Embroidery: Dotty Egg Girl

I've been trying out some hand embroidering with metallic thread (not an easy task!) I used one of my sketchbook illustrations as a basis and then embellished as I went along. 

The original sketch...

Monday Musings... Ray Eames

I love this image of Ray Eames standing amongst geometric sculptures. I can only imagine that as a designer, it would only be natural to hope that your work will inspire designers for generations to come and that is exactly what the Eames' have done. When I look around my own living room that is filled with bits and pieces of textiles from a variety of stores and designers yet all of the designs have definitely taken inspiration from Charles and Ray Eames. So inspiring!

Paperfolk shoe doodles

So I bought a pair of plain white tennis shoes about two years and have never worn them because I actually never where anything that's plain white. Whatever possessed me to buy the shoes in the first place I have no idea but the result was that they were just lying around. 
I came across the shoes yesterday and thought I would just doodle on them with permanent marker. Here are the results...