Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts

Tuesday 25 February 2020

Volcano Patches - Popocatépetl

I've always found volcanoes fascinating, ever since I visited Taal Volcano in the Philippines on a school trip 25 years ago. It's like you can see the origins of our planet & the new creation of earth at the same time. I followed Taal's eruption in January 2020 closely and it sparked my dormant interest.

So I've decided to do a design project of volcano patches. Here's the first, one of my favourites- 'Popocatepetl' in Mexico, located just south of Mexico City, Mexico at 5,426 m, its name means 'Smoking Mountain' in Aztec. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico & is the second-highest in North America. In 1994 it became active again after nearly 50 years of being dormant, and is now regularly active with steam plumes and erratic eruptions.

'El Popo' has been very active lately & there's some great webcams to watch on Volcano Discovery, they also have a great Volcanoes & Earthquakes app which keeps you updated on recent quakes & the status of volcanoes around the world. 

I've put my Popocatépetl design in my Redbubble Shop so you can find it on stickers, t-shirts, bags etc... eventually I plan to make some felt, embroidered patches & pennant flags of them too. 

I'd love to know what are your favourite volcanoes? 




Friday 19 February 2016

Year of Printmaking: Moby Dick

https://www.etsy.com/listing/268743473/moby-dick-waves-linocut-print-herman?ref=shop_home_active_1 

A few weeks ago I did a quick sketch of a whale & thought it would make a great print; so here's Moby riding the waves for this weeks Year of Printmaking & he's now swum over into my etsy shop (he's there as a card too!)


Monday 25 January 2016

Happy Burns Night!


Happy Burns Night! Time to indulge in haggis, neeps & tatties while listening to some Burns poetry. Here's a little portrait I created of Burns himself with some of his famous works and a few of my favourite lines of his. Also to get you in the Burns spirit you must see this beautiful performance of 'I'll meet you on the Lea-rig' by Roddy Woomble from a BBC Burns Night programme a few years ago.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/louweasely/works/20442246-robert-burns?p=t-shirt&style=womens http://www.redbubble.com/people/louweasely/works/20442246-robert-burns?p=ipad-case


{I made it into a t-shirt & some other goodies over on redbubble}

Don't want Burns Night to end? see my Burns Night posts from 2015 & 2014




Thursday 31 December 2015

2015 Work roundup

http://www.bettyinthesky.net/ http://payload48.cargocollective.com/1/6/217797/3262218/VforW-etsy_670.jpg      http://payload40.cargocollective.com/1/6/217797/3102057/Louise_Norman_5_396.jpg http://creativeaction.network/collections/vote-libraries/products/education-and-storytime-tote-bag-by-louise-norman 
Some of my favourite images I made this year including Betty, Votes for Women, Go Set a Watchman, Reykjavik, Madrid & Vote Libraries. . .

  
 
Isle of Skye Map, embroidered book bags & book stack linoprints. . .


Tuesday 13 October 2015

Madrid for Show Us Your Type



Here's my Madrid poster I did for Show Us Your Type all made out of tapas! Lots of little plates of yummy Spanish food; mussels, olives, langoustines, chorizo, calamares and scallops. Delicioso!

The next city is Marrakesh; go here to contribute.

See all my other city posters I've done for Show Us Your Type here.


Tuesday 7 July 2015

Heart of Darkness in San Francisco

  

My Heart of Darkness Poster has been having a fun time in San Francisco recently it's in the mini 'Recovering the Classics' exhibition at the public library (right on the curve) which is on all summer...

  

it popped up at a pop-up gallery exhibition with music by Daniel Park for Codex Hackathon...

  

 and made an appearance at the ALA Conference & Exhibition event.

Wish I was there with it, SF is on my top list of places to visit!



Friday 26 June 2015

Friday Illustration: Go Set A Watchman

 

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favourite books & I've done a drawing & a linocut related to it (see here & here) so now the lost 'sequel' is coming out soon I'm getting rather excited. So I had to create an image for the only quote released from the new book so far, for Penguin Random House's competition to celebrate the launch of 'Go Set a Watchman'. Roll on July 14th.



Tuesday 2 June 2015

Vote Libraries




 http://creativeaction.network/collections/vote-libraries/products/education-and-storytime-tote-bag-by-louise-norman

I created a design for Every Library & Creative Action Network's latest campaign 'Vote Libraries'. My design details education and storytime and how libraries can help with children's literacy.
http://creativeaction.network/collections/vote-libraries/products/education-and-storytime-tote-bag-by-louise-norman

I went to my local library yesterday and although it's tiny I managed to find a few graphic novels, a cookbook & a book on mindfulness. So much knowledge, wisdom & enjoyment are in the pages of books. So make sure you use your library they're so important for us now & the future generation.




Tuesday 26 May 2015

Sport Posters for Transcend

  

 A while ago I created a poster on OJ's bronco chase for Creative Action Network & Bleacher Report's new project "Transcend: Moments in Sport that Changed the Game". You can get a print of it on Creative Action Network
 
 I also created a poster of the Battle of the Sexes match as I'm a big tennis fan & Billie Jean King is a legend! You can also get a print of it here on Creative Action Network. I love this time of year with the end of the clay & grass court season, so much great tennis to enjoy; first the French Open then Queens, Eastbourne & Wimbledon yay!



Tuesday 2 September 2014

August Instagram Diary

      

Here's my favourite moments of August 2014 through my Instagram:
Rubha Huinish on Skye Birthday Walk where we spotted seals & minke whales, Visited the oldest inn on Skye, London Map drawing for my sister's birthday present...

     

Packing up an Oscar Wilde Print order from my Louise Norman Studio shop to be sent to Dublin, Packing wooden game orders from my vintage Beautifunk shop, making Merci thank you cards...

   

Creating a new confetti sprinkle tote bag, Beautiful Tiled walls at Sheffield Library, Wrapping mini presents in origami paper...

     

Walking in the Peak District, Visiting Chatsworth & a sneak preview of the new 'Beyond Limits' sculpture exhibition and visiting the beautiful 'Heights Chapel', Delph, Saddleworth for lots of family history.



Friday 13 June 2014

A Japanese Man in Yangshuo

 

I recently completed a commission for an ebook cover for E.B Purtill's short story 'A Japanese Man in Yangshuo'. The karsts (limestone mountains) of Yangshuo in China are so impressive and beautiful, I solely focused on them representing them in a fun green abstract pattern and then inked up some Japanese-style type. The story is now for sale in the Amazon Kindle Store! and you can also get her first novel 'The Lamb'.


Monday 12 May 2014

Art & Design at Chatsworth House

 A few weeks ago I went to Chatsworth House, I hadn't been in the house for years and loved how they mix new modern design and artworks with the traditional ancient pieces of the house. 

Here's a few of my fave things:- beautiful ceramic vessels in the fireplace and upcycled wooden chairs in the wood paneled salon...

 
 a Damien Hirst bronze sculpture of a man holding his own skin in the Chapel, and more ceramics in fireplaces...

  
Amazing frescoed ceiling in the main hall...
 
 Beautiful carpets and more frescoes...

 
 Geology cabinet collection and Georgiana (Keira Knightley played her in the Duchess film)...

   
Marble busts and paintings galore...

 Draped beds & Hand-painted Chinese wallpaper in the most gorgeous green colour...

Minimal landscapes & huge chandeliers.

If only I could have sneaked some of those ceramics, the geology collection, carpets and the wooden chairs in my bag!

{I also went in the garden, but that's a whole other post - stay tuned!}