Rob Ryan

Spraying a papercut…

Posted by on Tuesday 22nd June, 2010

After a papercut is completed we color it by spraypainting it. The huge papercut we did at Somerset House’s ‘Pick me Up’ exhibition was too big to spray indoors so we took it out into the yard, good from the point of dispersing the paint fumes but not so good when sudden gusts of wind […]

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The First Morning Of Spring

Posted by on Sunday 20th June, 2010

I have been trying to get some new screenprint designs made at the studio recently.I’m quite into bright yellow at the moment, not that it’s been too sunny in London this June, maybe it’s just wishful summer thinking… more yellow on it’s way though I feel.

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FRAGILE Tape

Posted by on Saturday 19th June, 2010

More than anything else I love it when a box arrives at the studio containing 100s of a new tape design. Lorna was buying tapes marked ‘Fragile’ to use on packing parcels for things I sell on Etsy, then I thought “why not make my own FRAGILE tape ?” So I did !!!

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The Gift

Posted by on Friday 18th June, 2010

Over the last year and a half I have been working on the pictures to go with a new Carol Ann Duffy childrens story called ‘The Gift’, it really is the most beautiful and moving tale. Eventually it is all finally coming together and begining to look like a book – these things seem to […]

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Two Birds Bridesmaid Hanky

Posted by on Thursday 17th June, 2010

I have been snowed under with work for the last few weeks and have sorely neglected this poor blog ! Big apologies to you guys who check it out regularily only to be disappointed time and time again ! I promise to mend my ways and I am going to blog every day for the […]

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