The most colorful time of my year.

December 21, 2017

It’s been a pretty busy year with work and a new human who is just 5 months old.

I love this time of year. It reminds me of plum pudding my mum used to make with Guinness and mixing it with a wooden spoon to make a wish. Lighting a candle and leaving it in the window to welcome strangers. My Irish Christmas is very different to my American one. My house is full of color which inspired the color in these illustrations.

So here is to disconnecting and enjoying time with people we love... and also FaceTiming home on Christmas Day.

The illustrations are a mix of watercolor and gouache.

Week 5 – Wood medium for Home Decor

March 1, 2016

The class being over is bittersweet. I truly enjoyed the makeartthatsells.com 5 week home decor class. Seeing all the inspiring work from all the students pushed me to think differently and try more.

The last week was working with wood. I decided to do a clock, a dresser, coasters, cutting board and egg cups.

Home Decor Week 4 – Ceramics

February 22, 2016

I've always loved pottery. Infact I have quite the collection building of handmade pottery from Ireland and the U.S.

I was very excited about this weeks class. However the week ran away from me and I was left with just my sketches and a day to work on some type explorations and ceramic styling. So here it is.

There was more in the sketchbook than made it to the page but here is where I netted out.

WILD FARM

Bee Wild typography plate

Handmade ceramic mugs- finishing style handpainted and sealed with a gloss.

Detail of cups using feather details for inspiration.

Weeks 1-3 of my Home Decor Class

February 14, 2016

I decided to challenge myself in a market I used to be more familiar with when I worked for Torc Candles in Ireland. As the in-house designer and product developer, I travelled through Europe to trade fairs to see upcoming market trends and meet with buyers from Ireland and the U.K. This is a far cry now from what I do today for a global design firm in Chicago.

I love illustration and home decor so I signed up for Lilla Rogers 5 week boot camp class. It has been a challenge, between pitches, managing a team and daily work load, being a mother getting home in time for dinner and school work and still find time and energy to do the class.

Even though I haven't given it the time I wanted to, I have tried to put something up every week.

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1