kelly walton

birdies

2011-12-10T16:47:00.001-08:00

Here are some more birdie things! this time, hand painted laser cut wood badges. I had fun doing these :)

Thanks to orange ben for laser cutter help & to isaac for badge back sourcing.

(also featured in these photos are laura's resin toys, bandit fox brooches and fox prints)

summer show

2011-07-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

some hurried pictures i took of some of the lovely things in the illustration part of plymouth college of art's summer show. didn't get around to taking photo's of everything but here goes...

by Laura Jayne Weeks

my part...or some of it.

mine and emily watkin's handpainted figures. (sculpted and resin cast by laura weeks)
lots of these were painted up and given for bidding to raise money for new designers visits.

by zoe binner.

we also painted up some wooden laser cut shields and gave these for bidding too. this one's mine.

emily watkin's bit. love these.

bandit badges by laura jayne weeks

2011-07-28T07:27:00.000-07:00

fox head bandit badges by my friend laura. i think they're super good. such nice colours.

more about these guys:

''These little fox fellows are hand sculpted, hand cast and hand painted resin badges. If you feel like living life on the edge why not go for the lucky dip option, if you would prefer a specific colour then let me know when you place your order.

Urban Bandits... are they Heroes or Villains?''

they're for sale here on etsy.
and laura's blog is here.

a bit of a sale

2011-07-21T13:18:00.001-07:00

Hello,

Having a little sale over in the shop, turnip babies and badge packs reduced! if you'd like to see, click over there on the right >>>

Making more little sculpey things..and learning to crochet, i'll be back soon with some photos.

thanks!

tiny t rex dinosaur!

2011-07-07T16:18:00.000-07:00

here's a tiny dinosaur i made recently out of sculpey. I baked him, painted him and varnished him too. Making things out of polymer clay is really fun. I love the process of sculpting, then baking, then painting. I've been making little batches of things.

Here are some houses I made too.

misako mimoko

2011-07-02T11:03:00.002-07:00

eva monleón makes the sweetest fake watches, rag dolls (amongst other cute things) and writes a lovely blog too.

see her blog here
see her shop here

a little about the fake watches:
"It can be a summertime watch, a not-working watch or maybe a lazy artist watch... love holding time, love a neverending tea time! The charm is a one-of-a-kind handmade piece of russian porcelain with original decal designed by me. The translucent effect, almost waxy, of the porcelain as well as several layers of a super glossy glaze make this little watch look like yummy little anise candy"

I love the colours she uses.

Birdies

2011-06-21T15:27:00.000-07:00

made some new sets of birdies badges :) they're hand painted.
to see more, visit my shop >

Dinosaur badge sets

2011-06-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

I made some badge sets for Bristol artist's book fair and bristol small press expo. I handpainted them on the insides of envelopes..before making them into badges. Now they're available in my etsy shop too>

I also added some postcards I got printed for the same events. They feature my Giant in the Woods drawing, but this time digitally coloured. More stuff is in progress.

Jamie Mills' SALE

2011-06-08T12:45:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Just today found out about a sale in Jamie Mills' shop. I recently bought a book of his (which was reaaaally nice) and wanted to get an A3 print of his drawing 'Surrounded' soon. So I was excited to find he's having a sale and bought that and another set of 4 prints called 'Winter'. Although I think I bought the last of those two things, there're still A4 'Surrounded' prints and lots of other lovely things left (and not for long, i reckon)

big bus and other toys zine

2011-06-02T14:49:00.000-07:00

Another thing I have recently been working on is this 'big bus and other toys zine'

It's a zine collecting drawings of my toys from the past and a couple of little strips about when I was younger too (one about an embarrassing accident and another named 'STINK BEAN') Drawings of buses, dinosaurs (many) elephants, big ted, camera and the big teapot. I really enjoyed making this zine.

It's A5 and has 16 pages. Colour cover with greyscale insides. I've sewn the pages together with green thread.

The cover is from a gouache painting, I'm planning to do more around the 'my old toys' theme and exhibit them in the summer show at college.

