The results of last week's work in progress: vibrant, abstract pinwheels and knots patterns. I mentioned in my Heather Eliza journal that last week I was off work sick. As soon as I began to feel a little better I set myself up with a few old patterns I wanted to rework in a clean outline style for better reproduction on fabric: nice, absorbing work which didn't try my sore brain too much.
The two patterns here are my favourite new bold colourways of an old pattern, a result of the work in progress image from my previous post. This week I was able to return to work, probably a week too early, but because I am on a temporary contract right now I don't get statutory sick pay - what an incentive to get back to work. I had accrued a few days holiday, however, so all in all I only lost one day's pay. Anyway, it was a great opportunity to recover in bed with hot water bottles and cosy PJs and get on with some nice slow work on my iPad. This week I returned to work and grew stronger every day, so now I'm in full-on recovery and really enjoying these bright patterns. Thanks for visiting, see you next week! Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog!
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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May 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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