie Edinburgh store doing a Stitch Workshops for Anthropologie customers. We were located in the lovely garden area downstairs, with lovely plants, paper tree trunks from the window display and surrounded by lovely Anthropologie products- perfect!
My workshop uses stitch and embellishment to decorate little bags. I brought along some stencils of things I use in my work – trees, leaves, pheasants, words and a wee Christmas pudding for a bit of festive cheer. I made some samples in advance to give people the idea of what to do and we used a range of wool, buttons, beads and ribbons….
I love it the window display at he moment! Pop along to see the giant paper owl!
Lots of passing people watching us from the windows and shoppers interested in us doing crafty stuff.
It was also great to be in store where my artwork is being used on Anthropologie wool scarves, with one of the style now half price – you’ll need to be fast to get one! And I’ve got such a connection with the store with originally doing the temporary storefront which is now being featured in store on the stairs area and I’ve also created collections of hand printed scarves for them.
Lots of happy makers with their finished bags!
All the money raised is going to The Woodlands Trust Scotland (once I know the amount I’ll update you!) Thanks to all that came along and enjoyed the workshops!
