Screen Printing - Woodpeckers

Today, I was screenprinting with my lovely friend Mariska at Badger Press, Bishops Waltham. We hired the studio under their open access.terms. It was a great day where I was experimenting with printing onto fabric.

I'm really pleased with the results. I will make some of the prints available to sell & make some limited edition cushions too. Let me know if you would lile to preorder!

Studio Drawing Sessions - Paisleys

This is a start of a range of short videos documenting my drawing processes.

In this film I draw my new paisley motifs and I use my lightbox to trace and rework individual design elements.

You can see more of my new Home Decor and Wallpaper collections at my website www.aprilmawhinney.co.uk

Enjoy!

Interview with April Mawhinney

Here I am taking about my studio space at The Sorting Office Studios in Eastleigh, and my new creative direction!

Pantone Spring 2014 Colour Palette

Yum, this is a great palette - Love the combination of strong bright colours and the more subtle 'neutral' hues:

Merry Christmas 2013!

The quirky Gingerbread man was made by the lovely Natalie... Thanks!

Silly speach-bubble made by me!

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Happy Customer

I love it when you see your pieces in other people's houses! This happy customer bought one of my limited edition screen prints & has it framed & hung above her 300 year old fireplace! Wow!

It lookes so good; the vibrant turquoise against the brickwork...

If you have photos you would like to share, please get in touch.

April
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Diary of our Winter Open Studio: Part 2 - The Day

The Sorting Office studios in Eastleigh is the hub of my business. Twice a year we open our doors to the public at one of our Open Studio events.

This year, our Winter Open Studio was held on 23 November and it was a great day with lots of visitors.  Below are some images just before the doors opened on the morning the event...

Mariska Parent shows her wonderful wallpapers

Lisa Jean from Iris Hill is writing a Children's Story

Helen's wonderful period costumes

Jason is our latest resident and is showcasing is fashion designs

Anita showing her lovely textile creations

Carly's glass creations

Jo Tinley's fabulous silver jewellery

It was a great day - Thank you if you popped along. If you missed it, well, there is always our Summer event! :)