New Home

Been finding a lot of stuff that I haven't shared before. This is a little new home card that I made for my friends a while back (actually didn't get to give it to them in the end!) 

Wandering in my mind

A little piece I did called Wandering in my mind

Folio

I completely forgot to put this on my blog but this is my entry for the Folio Society's book competition 2015. The book selected this year was a collection of ghost stories. 

Doorstep Adventure

A quick little editorial I did for an article entitled Doorstep Adventure. The piece was about how we are much more likely to travel across the world for our adventure holidays than to find it in our own countries.

Post!

Packages are the best. I received some of the printed Christmas cards which I created for the V&A yesterday. I'm really happy with them; they've been printed onto this lovely thick, porous paper that's weight and grain makes them feel a million miles away from your generic disposable greetings card. 

I've also been lucky enough to be the first artist/ Illustrator featured in Reyker's brochure's this month;  two out of three of the brochures can be found here where you can read all about my interview with Jay Grosvenor.

Open Sesame

Open sesame. You may be pleased to know that you can now buy selected prints of my work from my store and if you'd like something thats not on the store give me a shout (or email if you're not in shouting distance) and I'll see what I can do. Check it out.

http://gracerussell.bigcartel.com

Santa...I know him

Promise fulfilled. Exciting new Christmas cards commissioned by the V&A museum to send out to their high profiled clients. It was a pretty quick turn around with less than a week between the first email and the submission of final pieces but it was fairly exciting actually, plus it gave me another excuse to visit the V&A (like I need one). 

I'm really happy with the finished piece, the idea was to have the Chandelier symbolise a christmas tree. I tried to capture the essence of the museum with the grandeur of the vast dome entrance and sum up its wonderful collection with the Rotunda Chandelier, and marry it with a quietness, peacefulness and almost spiritualness, much like midnight mass on Christmas eve. 

This was the chosen piece

However I do love the snowman in this one