T&C Inspired: Jessica Gowling

After all the excitement of uncontained, we've finally had a moment or two to catch up on the interweb, and welcome our creative friends to our blog! The lovely Jessica Gowling has shared some of her favourite work with us <3

Name: 

Jessica Gowling

Where are you from: 

Canada, the great white north

Tell us a little bit about your work: 

I am an avid animal lover, and my company name is "nature's my friend," (because we make art together). I am obsessed with textures: fur, scales, and similar repetitive natural patterns have always been some of my favorite things to draw. I suppose I would label my work as "animal portraiture" since I mostly focus on individual creatures; I view them as special beings with their own stories to tell.

Who, what and/or where inspires you: 

Wild animals, line, process, detail, nature, texture, time, voids, fleeting moments, drawing, touch, learning, memory, intimacy, nostalgia, narrative, chance, love, anatomy, letters, postage stamps, and Canadiana collectively motivate my practice.

What’s your favourite tea: 

Green tea is always a go-to but I am currently loving a loose leaf Mango Apricot tea as well.

Links:

BLOG: http://naturesmyfriend.wordpress.com

SHOP: http://www.etsy.com/shop/naturesmyfriend 

TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/jessicagowling

I adore these postcard sets, not just because I am the fan of a creature, but how she's photographed them for her shop too. I want a nice rustic door to put some pretty things on

We love a wolf as well! 

x

Tea, Postcards & Book binding fun

Happy Sunday loves!
Are you all having a good weekend? This blog is a little bit late, but better late than never! Last sunday the Rachels went along to Homemade London to take part in a crafty filled day with Domestic Sluttery making postcards and drinking tea! An ideal sunday afternoon for us crayonettes.

We went along early to join in the bookbinding workshop which was super fun (and for someone who hasn't picked up a needle and thread since school - surprisingly easy!)

Ta daa... aren't our notebooks adorable?!

 
Rachel L - hard at work cutting and sticking postards :)

My postcard - a work in progress

We had a lovely day, many thanks to the girls at Homemade London, Domestic Sluttery!
Rach L has a few more piccies cause she was clever enough to remember a camera, but she's away on her hols (jealous) so they'll have to wait til she's back in London town.

x x

Hello & Domestic Sluttery Postcard Workshop!

Hello crayonettes!!
How are we all? Have you all had a good summer?

We've all been suuuper busy, moving house, new jobs, growing people, graduating etc etc we haven't had a minute to stop! Lots of updates and new work to come soon though - our own Abby is featuring a tutorial in the new Digital Arts mag so grab yourself a copy! And if you haven't seen Company's High Street Edit our lovely Fritha, Natasha and Abby have all been busy illustrating away for the Autumn Winter issue! We'll post pics v soon. its all v exciting!

In the mean time, the Rachsls will be taking part in a Letter writing and Postcard making workshop on Sunday (18th Sept) with the wonderful Domestic Sluttery blog.
We're super excited to share our love of all things hand made so if you're in London this weekend pop along to Handmade London on sunday for creative fun things.  We'll be there all afternoon so come and say hi! Workshops run all day but all the deets are on the website :)

See you there! Have a lovely weekend! xo xo

Tea & Crayons at the Domestic Sluttery/Homemade London Event: Paper & Penmanship!

 
The Tea & Crayons are very happy to announce that a few of our members will be taking part in the Paper & Penmanship Event in London, September 18th 2011, in conjunction with Domestic Sluttery and Homemade London.

The event is all about the art and craft of letter writing; and it's importance in this increasingly digital age! When was the last time you actually wrote a letter to someone? That personal touch is beginning to get lost in a sea of emails, so the event is designed to get you back in touch with your handwriting and the art of sending lovely letters!

We will be holding a workshop in the afternoon slot (3-6pm) where we'll help you design some pretty postcards and lovely letters to send away! Composition, collage, doodling, cutting, sticking.. that's the name of the game!

Tickets are available here and are selling fast! The day is rounded off with a discussion about social media and how our letter writing has changed since we started emailing. "Does it matter that we don't write by hand anymore? Do the words count more than old fashioned pen and paper?"

It will be a fantastic day and we're so proud and excited to be involved! See you there!

Rach L x