Here's a preview:

for sale here: big bus & other toys zine

macmillan prize

2011-05-31T17:26:00.000-07:00

I also recently entered the Macmillan prize competition. to enter you had to provide 32 pages (to include copyright page and endpapers, so essentially 28 pages) 4 double page spreads had to be complete and the rest could be roughs. all of which needed to made into a mock up.

thought i'd share some of the pages! i'm going to redo them because i think they could be better and then i'm going to send some stuff to children's book companies. it was really challenging to work on a whole book, i think it was good practice!

this is the part of the story where sophie is talking about the secret lab she has in her cupboard.

two bristol visits and turnip babies too

2011-05-31T17:09:00.000-07:00

hello!
i haven't posted in a while..but quite a lot has happened so i thought i should! i'm going to try and update my blog more. things that have happened since i last posted:

-went to bristol artists book fair (BABE) and had lots of sleep deprived fun. didn't sleep before we left and left at like 6 in the morning to get two trains to bristol. It was a tiring weekend but still had lots of fun with lots of people!
-went to bristol small press expo and had even more sleep deprived fun. went to the robert lenkiewicz exhibition which was really good too.

sold badge packs, turnip babies, stickers, tote bags, screen prints and had some nice feedback too.

started making these turnip babies which are to accompany Isaac's comic 'JONAH' (both are available to purchase from the shop on the right >) It's a really nice story. I needle felted these turnip babies using wool and sheets of felt; so they're super soft and light and look nice with plants, i think! I'm enjoying making them!

ps, on an unrelated note, went to see derren brown's 'SVENGALI' which was very excellent!

birdies and dinosaurs.

2011-03-26T18:36:00.001-07:00

I made this set of badges a few days ago. I hand painted the crows and dinosaurs onto the inside of an envelope and then secured them behind the plastic using a badge maker and they're now in my little shop. Also I needle felted a pink birdy brooch tonight, also in my shop now!

Aside from that..I've been working on my entry for the Macmillan competition and also college work.

Website

2011-03-14T19:23:00.000-07:00

This is the design for my website which will probably not actually become an actual website because I prefer my blog for now.. BUT, it's got buttons so that when you hover over the drawings it offers you GALLERY and over the telephone drawing CONTACT and over the house HOME :)

monster plant

2011-03-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

Recently in college we had to illustrate some kind of monster plant and here's mine! I am enjoying colouring things!

Oops, I forgot to say..they're monster plants because they lure things in with their lovely berries which are poisonous and then they catch the things when they fall with their long legs and then they eat them.

Poster

2011-03-06T14:28:00.000-08:00

Last night I made this poster. Just a tester really, I need to work on it some more.
Anyway, click to enlarge! :)

Giants in the woods stuff

2011-02-20T05:29:00.000-08:00

very small canvas I painted a little while ago and I also screenprinted some tote bags.

I've listed the painting on my etsy, click here to see

from farm to fork pretend editorial

2011-02-20T04:51:00.000-08:00

Another pretend college editorial.
Click to enlarge!

Domestic Etch

2011-02-09T14:05:00.000-08:00

If you haven't already, check out Domestic Etch.
It's a magazine and here's a little about it-

"NY based art and design magazine "Domestic Etch" was founded in 2009 and is published more or less biannually. It features interviews and work by up and coming illustrators and fine artists. Past issues have featured artists such as Jon Burgerman, Luke Pearson, Ines Estrada, Oliver Jeffers and many more!"

I recommend you check it out here

Quick update

2011-01-30T14:37:00.000-08:00

There's a new listing in my shop; some lovely Turnip Babie three colour A6 screenprints by Isaac's Lenkiewicz for £4 each!

CLICK HERE to shop!

Pretend Editorials

2011-01-26T09:34:00.001-08:00

Some magazine articles I illustrated for college.

Updated shop

2011-01-19T13:45:00.000-08:00

I've just finished updating my shop, it's got some of my previously mentioned two colour screenprints for sale with free postage to the uk. Also, some more stickerpacks, mini-comics and badges.

check it out!

dinogirl

2011-01-17T20:01:00.000-08:00

just found this again, i drew it a while ago! she's a character i'd like to do something with soon.

another finished coiled pot

2011-01-16T12:49:00.000-08:00

again, click to enlarge!

a finished coiled pot

2011-01-15T16:37:00.000-08:00

one of my finished coiled pots previously mentioned. I used coloured slips and underglazes and then a ceramic pencil to draw the trees and leaves and acorns, the colours didn't come out quite as expected but i'm warming to them.

