No, not the book Jane Austen never got to write but close. This is the story of the nice little piece of, yet unfinished, embroidery above. If you follow me on Instagram (and why wouldn’t you: @kenguroo) You have seen it in progress and may have recognized the design from different places (like the very last post before my long hiatus for example) but here is the full history: If you are an artist or a craftsman /woman, you know what I’m talking about. You have an idea. Its g

My new ceramics website www.galiabceramics.com is up and running! Only 3 items on it for now and you cant buy them yet unless you are in Brooklyn (see below) but more stuff coming soon. This site is still being tested so please let me know if you have any problems viewing it and on which browser. Thanks! #ceramics #birds #silkscreen #BrooklynCollective #wallhanging #prints

These two pieces are not for sale. They are for my table infront of my ceramics line in The Brooklyn Collective. The peacock will hold my postcards and the frame is for my about-the-artist paragraph. Can’t wait to see them fired. Show opens in one week. #birds #BrooklynCollective #ceramics #wallhanging

As you know I’m working on ceramics pieces for my show in September. Those are complicated and time consuming and even though I’m not sure how much I want to charge for them yet, I realize that they might not be affordable for a lot of people I know. So I decided to make simpler, smaller, cheaper pieces in addition to the bigger one. In the picture are little birds ornaments all ready for the kiln. They might all look the same at first glance but they are made individually by

It was amazing! Oliver flew with me and had the time of his doggie life turning from a city dog into a wild and free nature dog We had a great time but I also got a lot done and Im really pleased. I call it workation but I dont concider ceramics work, I consider it fun. Of course if i had to do it for a living it would have turned into work in my mind. before I left I asked a local old fashion blacksmith to make me what looks like very large cookie cutters out of tin. They ar

Im on holiday. This means that I’m working hard on my new ceramics line which will be on sale in the Brooklyn Collective in September. Little peek: #birds #BrooklynCollective #ceramics #wallhanging

3 new hand-printed silkscreens for sale in my Etsy store. Come take a look #Etsy #design #birds #printmaking #illustration #tree #mermaids #silkscreen

The first of a bunch of Valentine’s Day cards I have done for American Greetings this year. This one is in stores now. Its really cute and very tactile with flocking and foil everywhere. Still to come: a series of 6 musical cards. Cant wait to see how they came out #decorative #birds #cards #owl #illustration #valentine #tree #heart

It’s that time of year again! Post your comment here from now until January 1st at midnight and enter to win a tote and a tea towel calendar. Both are designed by me and are on sale on Etsy. There are some consolation prizes as well. Happy Holidays! #Etsy #peacock #printmaking #birds #2012 #calendar #printmaking #illustration #totebag #teatowel

is the name of the design of the fabric I bought from the wonderful Skinny Laminx. It came in so wonderfully wrapped that I had a hard time opening it. Im going to make curtains out of it. Never made curtains before but how hard can it be right? …right? #birds #fabric #scandinavian #textiledesign

I am exhausted and splattered with turquoise ink from head to toe but second color is down! Few little misses here and there (adds character) but the transparency works and over all looks great. Only 2 classes left so Ill try and come in to do the last color this week. Can’t wait to see it done! #Etsy #peacock #printmaking #birds #2012 #calendar #printmaking #teatowel

I wanted to try this for a while – a trial run of 15 tote bags by myself available now on etsy. Free shipping anywhere in the world for a limited time. If this will work out I will have more bags and designs soon. Have a look here #Etsy #birds #printmaking #illustration #totebag

Printed first color tonight. It looks perfect. Super hard work though my back is killing me! Here is a picture of the towels drying on the rack. No class next week because of Thanksgiving so can’t do anything till the 30th. Very frustrating I’m dying to see them finished… #Etsy #peacock #printmaking #birds #2012 #calendar #printmaking #teatowel

My new 3 colors + transparency design for a screen printed tea towel. It is inspired by the time honored tradition of calendar towels during the golden era 1950s-1970s. I’m starting to print a small edition of 20 towels on Wednesday. Very exciting! #Etsy #peacock #printmaking #birds #2012 #calendar #printmaking #teatowel

This was hard! I got a lot of prints wrong. The point is to print with 2 transparent colors and where they overlap they create a third color. Here is the original design: I’ve tried 2 color combinations: magenta and cyan and bright orange and turquoise. the second option is more successful i think If the 2 colors don’t align slightly it looks charming and hand made but some of them came out completely misaligned which looks like this: I’ve got some good prints out of it but n

Today was our first actually-printing silk screen class and it was really fun! we started with the most simple – one color prints. Mine is of a design I made of birds in a tree. It came out really well in dark olive green on really nice heavy rag paper. Next week I will start my 2 color print – It’s of my second favorite motif – mermaids!  I cant wait. At the end of the semester I will put them all on etsy all signed and numbered and very reasonably priced. I might also have

#pendant #silver #birds #metalclay #jewelry

If you know me, you know that when it comes to design, my favorite things are: Mid-Century Modern, textile, Scandinavia and birds. So when I find on ebay such a perfect combination of all four naturally I have to buy it. Look at these lovely 2.5 yards of fabric! Its by Stobo of Sweden, around 1955, very rare and in perfect never-been-used condition. Not sure what I will do with it yet but I think its absolutely fabulous. I stretched it on my couch this morning and my usual mo

I carved these plates when I was in school and they were in storage for at least 8 years. They are not in the best condition and the print is not perfect but I’m pretty pleased with the results. Cant wait to finish my new 3 color print. #birds #blockprint #printingpress #printmaking

My recent work out of the kiln. They were not glazed because of the interesting yellowish speckled clay I used. We used black oxide on the bird plaque to enhance the texture and the big baby bird joined some older friends for a rather dramatic photoshoot. #birds #ceramics