Butterfly for Jane

Butterfly linocut printed on coaster card

finished linocut ready to be printed

I am so please with how this linocut turned out I just had to whack it on the press and print something with it before it is posted off to a lovely friend of mine down in Hobart

Narelle x

new stuff and a wedding

 This week is was very lucky to become the owner of this possibly very old screenprinting unit it was given to me by and old friend and printing colleague its pretty neat and I have been wanting one of these for ages but I hadn't been able to find one, it was in pretty messy condition ink caked all over it but after a bit of TLC it has come up really nice I just need to replace the actual silk screen this week as the original mess was totally knackered, the really cool think about this unit is that it comes with it very own carry case with compartments for ink , a squeegee and anything else you might need for a print run :)

 

 I also received along with the printing unit some never used letterpress type and some unopened foil for my foiling unit so I cant wait to start playing with that soon. 

 

 This past week has also seen me printing wedding stationery and a lovely big order of gift tags destined for 

Campbell& Bradley Florists in Greenslopes Queensland so I have been kept pretty busy :) 

ready to be posted off to Campbell & Bradley Florists QLD

Off to Qld this week :)

 Lastly here is the wedding stationery that I have just finished for the lovely Whitney and her fiance Stephen.

wedding stationery with custom linocut stamp

 I have decided to include the custom linocut in the package as a special memento of their special day.

 The linocut is backed up onto a Tasmanian black wood  block great for display purposes :)

wedding stationery with custom linocut stamp

wedding invited and RSVP cards

Leftovers IV

finished Linocut prints

lino cut inked up and read to be printed

It's on again the Wingtip press leftovers mini print exchange and exhibition

 and this year I have finally gotten my act together and printed my very own mini print to send to Idaho to be included :) I am very excited as in return for my 14 prints that I send I will be sent in return 12 prints from 12 other artists

 I love getting this kind of mail :)

all dried and covered with protective acid free velum read for packing

all packed and ready to be posted to Idaho :)

The history of Leftovers:

Leftovers began in 2009 as a result of finding too many scraps of leftover printing papers jamming our flatfiles. We put out a call to artists to use those scraps to create an edition of prints no larger than 5" x 7" and receive a random dozen prints in 

return.  We have grown from an initial 60 participants to 155 in 2012.  Artists now produce 14 prints, receive 12 in return. Of the two remaining prints, one is used for exhibitions and the second is featured in a Silent Auction to raise funds for Hunger

 This popular portfolio has become international in scope - not only with international printmakers but with exhibitions in the US, Wales and New Zealand. This year's 2013 Leftovers IV portfolio has been invited to Australia!  They hope to continue the exhibition schedule to include Wharepuke Gallery in New Zealand and Swansea Print Workshop in Wales and welcome the opportunity for additional exhibitions so if you are a gallery and would like to support this then please follow the link below they will be very happy to hear from you

Relief.  Follow the Leftovers blog at: http://leftoversanyone.blogspot.com/

Ruby Victoria at Lionhart Battery Point, Hobart

photo courtesy of Whole Hearted Studio Photography

photo courtesy of Whole hearted studio photography

Nancy at Linohart, Ruby Victoria letterpress bunting displayed in store photo courtesy of wholeheartedstudio.com.au

Lionhart gift tags drying

Custom linocut logo I carved for Lionhart , linocut backed with Tasmania blackwood

Lionhart at MOMA Market, Ruby Victoria alongside Marley & Lockier

Anchor notecards and mini exclusive to Lionhart

Apologies

I would like to just take this opportunity to apologise for my lack of posting .

It has been a busy month with kids and school holiday, moving house and new orders

Kids start back at school next week so hopefully I will fall back into something that resembles a routine.

I thought I might just today share some photos of whats been going on with us over the holidays

I hope you enjoy them :)

Narelle x

Lake Huntsman North West Coast Tasmania

Ruby an Christopher in Campbell town

We moved house and I have a studio in the house now

Lovely vintage caravan on top of Mt Claude NW Tasmania

We adopted a few more fish :)

Ruby and I cooked Bikkies

We also took lots of photos together

Vistited Paul Noordarus's Studio in Deloraine

We also  visited Mark bishop funiture designer and maker in Stanley

  

Loads of trips to all the parks around the coast

Camping at Lake Mackintosh

acquired more printing stuff :)

Happy New Year

Happy New year  to you and your loved ones 

I am looking forward to a great year in 2013 I am feeling very optimistic after a very hard yet busy 2012 

Some new and exciting things happening for Ruby Victoria Letterpress I will keep you all posted as it is happening  but I have to say my moto for this year is slow and steady wins the race,

 instead of my usual run and hope for the best lol 

So wish me luck everyone  and I wish you all luck back for the coming year 

Narelle xx

New stuff

beautiful wooden type case

 Met a wonderful man about a month ago at a local market named Max, we got talking and he told me he had been a stationery rep all his working life and said he had an Adana press just like mine, we got talking about all the people we knew in common in the printing industry and the like and he invited me over to have a look at what he had, so of course I said yes and this is what I found  hope you enjoy the photos :)

Sigh wooden type

Christmas letterpress  blocks

Lovely little wooden Adana type draws

vintage cow  letterpress block

AAAH Grasshopper !

love insects

a couple of fist blocks

Hot foiler machine

childs toys letterpress block

NICHE MARKET LAUNCESTON TODAY

STORE HOLDERS 

Adore Abella
Amorphous Glass Creations
Anne & nanny G
Behind the Door
Betty & June
CarrieBags
Classwood
Cupcake Fairy

Emsawhatsy
Fabulicious
Gypsy Two
Jasmine Rose
Joanna Gair Fine Paper
Just My Type
LJ Creations
Lyn's Maille
Margarete Creations
Marley and Lockyer
My Mother Mabel
Nara Design
Natural Infusion
Nature Gleam
Naughty Pony
Oliv
Outside Flowers
Pili Pala Pieces
Pretty Treasures
Rocky Garden Fine Foods
Ruby Victoria Letter Press
Samspiration
Snowflake Hill
Studiooat P/L
Tamar Valley Kids
Textisle Tarts
That Vintage
Velocci Coffee
Willow Tree Lane

Hope to see you there as this will be our last Market of the year 

so if i dont see you at Niche I wish you a very Happy Christmas and I look forward

 to seeing you in the new year :)

Narelle

Ruby Victoria @ La Galerie Végétale Paris, France

 It is official Ruby Victoria letterpress will be available in Paris as of  2 weeks from now !

 

 "La Galerie Végétale" in Paris near the Canal Saint Martin, has made their first order from me to be part of their Scandinavian themed Christmas

My Tags packed and ready to jet off to Paris, wish it was me !

I am very proud to have my work stocked in this beautiful gallery where they have superbly  mixed plants with objects inspired by nature to create a fresh inviting space .

The very inviting front entrance to Galerie Vegetale

Beautiful window display at Galerie Vegetale

Tasmania by Hand

'Tasmania By Hand' is a new project bringing a fresh and stylish selection of talented Tasmanian artists and makers to the rest of Australia. Each market we attend will have different featured artists/makers from a variety of mediums from all over Tasmania.
I am thrilled to announce that Ruby Victoria letterpress has been selected to be one of the lucky Tasmania Makers to be represented at the December Finders Keepers in  Sydney at The Carriage works just in time for Christmas YAY
I would like to say a big thank you to Maya and Sam of Hideyo Designs for being the ones organised enough to come up with this concept and to see it through :) you guys Rock!