I'm signing off . . .

As you can probably see from my post below, I don't blog that often.
I do however tweet and facebook!
If you would like to see what is going on in the world of Lydia Crook, please click on the links below:

Twitter : www.twitter.com/_paper_cuts

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lydia-Crook-Paper-engineer-artist/114414488660939

Firle Flower Show....

I'm exhibiting and selling my paper cuts this weekend at the Firle Garden Show. I'll be in the barn with the Firle Artists. Pop along if you can make it.

6 Artist and an Orchard ...

I have just taken down some of my cuttings and prints from the exhibition - 6 Artist and an Orchard  - which was part of this years Lewes Artwave Festival. What a brilliant couple of weekends and what an even brilliant-er venue, who can say no to homemade cream teas in an orchard and lots of lovely art. Here's hoping the venue will return next year!

One of my new cuttings ...

'We go together like pea and carrots'
 More new cuttings now on www.lydiacrook.co.uk

Brighton Open Houses

The lovely ladies at Dimity Interiors asked me back to exhibited at the Round House, Firle, for the duration of the Brighton's Open Houses art festival (during May). Once again it was a lovely show in a lovely location with lovely artwork to be seen.
I got to exhibit some of my new cuttings - which can now be seen on my website. There seems to be a bit of a love theme going on. My particular favorite is 'Peas and Carrots'. See above!

Paper kitchen ...

I was asked recently to create a paper kitchen for the very cool food magazine Eat Me. I obviously jumped at the chance and here are the results.

Making magazine - Issue 5

It looks like I have got a lot of catching up/updating to do on this blog, where does the time go?
Lots of exhibitions and events going on at the moment. Watch this space (or blog!) for updates.

I thought I might start my updating with my recent (ish) feature in the lovely crafty magazine 'Making'. It is a magazine all about creative things you can do at home. My 'Nut tree' cutting was featured on the craft buys page.
I'm also in Issue 8 of the magazine (the paper issue) with some origami flowers.

Letterpress prints...

I've had a little dabble in the traditional world of letter pressing recently. What an amazing process. I have had two of my paper cutting designs made into A4 posters by the lovely people up at 'Blush publishing'. I can't wait to do more! ...

Lewes artist and makers market....

What a fab day. It was great fun being around such creative people. I particularly loved Liz Lake's work - a very talented artist. It was also lovely meeting some charming customers. They truly made the day wizard!
Here's a couple of pic's of my stall on the day......

Some date to pop in the diary .....

A little note to say...

...MY WEBSITE HAS LANDED. 

Lydia Crook - Paper engineer | Artist

An apple a day

Here is one of my new designs I'm exhibiting in the artwave festival.
It's based on the poem about apples!.....

An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning - Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night - starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed - knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week - ruddy apple, ruddy cheek

Everyone who's visited exhibition so far have been ubber dubber kind about my work.
Thank you.
Lx

Artwave Festival

Rubik's cube / post it note heven ....

Just came across these little number on you tube. I find it totally mesmerizing and really really cool! Take a look and see what you think.....

Rubik's cube video
Post-it note video

Nut tree ...

Just finished my current cutting and am really pleased with it. It is a little bit smaller than my other paper cutting so the text is really really really tiny. It was quite a challenge, but definitely worth it.

This is one of a few pieces of artwork I'm designing ready for an exhibition in August. The exhibition is part of the Lewes Artwave festival and my work, along with a few other local artist, will be exhibited in the beautiful Typography shop at the top of the high street. 

Lx

A misty morning...

Here's a photo I took of the south downs just outside my parents house on a cold misty spring morning. I love the colours filtering through this photos and I find the harsh lines of the pylon and its wires give the image some industrial beauty. Electricity pylons aren't every bodies cup of tea but I find them to be rhythm on unpredictable landscapes.

Tick, tock, tick, tock ....

Hmmmm ... It seems a theme is starting to develop on my subject matter. My new creation (pictured above) is based on yet another old nursery rhyme;

Hickory dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck one,

The mouse ran down,

Hickory dickory dock.

I designed this cutting for a secret art sale happening soon in Sussex to raise money for Laughton Primary School. I think  I may make another one of these for my up and coming exhibition in the Lewes Artwave Festival.
My favorite part is the mouse. He's the same colour as my rabbit! He also has tiny feet.

Love it!
Lx

(Got a favorite nursery rhyme? Let me know and it might turn into my next cutting creation)

Letter "J"

Here is a work in progress production line of a present I did recently for a friend. Here name is Jess (reason behind the letter "J")
I enjoyed doing this cutting a lot, especially that it ended up all silver (although it took a long time to do!)

A wise old owl ...

A wise old owl lived in an oak,

The more he saw, the less he spoke,

The less he spoke, the more he heard,

Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

A little taster of what I do.....

I was having a look over some previous work of mine and came across this little number.
I created it as a present for my boyfriend (always a good thing as you get to keep the work yourself!)
It's a little lovey-dovey but I like it.