Hand Embroidered Tote Bags.

Recently I have been experimenting with different ways of drawing and creating new pieces of work. This week I have been hand embroidering this tote bag, I thought for my first one I would stick with something smile that doesn't have any curves. This geometric shape is something I have drawn before and thought I would be comfortable working with in this format. I stuck with simple pastel colours and used a dark grey for the outline, making the whole shape stand out. 

I am currently thinking up more ideas for more tote bags, these will go onto my etsy store very shortly as on ofd's. each bag will be lined with an embroidery stabiliser so when you're putting things in and getting things out, there will be no chance of you snagging a thread and ruining the bag! 

If you like what you see and which for something a bit different to what I'm doing, don't hesitate to contact me for a custom order! Email me on paigemitchelldesign@gmail.com

Close Up Of Embroidery.

Whole Embroidery Piece.

Finished Tote Bag.

Early 20th Birthday.

On Friday I received this beautiful printing press in the post as an early 20th birthday present from my Dad. It's just a tad smaller than A3 but its perfect for what I will be using it for. Need to stock up on lino and polypropylene for making all the pretty prints! Will be looking into buying some plain tote bags to lino print onto in the near future too! 

In the last picture you can see the first etching I made using this press, so pleased with the result! 

Printing press, top view.

Printing press, side view.

First etching from my printing press.

Birthday Card.

It was my dads birthday the other week and I made him this A5 drawing and popped it on a plain card. Cards are boring and drawings you can take off the front are fun. 

Hannya: The Hannya mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obsession or jealousy.

Hannya mask A5 drawing.

Lino Printing.

A few weeks ago, I was packing up my house/room to move and came across a few spare pieces of lino which had never been cut. I put these to good use and made a bunch of prints, some leaf prints which are about the size of a standard bookmark, and some hannya mask prints which are roughly A5. Each print varies and has something different and unique about it, this is because each piece is hand printed (not printed using a press). I will be finishing the bookmarks in the coming weeks by making them double sided (red and black). These will be available later this week from my etsy here!

Bookmark linocut.

Bookmark prints before cutting.

Hannya mask A5 prints.