Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Heart Shaped Heads

Above is a sultry bird lady - she is A3 in size and she was drawn especially for a bar in England. She now sits above a piano on a red wall greeting customers. She is part of a series of ladies that adorn the walls - you can see her sister pouring mint tea in the previous post.
Above is a little girl who I started drawing a few years ago - she was half finished and left in my bedroom whilst I went on a 5 month holiday to Australia. The five months turned into 3 years before I returned and found her still waiting to be finished. Luckily I took her away and finished the patterning around her - she is now waiting to be framed and hanged in a new coffee shop in England.
These are some of the plates I illustrated on for the new coffee shop - I like the contrast of the vintage gold patterning and the stark black lines. It's a refreshing change drawing on plates and cups instead of paper all the time.
I went to Bondi last week and I saw some very nice murals along the beach, I would love to paint something as big as that. Whilst I was in London I came across some Banksy graffiti (photo below) - I think it is time to work on some street pieces....if I ever go to Melbourne again I would love to stick something up in that famous lane way.


One last funny photo below: Whilst I was in England I visited my little cousins (who are so cute!) - it was Poppy's sports day at school so we toddled along and joined in. So here is me and Poppy having a game of tennis haha. She's so clever for a 4.5 year old....she called me on Skype the other day all by herself - genius.

4 comments:

herman and ivy said...

The plates are great! What did you use to draw on them with?
Sara.

Chrissy Lau said...

Hey Sara

They are drawn with permanent black pen but you can also buy pens that are designed for porcelain - you leave it to dry for 24 hours then fire them in the oven for 30minutes - they're available from any craft store.

Just looked on your blog and your local cafe looks bloody amazing! Love the decor !
x

Nedda Ebo said...

I love the plates. You did an awesome job!

Mustart x

Tamia said...

You and Poppy playing tennis are too cute!

Tamia
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