little black crow

Take a look what I bought myself today.
I treated myself an original art work by friend and fellow artist Grace Garton.
Well what can I say about Grace, I think this very creative woman is just wonderful and I am so proud to be able to call her friend .
I first met Grace and her man Pig at one of the first markets I ever attended in Hobart as Ruby Victoria letterpress but before that I would admire Graces sweet & extremely beautiful made bunnys and elephants in a little shop in the middle of Hobart where we both had our work for sale .

Right from the start we became friends and my admiration of her work had continued to grow as she has created more and more different kinds of wonderful thing.
I have particularly fallen in love with her collage paintings.she is a marvel truely the amount of work that goes in to these works is truely breath taking and the end product is even more so, that I decided purchase my very first Grace Garton original today and I am thrilled & I cant help but think I have gotten in just at the right time with her work selling like hot cakes and galleries throughout Australia clambering to hang her works

please check grace out at her etsy and her blog

Ruby Victoria & Mrs Shepherd

Here are some photos of the little books that myself and Mrs Shepherd collaborated on.

Naomie and I met by chance on Facebook and struck up a friendship after realizing that we has a whopping amount of things in common which is pretty rare for me.
After not too much time we had decided it would be fun to do a little book with some of Naomies illustration turned into a linocuts then combined with letterpress type and printed by me on my little press.

Once printed the covers and pages were sent off to Naomie to bind and add some more of her lovely illustrations in them


There are only 10 of them in existence and each one is different to the next .

Niche market Launceston

Another wonderful weekend spent taking part in our second Niche market this year.
This time around we were set up at the very well equipped University Art school and gallery it actually make me want to move north just to have access to this fantastic facility.
Loads of lovely stall holders and customers making the two days very enjoyable and well worth the trip up from Hobart.

Niche Market

Niche Market is on again in Launceston this weekend and Ruby Victoria letterpress & printmaking will be in attendance again.
This time we will be at the Inveresk site at the University art gallery site from 10am to 4pm both Friday and Saturday .
We are hoping to meet many new customer as the Market is running as part Junction 2010 and arts conferences and weekend of arts demos and displays through out Launceston
So please come along say hello and snap up some early Christmas stationery

see you there
Narelle x

Wooden type, Moleskines and new Christmas stationery

Love getting stuff like this in the mail and today was like Christmas I have been eagerly waiting for my Moleskine notebooks to arrive so that I can get printing on them.
I am thinking with all my new wooden type arriving at the same time I might get busy on Sunday and print them up for Niche Market next weekend in Launceston at the Inversesk university art school 27th and 28th of August from 10 am on both days

Moleskines

These next photos are of 2 of my new Christmas range for this year and will be for sale at next weeks Niche market as well as in my online stores , these note cards pack make and elegant not fussing alternative to conventional Christmas cards and they are beautiful to write on as they are printed on soft 100% cotton rag paper

74 limelane feature

A couple of days ago I was contacted by Kellie of 74 lime lane saying that she had been browsing around the internet looking for Australian Designers and came across me on etsy or it might have been madeit handmade and wanted to do a feature on her blogs about my work in her Lime Light Tuesday section
So tomorrow is the day and I wanted you all to know first hand that there is going to be a giveaway as part of the feature , all you have to do is visit the blog and leave a message saying what colour print you would like to win and leave an email address that you can be contacted on in case you happen it win so follow the link and be in it to win it and have a look at all the other wonderful designers that have been feature here before me

74 Lime Lane Blog giveaway

Wooden type

After watching the fantastic doco called typeface and thought it was about time i got out the very little wooden type i own out and finally print it .
Just a couple of little groupings of letters printed on some nice antique white cotton rag paper then if these work out ok I think I might print them on the Moleskine jounal/sketchbooks I have just bought, iIam not sure what colours to use just yet
If you have any suggestions I am all ears

