Devon

Making confit garlic and my whole house stinks of garlic >:)

A photo of a tītipounamu bird amongst the forest floor debris

I finally saw my favourite bird in real life. Actually, 5 of them. They are even smaller than I thought! 🥲

An unfired white clay tile, painted with blue underglaze in an image of a native new zealand clematis over chain link fencing

Working on some porcelain tiles, this will be much darker when fired so hopefully I got the washes right

A photo of a wooden desk covered in painting supplies. There is an anglepoise lamp clamped to one side, the desk is surrounded by trinkets and art. A sad bear slumps on a chair

Painting on a cold gloomy day

my latest was spending weeks on a picture book pitch/mock up thing but then scrapping it completely and wallowing in despair instead

just finding new road blocks for myself against 'doing stuff'

I finished building my pottery studio but now it's winter and discovered a big leak i don't know how to fix so I haven't actually managed to make any ceramic work

Built a desk in my shed/one day pottery studio.

Http://www.devonsmith.bigcartel.com if you'd like to buy some! Everything is going towards my silly dogs vet bills at the moment

A hand holding a selection of native NZ bird stickers

A sticker of a girls face in a devil hat, against a green foliage background

A sticker of a girls face nestled in a nasturtium hat and leaves, against a green foliage background

A sticker of a titipounamu against a green foliage background

Re-opened my online shop with lots of stickers and pottery(which mostly sold out)

A digital illustration of the artist as a packaged action figure, with lots of little accessories - a water bottle, drawing supplies, a can of fizzy water, a pet chihuahua, a tattoo machine, a fantasy novel and a slightly bruised banana

#starterpacknoai :)

A whole bunch of stickers on a mint green background. In the middle is a sticker of a titipounamu/ rifleman, Aotearoa's smallest endemic bird.

Been working on a new sticker set of my favourite endemic birds, testing this little titipounamu on my iPad case

A hand holding a small white mug, handpainted in blue with a butterfly and barbed wire. The background is a messy wooden desk

The same mug from the other side - handpainted text reading 'it's ok' in a spiky blue style

Every time I fire white clay I get a shock at how much things shrink 😅

I have a research headache already so any help is hugely appreciated

Anyone have any good resources for making stickers at home? Like what is a good printer, I think I'll probably get a Juliet Cutter. Also NZ sources for paper and laminate and stuff!

Extremely disappointed the giant nipple art is gone from my Dr's office

A hand holding up an unfired ceramic cup, with a swallow painted on it. The background is filled with books and vintage toys

The same cup, slightly turned to see the body of the swallow

The same cup again, turned more to see the swallow tail. You can also now see the handle of the mug

Painted one more mug before the kiln went on last night!
#pottery #ceramics

A handmade ceramic cup, made of beige speckled clay. It is painted with a swan in flight and a comet, in black underglaze

I'll have a bunch of pottery for sale again soon so maybe I will do a big shop re-launch with everything once it's ready

I spent a bunch of money getting new stickers and postcards printed so I guess I'd better actually re-open my online shop at some point

Oh hey it's me, taking my annual selfie for my birthday (which was last week) unbrushed hair and all

Heheh I know!

Only thing keeping me going this week is knowing the Regeant book sale is coming up soon

Haha the misses end up in my own cupboard, never to be seen by public eyes

Love the little reading mezzanine! Do you live here or is it just a work space?

A white handmade mug with black graphic raspberries handpainted on it

The same mug from a different angle

The same mug again from yet another angle

Gotta underglaze a bunch of mugs today

A page of tattoo designs, all vaguely love themed. There is a swallow holding a ribbon with two hearts, some flowers, a heart with a woman's profile, two smaller hearts with folksy flowers in them, and another swallow with a cartoony flower in its mouth

Flash sheet for valentines day this Friday. I don't really believe in valentines (I mean.. I know it exists, it's just not a real thing) but I do believe in giving yourself little treats

Photo if a sketchbook sitting on a wooden desk, with a partially started drawing in blue pencil of a woman-headed bird

Okay here's some calm sketching after that drama

Poor little cat is probably injured too, it was tangled so tight.

If you won't keep your cat inside, at least bring it in at night. We have some pretty rare native birds nesting here, and also don't want cat shit in our vege garden..

Fucking irresponsible cat owners... just had to cut an extremely angry cat out of our chicken enclosure fence. It's probably been there all night!