Peachtober 2023

Peachtober 2023 paper art pieces in full display.

Paper food - Food review & paper piece

For this series, I'm going to feature nice places i've eaten in and then make a paper piece of the place as the feature.

I'm going to start this one off with Bujo in Sandymount. Facing the Sandymount green, just a quick stroll from the sea, you’ll find Bujo. A nice blue building, sitting in the square with the other establishments.

The graphics are beautifully designed on the inside with work on the walls from the Hen’s Teeth 60 x 60 series. The menu is easy to read with a good selection of toppings and choices of fries. If you’re getting a milkshake, i’d suggest the salted caramel and apple, heavenly!

The burgers are delish and you can choose from double, single, veggie and vegan, which is so good! We’ve had the veggie, double and single, all at different times and I can confirm that they’re all amazing burgers! The sides are great too and there is a topping station. I’d suggest throwing a load of the Sriracha powder all over your fries! So good!

Delicious food, good atmosphere and an amazing space! Would recommend :)

Sketching series: Chef’s table (S4E01)

I loved the first episode of the new series of Chef’s table on Netflix. I’d highly recommend the Chef’s table anyway but this years series is Pastry/Sweet treats season which is music to my ears (and eyes). The first episode of the series starts off with Christina Tosi from Milk in New York. She is a genius in sweet treats and glows as she works and thinks of new ideas.

It was so inspiring to see someone who is over the moon with her job and is joyus as she talks about it. The episode shows us where she started and how she mixed her love of sugar into a dream job. It shows the workings of her ideas and how she thought they weren’t good enough for a restaurant or might be a bit mad, but were always the most amazing thing that anyone has tasted.

The whole episode is a feast for the eyes but I’d suggest that you watch it with a cookie or something sweet to eat.

Stay tuned for more series sketches and tiny reviews.

Jess x

Dublin Flea Market 2017 poster - the making of

When I found out that I got the April poster for the Dublin Flea Market, in newmarket square. I started sketching and planning what I wanted to make for it and what I wanted the poster to look like. I wanted to incorporate paper illustrations in it but I also wanted to add another texture to it. I wanted to incorporate felt into the piece as well as paper.

I tested a few elements before I decided what way I wanted the pieces to look and feel like. In the photos below, I was testing to see what colours I wanted to use, if I wanted to add line work and testing out the spiral for the telephone cord. I decided against the line details and went with just the mix of felt and paper.

I decided to make a list of the things that you might pick up at the flea market and then I would have them exploding from the text that would say ‘Dublin Flea Market’. I made the parts of each piece in felt and in paper so I could mix them around and see what worked best.

Apart from the informative text, everything else is just the pink, purple and white colour scheme of felt and paper.

This is the Facebook banner that was rearranged and created to suit the different aspects of a Facebook header.

You can still purschase this limited edition print at the Dublin Flea Market which is on the last Sunday of every month in Newmarket Square.

I also displayed at the flea market which was great as I got to talk to people about the pieces and see what else they would like to see made.

Thanks,

Jess x

The Stella Theatre: Past & Present

Before the Stella Cinema has it's amazing facelift, it had this beautiful, stuck in the past facade. The old Stella Cinema was built in 1923 and was a cinema your nanny and granda would remember going to in their youth. It has large letters, a stand out front for the cinema titles, like you would see in an american theatre, and would once light up.

It has now been revamped to this blast from the past 1920's style theatre, inside and out.

I decided to do a piece of the old Stella cinema before it got its facelift as an homage to the past and to keep the old building alive. And then when the new one opened decided that it would be nice to create that too as a comparison but also because it’s so beautiful, magical and it creates this experience that you’ll remember forever.

We went to the new Stella Theatre to see Star Wars and it did not disappoint (both the movie and the theatre). The entrance was beautifully tiled with an ‘S’ right in the middle of the main hallway floor, which lead onto the 1920’s style bar. A real popcorn machine caught my eye which is amazing to see, rather than the premade bags of popcorn they load in, in other cinemas.

The other amazing part is that you can order hot food and they’ll bring it down to you as you’re watching the film (unreal) and amazing alcoholic drinks. When we got to our seats, we had an armchair each with a table in the middle, and a footstool for your feet!!

The whole experience is one to remember and I couldn’t help being reminded of the scene in ‘Annie’ when she’s whisked to the cinema and shown to her seat. It was one of those magical moments.

The new Stella Theatre

Jess :)