Screen Printing Kit

I know I've been terrible at posting lately, I've had a lot going on! But things are getting back to normal again and I finally feel like posting here again.

I've been back at the studio this week, making a prototype cushion for a client - I'll show you the pattern and finished result once the project is finished. I've also been developing some new products, they're being produced at the moment, I'll post them here as soon as they're done. It always takes so much longer than planned to develop a new product, the idea can be so clear in my head, but actually ironing out all the details, finding suppliers and manufacturers can take weeks and months. Which is why I'm already starting to think about Christmas!

I just found this screen printing kit over on Design Milk - really lovely idea! And if like me, you're already thinking of Christmas, it's great for making personalised presents!

Citadines Print

Back in January I printed an edition of 50 prints I had designed exclusively for a Citadines hotel in Brussels. I was so stressed about it as it was the first time I was printing such a large run for a client and it's A1 sized too! But it all went relatively smoothly and I was very happy with the result. When I was in Luxembourg over Easter I went on a day trip to Brussels to see the prints in the hotel - it's near the Bourse hence the motif in the print.

Emaischen in Luxembourg

On Easter Monday the traditional festival Eimaischen will take place in Luxembourg. It's a market where local craftsmen and women sell small clay bird whistles called Peckvillercher, which were traditionally given as gifts to lovers.

Silk & Burg will have stand at the market this year, so come and say hello if you're in town - we'll be at Knuedler. We'll be selling a couple of emaischen products shown in the photos above. I don't usually print t-shirts, but these kids' sizes were just too cute! They come in size 1-6 year old and are available from the online shop and of course at the market on Monday.

Just For Fun

A couple of weeks ago I decided to spend a day in the studio not working, just playing with printing for no other reason than having fun (inspired by SkinnyLaMinx's making Fridays). Exposing the screens isn't that much fun, so instead I just cut stencils out of paper and stuck them to the screens. I had so much fun, some of the prints didn't work out, but I really liked one of them and decided to frame it for our home.

G9 = Geni = My Dad

My dad has built a lot of shelves, boxes and cupboards since he retired from his previous career. He loves it and it's so nice to see that you can  discover your passion at any time in your life, there is no rush.

As a Christmas present I designed a logo for him, it's based on the two first letters of his names Ge Ni - in Danish this means Genius and my dad likes that! Ni also means Nine (in Danish) and that's where the G9 come from. I made it the logo into a stamp, and now he stamps all his creations.

I love designing logos, I think I should look for some more logo projects.

Home Improvement!

Last week my dad came over with his van filled up with shelves, table tops and lots of tools! We spent five days painting and drilling and I'm so, so happy with the results. I'll show photos of all the work we did in future posts, but these shelves he built for my kitchen are definitely my favourite. They make that corner much more cosy and I love having the extra storage. The shelves were inspired by the picture below, which I found on Pinterest (it's originally from designspirationsk.com but the domain name has since expired). I sent the image to my dad along with a quick drawing I did in illustrator and the measurements as I wanted the jars and glasses to into the shelves perfectly. The bottom shelf is for cutting boards and the table folds down against the wall. Isn't my dad talented? And to think that his cabinet making skills were wasted all these years he worked as an auditor - but he is certainly making up for it now!

This is what that area of the kitchen/dining room looked like before.

Ralph

Ralph came to visit last Saturday, just for the day unfortunately. I was a little hungover after an evening out in soho with one of my oldest friends, and it was just the best to have someone to hang out on the sofa with - it made me feel less guilty somehow!