Narelle x

Spoonful of Galleons

A little while back I wrote to the lovely Anthea of Spoonful magaZINE expressing my interest in contributing something to her little zine and to my joy she contacted me a couple of weeks back asking if I would like to be a feature artist in Spoonfuls Objects of Affection spread, of course I said yes.The task for all artists involved was to create a piece of work being painting, drawing, sewing anything really depicting the chosen object, this time around was a Galleon or tall ship to my complete horror but I am happy to say I think I have pulled it off ok

let me know what you think.


please check out the Spoonful blog and purchase one of the zines that are available they are a very sweet little publication http://spoonfulzine.com/

Narelle x

2 markets in one weekend

thats right we are back at Salamanca Markets again this weekend , praying for nice weather as it is forecast for rains eeep! I am now frantically trying to work out a stall set up in my mind to stop from getting a wet botty and left with only pulp to sell !

I will also this weekend be back at The Market at the Masonic temple here in Hobart
I haven't had a stall here since April so it will be nice to be back there along with some other lovely artists and designer.
So please come along to one or both of these markets this weekend and have a look at what some of Tassies best makers have been up to.

see you there
Narelle x

The beginning of another creative week

Its nice to start the week on a creative note I have been struggling a little lately to get into the groove of being able to sit and think about new work but this morning I got up to find an email from Anthea from spoonful zine saying I wasn't too late to get in a design for the next publication of spoonful.
Each issue, Anthea the author 0f Spoonful nominate an object that makes them smile, she then invites a handful of artists/designers to interpret the image in anyway they like sewing, baking, painting, drawing, photography anything they like.
I would also like to say a big thank you to Christina for letting me use her beautiful photo on Flickr as a reference you will have a print on its way to you just as soon as it is carved and printed
Wish me luck
Narelle x

Something Blue

Here is a little something I Have been working on for the upcoming market
I just love this blue i think these would be fabulous as wedding place card tags or gift tags foe a new arrival or even hung in a babies room as a garland or bunting type of thing printed in different colours
What do you all think I would love to hear your comments
Narelle xx

Handmade living

I am very happy to announce that Ruby Victoria letterpress & Printmaking along with only one other designer from Tasmania will be featured in this brand spanking new book called Handmade living written by the ladies that bring you the Handmade Market and
Shop handmade in our nations Capital Canberra.

This beautiful book will be published and ready for sale on the 4th of December and launched at Handmade Shop on the 13th of December this year but here is a sneak peek of the cover ...nice hu!
The book will be filled with beautiful features and step by step do it yourself intruction to create some of the lovely handmade items that are created by some of Australia's best artists and cafters people.
If you are interested in securing a copy please follow the link and for the first 200 people to order you will recieve your copy signed by the authors.

just click here for more detail on how to purchase your copy

lovely stuff in the mail

I just want to share this photo with you I received these lovely goodies in the mail today from my friend and fellow artist Naomie Shepherd from NSW
We have been collaborating on a little project together as a part of her upcoming exhibition in September this year
Anyway as a thank you Naomie offered to send me some golden book as she knew I made envelope out of them and I had offered to do some printing for her for free and wanted to over me something in return but I was really surprise to receive one of Naomies hand painted plushie dolls with a sweet little note of thanks ....I was really touched by this as I never expected anything like this and it is really good to know there can be such kindness shared between two like minded people that have never met in the flesh and only on Facebook

Thank you Naomie you really are a Gem x

She'll be apples !

letterpress & linocut party invitation packs of 5

linocut design notecards packs of 5
printed on 100% cotton rag paper


Both of these pretty, new products with be available at Salamanca Market this Saturday
and on my online store very soon

In a new book called Reinventing Letterpress

yippee! we are in a new book about letterpress
I have been waiting impatiently for months for this book to be published and the time had finally come and I cant wait to get my hot little hand on my very own copy .



It is called Reinventing letterpress by Charlotte Rivers published in the U.K by Rotovision and in the next couple of months will be published again in the U.S.A by Chonicle Books under the title The little Book of Letterpress
If you are interested in buying this book amazon have it stocked already and there is a feature where you can have a little look through a snippet of the book .
I am seriously itching to look through this book not much longer to wait now !