The New Story So Far!

Today I have nearly finished a papercut that I have been working on.  It is so nearly finished that I could not resist, even if the sunshine was tantalising me into attending to some gardening.
I am saving it to show at the Brighton Artist Open House this May.
So as not to reveal too much, here are a few shots with my template still on it.
I have been playing with the little figures, lifting them up!
I'd love a ride in that little wagons!

A New Story

This week I have been working on a new story!
From my favourite Atlas I picked a serie of 3 beautiful maps of the American continent.
They will form a group of papercuts, looking similar in some ways but each having a few different  details relating to the section of the maps, as in Western section, Central section and Eastern section.
This is some of the story so far ...

Launch of new Website

Finally, fresh look on website accomplished!
Bright and blue skies feel all around.
www.sylviehowitt.com

The Howitt Range!

Silhouettes!
An old fashion style, back in the trends which we fancied doing for a while.
So here it is our family legacy in a silhouette style.
The amazing thing is, I decided to use some listing pages of my favourite old Atlas for the background. So I picked the Atlas pages of listings starting with the letter H, being our family name first letter, and I don't know what came over me but I searched the page for our name!
And ... I found it !!!!! Howitt Range!!!! the chances of that happening!
So of course we looked it up and found out that Mount Howitt and the Great Dividing Range is in the Australian Alps.
So there we are, for all the Howitts out there!

   

The need to Copyright/protect your artwork images

Sadly it has come to my attention that it is very important to make sure you protect images of your artwork.
As complicated, difficult and impossible as it seems, there are a few things that can be done even if just to dissuade, deter would be offenders!
I have found this article which offers a few helpful pointers and resources.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2010/oct/14/protect-photos-online

This company was suggested to help with legalities.
Home - A©ID: Anti Copying In Design

It was also suggested that taking photos of artwork it at an angle and with some props saving it at a low resolution makes it more difficult and not as appealing to use for reproduction purposes.  A watermark mentioning your name and website is also useful as it shows your "ownership" (for what it's worth!) and at least takes viewers back to you.
A very complicated matter albeit not to be overlooked! I felt like sharing!

Hastings

I paid Hastings a visit last week to deliver some cards and artwork at the lovely Cuckoo Cuckoo Gallery http://cuckoocuckoo.co.uk/pages/gallery in George Street near the Old Town of Hastings.
My Hastings papercut is now proudly hanging on the Gallery wall.
Cuckoo Cuckoo Gallery is a great place to find that special gift from jewellery to ceramics or prints, you are bound to find yourself unable to resist!
It was a lovely day, very windy and cold but we still ventured out to visit some wonderful shops and discovered Hendy's Home Store in the Old Town!
An amazing place, a trip back in time, my girls loved it, checking out all the rooms and old furniture and artefacts cleverly displayed as if it was a lived in house, it felt so mysterious and intriguing ...
I did resist the amazing feather dusters, just as beautiful hanging in your house no need to use it really!
If you ever in Hastings, you must go and visit!
























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A New Year, A fresh look!

2013!
No new year resolutions for me, I never keep them!
But I do fancy a fresh start!
So will start with a new look for my website, I fancy colour, simple lines ...
The sun is shining, a bright blue sky today, Blue sky! I fancy blue skies !
Right ... lets see what will come of it!
New website coming soon!