Orla Kiely NYC

I was really lucky over the last while, as I had the chance to create some illustrations for Orla Kiely's NYC boutique. They feature pieces from the brand's S/S 12 collection -which, as with their other collections, is filled with clothing that I'd be quite happy to own! Lots of perfect colours and signature patterns that were exciting to work with, which is right up there for me.

Anyhow, the finished and mounted pieces are on display and some for sale at the store, located at 5 Mercer Street in New York. The first picture is from Orla Kiely's instagram, showing the pieces on display for the first time during the South Soho stoop sale, which the store participated in the other night. I wish that I could make it over there, but just having my work in the store is really nice. 

Enjoy the weekend!

Wendybird

I'm pretty excited to finally share this project that I've been working on for quite a while! I've made a little website and opened an ebay store to sell vintage in, to coincide with my with my wholesale business. Here are a few photos that I took to go along with it.

Planning out and shooting the lookbook was the best part - as I'd been wanting to have a shoot like this for a long time. I combined a bunch of my favorite things - like cat eye makeup, gold glitter (I did the shoes up myself - as I just haven't found the perfect ones yet in all my years of searching), and 35mm film, some of which was expired.

Model Marley of MIM and hair and makeup artist Caitlin were quite fun to work with, and really helped to bring all of my odd ideas together. I'm even more grateful to them as we shot on a cold December day in my unfinished shed, and there were no complaints!

Anyhow, more photos can be found here, along with more information should anyone be interested. I added a few items to the store last night, but more pieces from the lookbook will be available over the next few weeks.

I hope you're all well, and having a lovely week!

They don't love you like I love you

Here is a commission that I recently finished - some maps for Audrey Grace Boutique. It was a very time consuming (the tiny drawings were once full scale...) but fun project to work on. They will be on display and for sale along with some other work that I've done, and am soon to be working on when the shop opens this winter. You can click on the images for more detail, if you'd like!

Image from "Hollywood" map, of the Beverly Hills Hotel

Birds of North America Spring and Summer 2011

Well, here is a big project that I have been working on for a while. They are illustrations for Birds of North America's Spring/Summer 2011 collection. I was really happy that one of my first big fashion related projects could be for a line that I loved so much. I had such a difficult time selecting just a few pieces to draw and paint, as they are all just so lovely! Birds of North America is run by Hayley Gibson out of Montreal, and the rest of her line as well as past collections are definitely worth checking out. A lot of pieces really bring to mind Dear Creatures with a twist for me, which is always a good thing!