Summer ICE and surtex

I will be posting about Surtex soon!!  In a tiny nutshell it was epic.  Like shirtless warriors epic.  But in the meantime, I wanted to share that this weekend I will have a booth at the Summer ICE Festival, selling prints! Booth #71 I have 5 new prints that I added to the collection as well.

I love SUMMERRRR

SURTEX 2013

Surtex 2013 // booth #363 

Javits Center, NYC // May 19-21.  

Come see my new collections!  New themes include: ocean, safari, Japan, bugs, winter, woodland and Halloween.  Over 150 hand-drawn pen and ink patterns to peruse.  Mix and match for unique collections.  Licensing and custom art licensing only.

I will be at Surtex again this year!  I am leaving this Friday to head up to NYC.  I am so pumped.  You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram for updates.  @wattsalot 

It's May 19-21.  I'm in a corner booth, #363.  I am taking appointments by email, or you can just drop in and see the work!  If you would like an appointment, just send me a line to wattsalot@me.com.  

I specialize in hand crafted pen and ink illustrations, made for products with love.

SCAD forum

I'm excited to announce that I will be doing a lecture and workshop this weekend at SCAD Atlanta, along with the uber talented Bill Mayer and Victo Ngai for their Illustration Weekend forum.  I will share photos via Instagram.  My handle is @wattsalot if you would like to follow.  Thank you kindly to Rick Lovell for inviting me.  Should be shaaawesome!

Japan trip post 1-My Sketchbook

In January I went to Japan with Scott for 10 days.  We went to visit our best friend Mike, who is stationed there in the Navy.  Before he got stationed back in the states, we wanted to go visit him in Japan.  We spent all of our time in Tokyo and Yokohama, also visiting Yokosuka and Kamakura.  Here is the first post-highlights from my sketchbook on the trip.  In a nutshell, Japan is kind, expressive, and practical.  I really loved it there.  Tokyo is friggin HUGE and all the food is amazing.

When you buy something, they tape your bag together with a little decorated tape so the stuff doesn't fall out.  So many kind little gestures that I really appreciated while I was there. 

This one is from sitting at the Buddha statue in Kamakura.  There were hawks flying around and the clouds were coming in.  It was breezy and peaceful.

The fashion was amazing.  And no one's shoes were worn out in Tokyo. Cute icons everywhere, and a lot of expression. Oh, lot's of fur accents.

Left: Imerial Palace grounds were amazing.  The front garden was just tons of Bonzai trees. 

The train was rarely this empty.  We were coming back from a late night in Shibuya.  The train gets so crowded that you can't move, literally.  It's just a giant amoeba of people.

This statue in Kamakura was giant, where you can go inside and walk around.  While Scott did a time lapse of it I sat and drew for a bit. 

I wrote in the page that everyone wakes up at exactly their stop.  This is so amazing.  They would be sound asleep and just emerge to walk off the train.  I guess that's what happens when you get familiar with the ride.

Mount Fuji in the distance.  Can't wait to go back and climb it.

Everyone participated in the Disney ness here.  Hats, polkadots, it was awesome.

Full photos from interview with SCC Magazine!

Hi there!  

Oh man, so I recently had an interview with SCC magazine about my latest fabric collection, Timber and Leaf!  It was so much fun, and I wanted to share the full size photos that we sent.  My husband, Scott Cormack, did the photography.  He rocked it.  So much work went into this shoot, but fun work, of course.  The kind that stresses you out worse because you love it so much and feel the passion, haha.  I went thrifting and made a bunch of stuff with the fabric, and also hired out two of the projects.  Thank you to Shannon Miller from SCC and to everyone who helped me with the shoot!  Scroll to read more...

   

This photo was a happy accident.  At the end of the shoot I was goofing off and Scott snapped this shot.

A collection of goods on the bird flora pattern, all from my house.  I am a collector, not a hoarder;) Haha.

I hired Claire Addison to construct this quilt.  I am so happy with it.  Then I drew tree rings with a disappearing pen and she quilted the top over them.  I am very happy how it turned out and it will stay with me for a long time.

Really had fun with this.  I framed the gerbera fabric, mounted a deer skull from my house, and stuffed goods.  My friend Angela gave me the frame a while back. It's from an old abandoned home in Ohio.

Bought this end table from a junk store, sanded it down and repainted it. Replaced  tacky artwork on the white frames with the fawn in birch and tree ring designs.  This was taken upstairs in the building my studio is in.

Made the skirt from the tree ring print and bought the fawn in birch little clutch from PaisleyPear Designs on Etsy.

Sarah Lodato, of Atlanta Institute of Stitches and Crafts, sewed this awesome little Japanese inspired bag.

Vintage armoir, I tore out the existing fabric and added the brush bear pattern from Timber and Leaf.  That Reisman pretzel can at the top is one of my favorite things that I own. 

I bought this spice rack from a estate sale.  I replace the panel in the center with the playful fox pattern. Wallpaper with the pine stickers print. 

Just some sewing gadgets.

Me in the studio. Jamminnn' This is the area in our studio that Sarah and I share for sewing and cutting.

Fabric leaves I made from the bear in birch print! These were fun to make.  I had to do a bit of trial and error before I figured out the right potion to get them to sit snug on the stems while still looking very natural.

And that's a wrap!  i hope you enjoyed.  I can't wait to do this again.

Enjoying life

I am totally digging this weather!  It is awesome.  I feel alive.  Here are a bunch Instagrams to share life lately.  Prepping for Surtex is crazy but I really love this time because I am forced to make a bunch of personal work.

Food Truck I designed last year.  Still need to post about it but check it out!

Sign at my favorite breakfast joint, Homegrown.

Always big on decorating.  This is my current workspace.  Just made that moth pattern.

Took a sewing class last Sunday to make a workbag from Timber and Leaf with Atlanta Institute of Stitches and Crafts.  Very challenging.

Timber and Leaf!  

New poster I'll be selling on Scoutmob.  

Went to Ringling last week down in Florida for my last board of Trustees meeting.  I got to see my instructors and friends from Moonbot Studios.  Here they are, in my aprons!! HAHA!

Anna Maria Island.  Cleansing oasis.

A little sketch from the ye ole' sketchbook while I was in Fl.

Growing plants in el studio.  My grandma gave me this one.

Salvage!

I'll be selling new and old art at Salvage this weekend!  Salvage is a modern vintage marketplace.  Basically a curated thrift store of magic.  I will also be offering preorder for my aprons and kitchen towels.  It's this Saturday at Ambient Studio Plus from 11am-6pm.  $5 bucks to get in.

One of the new pieces!

Vintage Children's Classics

I wanted to share the recent illustrations and lettering that I did for Random House UK.  The classic novels Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea.  Thanks to AD Julia Connolly for hiring me!  She was a joy to work with.  I included the preordering links below. The will be out in July!

Click to preorder on Amazon

Click to preorder on Amazon

Magnets for Ipop

I am licensing artwork to Ipop for magnets! I just got these samples in and wanted to take pics to share.  We have some more coming out fall, including Halloween designs!  You can purchase here. If you are a wholesaler and want to carry them in your shop, drop me a line and I will point you in the right direction.

 

SLOTHH!!

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