MRS. PETCH:

On Friday we had an open day at the art academy, and I decided to make some prints just for fun! You might remember these sketches that I did during xmas, now I finally got the photo silkscreened onto fabric. I used two screens, one for the rasterized photo and another one for the plain colours. Still, this is just a test-print, not at all the result I'm aiming for.

MY LITTLE PONY:

Just wanted to share this iPod case that I made in December. I silkscreen printed "My little pony" in three layers (one for each colour) on white felt, and made a few of these for xmas presents.

REMEMBER THESE?

Bags by Petch are now for sale again, in one of Bergen's nicest cafés - "Muffin & Hekkel", in Skostredet.
The bags are still only 250 NOK each - made from secondhand fabrics, all one of a kind and handemade with love!

NEW LOOK:

Finally, my BY PETCH blog has a new layout!
Clean, simple and with room for bigger images - hope you enjoy it!

(I'm too lazy to edit all the posts from way back, so if you have a look
through the archive please excuse the small and misplaced photos.)

I'M BACK, STILL SKETCHING:

I'm finally back with a new post! The last weeks of the semester was very busy, I practically lived in the workshop. Now I'm ready to start another semester, and I'm still working on the portrait of my great grandmother Julie. Before xmas I got to do loads of testing, but there is still plenty to research and develop before I know where the project is going.

Sometimes it's really important to take a break from what you are working with, then come back to it and see it with new eyes. That's why I also have several other projects at the same time, like the one you see here. This is a sketch for something I might want to silkscreen print in layers. It's a different way of using photography in my work, by combining elements from several images to one composition.

PINK/RED:

I've knitted a new hat to keep my head warm and dry for the next few months. And I had forgotten how fun (and easy) it is to make pom-pom's!

STILL SKETCHING:

Testing colour combinations, for the big piece I want to make.