two colour screenprints

2011-01-15T16:28:00.001-08:00

click to enlarge! (it's clearer too)

here's a photo of one of the two colour screenprints i printed before christmas.
finally managed to get some successful prints! although there were many bad ones inbetween the good ones.

pot in progress

2010-12-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

one of the four pots i'm working on for independant practices.

screenprinting

2010-11-22T11:52:00.000-08:00

did some screen printing today, here're some photos of the screen and one of the prints on a sketchbook cover.

new listings in my shop

2010-11-14T05:55:00.000-08:00

i've just added some more badges to my shop.
pastel blue girls and raspberry pink girls.

and this painting is now reduced:

and to have a look at my shop in general, click here

thanks!

more ceramics and socks too

2010-11-12T07:54:00.000-08:00

I've been coiling some pots which are going to be painted for independent practices in college, they're going to be for sale on the christmas stall.
I really like making them. Here are some photos of them in progress (and my first pair of hand knitted socks)

'oh my god!'

2010-11-03T03:40:00.000-07:00

made this for college, it had to include these things:
-introduce a character
-put in context
-introduce an object
-link character and object
-include the words oh my god
it's going to be folded into a concertina book.

another thing for college, a sweet packet design for those little jelly crocodile sweets. the packaging is going to be milk carton shaped.

giant mermaids

2010-11-01T08:57:00.000-07:00

just found this picture of my mermaids on a wall in college.
click to enlarge!

borrowed suitcase zine

2010-10-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

mel stringer has put together a lovely little zine.
mel describes it as "This is the first little issue of Borrowed Suitcase. A little A6 black and white zine that basically collects together artists that I really like!"

i'm in it, along with these excellent artists:
Audrey Malo
Devon Smith
Sarah McNeil
Vanessa Davis
Ben Constantine
Ramon Sierra
Clara Miao
Paola Gaviria
Lamar Abrams
Luke Pearson
Philip Dearest
Sam McKenzie
Tom Haubrick
Angelica Victoria
Sonni
Mel Ralph
Maddy Young
Maren Karlson
Karl Kwasny
Amber Ambird Seegemiller
moosekleenex
Caitlin Shearer
Chelsey Barnes
Puppe
flossy-p

you can purchase it >here<
also take a look at the other stuff in her shop! there're really nice things.

some sketches.

2010-09-28T14:32:00.001-07:00

click them to enlarge!

lino head

2010-09-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

i've started doing lino printing and this is the best of a bad bunch i printed today!

new painting

2010-08-23T16:41:00.001-07:00

painted this recently on a small canvas, it's meant to have a neapolitan ice-cream colour scheme.

now for sale here

painting

2010-08-16T10:53:00.001-07:00

been working on this today, still in progress :)

the last possible moment mini comic

2010-08-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

Two short stories made in under a day.

"Bell The Giant" by myself - a tragic tale of friendship and loss.

"Chinstrap The Penguin" by Isaac Lenkiewicz - the journey of a bibliophile penguin.

24 page, A6 comic in black and white.

for sale here

science!

2010-08-08T16:56:00.000-07:00

cutting her nan

2010-08-08T16:51:00.001-07:00

click to view actual size :)

chocolate buttons

2010-08-07T12:53:00.001-07:00

toy club

2010-07-07T09:10:00.001-07:00

recently i went to a resin toy making club run by ben wright

we learnt how to make a silicone mold and used resin to make the final things using those molds.. i didn't explain that well but here's a link to the toy making blog. it was fun and i'm going to make more soon.

some photos of the process and one of the final things i made^

pots

2010-05-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

i recently made some pots in complimentary studies, they were really fun to make :) here's a photo of one of them and the tester tile i made too.

badges!

2010-05-10T13:31:00.000-07:00

badges for sale!

stickers

2010-05-09T10:38:00.000-07:00

some stickers i've been making to sell which are nearly done :)

mel stringer

2009-12-17T14:15:00.000-08:00

is someone who made me excited about drawing again. thankyou mel!
i got two of her teeshirts for my birthday and they're lovely.
find mel here

leanne and tonsilitus.

2009-11-28T18:13:00.001-08:00

i drew this tonight, her name is leanne ^

in other news, we didn't get to go to leeds, which was veeeery lame and disappointing. i got really ill a few days before with tonsilitus, i then got a quinsy which was very gross and painful. but i am nearly completely better now!

kel x