I made this glass design for the open studio coming up - it’s a modified version of the beer mat design from a couple of posts ago.
Hope to see you at the open studio!
https://www.crystalpalaceart.co.uk
Sat 29 Feb & Sun 1 Mar
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar
11am – 6pm
Cooper's Yard Studios
Cooper's Yard
Crystal Palace
SE19 1TN
(post by Tanya)
It’s the last day of 2019. I’m so pleased to have completed my creative year working on the design for Cooper’s Yard Beer. It’s one of those gratifying jobs where I got to use my whole caboodle: writing, illustration and design. My client is Gavin Rookledge of Rook’s Books (mentioned two posts ago). Yes, they are gold embossed leather labels … Gavin wanted to create limited edition bottles as gifts for his clients. The hops for the brew were grown in the yard of the studio and new Cooper’s Yard resident, Emma Lee Cheng of letterpress fame, printed the beermats. So satisfying on so many levels.
I’m really looking forward to 2020 and what it will bring. Wishing you a creative year ahead. Whatever you’re doing, do it!
(post by Tanya)
It’s that peaceful time between Christmas and New Year when things are quiet down at the studio. I’m taking the opportunity to update the blog and share several projects from the past year. As you may know, I have a space at the lovely Cooper’s Yard in Crystal Palace. Never a day goes by when I’m not grateful to be here. My landlord Gavin Rookledge (also an artist) approached me to update the signage around the Yard – this is the first two of the set. Using his surname as inspiration, Gavin named all the buildings after birds in the Corvus family, the most well known of which is the rook. (The Jackdaw houses artists’ spaces and the Chough Hut is a pukka little bar used for open house and other events.)
Link to Gavin’s website:
The photo of the Yard was taken by Leo of Figuration, also resident here:
And yet another Yard resident, Ben Alderman of Jetpack Graphics, designed Gavin’s website:
https://www.jetpackgraphics.com
(post by Tanya)