#meetthemakerweek

Day 2 if @joannehawker's #MeetTheMakerWeek is USP - Unique Selling Point. I think mine is that I hand bind my books in a hard cover. After binding over 300 books, I've gotten the process down to a bit under 4 hours, drying time included (overnighting in the book press to finish not included). The above is a screenshot from a time lapse video I made of the process, from folding the paper to the final book. Check it out at thebookroadie.com! ~°~ Image description: an image taken looking down at my workbench. I'm sewing the book, and you can see several tools and the ref and gold paper that will go on the cover. ~°~ #bookbinding #bookarts https://www.instagram.com/p/CVzJXj2LoDr/?utm_medium=tumblr

More pieces are going out tomorrow. 🦇 5x7s of Photosynthesis are officially sold out. I have three I am bringing to the Nature Walk sale, but that’s it! 8x10s are still available. There is still time to order! . . . . . #art #moon #bat #bats #batart #moons #archivalprint #handmadepaper #insects #gaea #moonart #moonartist #moonart🌙 #nightart #magical #nature #natureart #naturedecor #meetthemakerweek #gold #goldleaf #gilded #gildedart #animalart #kalamazoo #grandrapids #michigan #michiganmade #naturalhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/B56q-0fnGal/?igshid=3kex7ldam3eg

Day 3 of #meetthemakerweek challenge by @joannehawker -your workspace- so this was my workspace but we are actually moving rooms around. My workspace rarely looks like this, often it is covered in fabrics with bits of embellishments to decorate our designs with. I am a very messy worker it is something I need to work on, hopefully with our studio change around I will get a better system 💖 #meetthemaker #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #dorsetteam #workspace #myworkspace #behindthescenes #whereiwork #creativespace #creative #etsyshop #etsystore

Meet the maker week day 3 Where do I work? Well that is a difficult question to answer as I have a craft room upstairs but I often prefer to take my tools and the project im working on downstairs to the living room and work on the sofa in front of the fire and telly. On my bad pain days I tend to work from my bed in what I call my pillow nest. It supports all my joints and let me make jewellery to my hearts content. 😁 #MeetTheMakerWeek #etsyukseller #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyshop #etsyshopowner #makersgottamake #makersmarket #chronicpain #meningitissurvivor #jewellerydesigner #jewellerymaker #lovemyjob #behindthescenes #handcrafted #handmadeshop #smallbusinesslove #smallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #handmadeisbetter #handmadeisluxury #shopsmallbusiness #shopsmall #creativespace #howitsmade #howitsmadematters #handmadeshop (at Toria's Trinkets)

As always I am late to the game on this #meetthemakerweek run by  @joannehawker ! Here it goes!  •Who• I am Danielle Valerie Green! I am an illustrator with a passion for animals and babes. I love my 3 cats Gus, Bruce and Dale Cooper very much and they inspire me everyday. I spend my days in my studio living the dream! I love ramen and watching horror movies or listing to true crime podcasts. I am a huge marijuana advocate. •What• I make all sorts of arts! My passion is watercolor painting. All of my creations are derived from my hand painted art. I turn my illustrations into stationery, various sized prints, enamel pins and brooches! My specialty is cat wears, but I do love all animals so very much. When I am not creating I am working on personal commissions, responding to your emails,, run social media accounts, mailing lists, wholesale orders, play with my cats and take walks with them. •Where, When & Workspace • I am lucky and get to work from our home studio. We moved from our apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn to our cute little house in Jersey a few years ago. I do not miss the rent one bit. But I do miss the subway. I loathe driving. Usually I work from 7am-9pm. The joys of being a sole business lady boss. I like to work on a clean flat surface. I often tidy the entire room before I can get started on anything. I like to hang art from people who inspire me. I share this space with my husband so I have to put up with some metal posters, otherwise it would be all animal art. When I was a kid I wished my arm hair was fur so bad because I hoped I could turn into a horse or a cat. Thanks for reading along and learning about me! Where you a weird kid too? . . . . #art #illustration #illustrator #pinmaker #maker #meettheartist #artist #instaartist #makerspace #makerspaces #makerspacenorth #artiststudio #whereiwork #creativespace #meetthemaker #createeveryday #pingame #pingamestrong #pincollection #brooch #broochoftheday #pinoftheday #flair  #flairgame #pinswag #pincollector #pinlife #pinstagram #pinsanity  #abmstyle #abmlifeiscolorful #bandofun #cylcollective  #myunicornlife @etsy

EY UP! I've noticed I've had a fair few followers since I did 'meet the maker' at the beginning of year, so I'll use #meetthemakerweek to reintroduce myself. I'm an illustrator living in Macclesfield UK, I work from home which I share with my other half @intwosandthrees and two cats. I studied illustration with animation at MMU way back in 2003-2006. Then I spend a good few years bouncing around retail jobs, before I eventually started the ball rolling to what has become my career in illustration. IRL I have a fairly dry sense of humour, hence why I'm not much of a smiler, I'm a real ale drinker, but also appreciate a good whisky/gin. I prefer films and books to tv box sets, 99% of my time I talk about food & my life revolves around meal times (still need to start that food blog) when I'm not drawing I'm out in the wild, I have a personality like a border collie, if I'm not regularly active I get down in the dumps. I love animals and you may have guessed it, my favourite is a fox, something that's pretty much become my trade mark.

Kickstarter Pin Reveal: Gandalf The Grey! If you know me personally you probably know I'm a HUGE Tolkien fan, and have read a good amount of his work. So, when creating this collection I had to include my favorite Middle Earth Wizard :)⁠ The staff and sword will be glittery, this is one of the main goal pins, along with Geralt and Bayek. ⁠ ⁠ Be sure to follow the prelaunch page on kickstarter (link in bio) so you are notified right when the campaign launches on the 10th later this week! #meetthemakerweek day 6 Discover: I thought a pin reveal was a good idea for today, follow along in the coming days to see the remaining design reveals for the project! ⁠ #art #artist #drawing #artwork #loveart #photography #painting #illustration #kickstarter #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #design #digitalartoftheday #gandalfthewhite #gandalfthegrey #beautifulart #draw #newpins #lotr #pinoftheday #fanart #thehobbit #fantasy #fantasyart #lotrfanart #kickstartercampaign #crowdfundingcampaign #enamelpins #enamelpinsforsale (at Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV836s6LV6P/?utm_medium=tumblr

We're at the end of #meetthemakerweek First I want to say a huge thank you to all the followers, buyers of artists everywhere, without you there won't be any makers to meet 😉 Your support means a lot ❤️ So today's word is discover that is sharing some small business you like: @thecoconutcatshop have a look at the wonderful handmade cases and bags @illustrabimbi find organic quality fabrics and children clothing And last but not least the fat quarters sale at Spoonflower is going on over the weekend! . . . . . . . #meetthemakerweek2021 #angelasbandelliillustrator #smallbusinesssupport #smallbusinesssaturday #buyfabricsonline #buyartonline #fabriclovers #fatquarterbundle #fatquartersale #spoonflowersale #spoonflowerfabric #organicfabrics #illustrabimbi #thecocunatcatshop https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8g0-9quPZ/?utm_medium=tumblr