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.

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.

Hand and Hair #2

After finishing my first hand and hair piece, I decided I would continue using this style of working, and try to get to the best possible standard I can. I created this circular hand and hair piece. I used A4 white paper and a black 0.25mm micron fine liner. This will also be up for sale on my etsy store as prints in the next few weeks.

Line drawing.

The beginning of hair drawing.

Close up of hair detail.

Close up of the finished piece.

The finished piece.

Dotwork Portraiture.

I recently tried out portrait drawing using dots. My first drawing was Johnny Depp as Edward Scissor Hands. I was incredibly surprised with the outcome, for the first ever piece of portraiture I've done, it came out ridiculously well! 

It is now available to order as an A4 digital print on my Etsy store.

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Edward Scissor Hands. A4 digital print. Now available to order.

New Print

Today I spent the day drawing some fancy geometric, black, white and dotwork shapes to be put together on a print. I've just finished the print and it is now available to order from my online Etsy store. It is an A4 print on 180gsm paper.  

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Print available online now!

Embroidery.

I've recently found embroidery and the processes involved to be quite a therapeutic and relaxing way to make art. Not only that, it looks lovely as well. I have been sewing away all day and night and have finally created my first piece which is for sale on my etsy page. This piece is sewn onto white cotton using coloured cotton embroidery threads, a six inch hoop is also included with this piece. 

Full view of my first embroidery piece.

Close up of detail on my first embroidery piece.

Etsy.

I have recently updated my Etsy online store and added more A3 prints. All prints are £8.00, printed onto high quality 180gsm white paper. Take a look at www.etsy.com/shop/PaigeMitchellDesign

"AN EXPLOSION INSIDE YOUR HEAD MAKES ALMOST NO SOUND" A3 digital print.

"THE DOCTOR SAID HE COULD TURN WHAT'S SAD INTO NUMB" A3 digital print.