(my name's not ben... it means "well preserved") 2010-03-09T22:51:29Z Emma Kidd benconservato@gmail.com Copyright 2010, Emma Kidd SPHPBLOG Illustration Friday: Brave épilogue or Bravely Drifting Monoprint]]> http://blog.benconservato.com/index.php?entry=entry100306-101447 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z 2010-03-06T00:00:00Z illustration friday: propagate Propagate

As I haven't done anything since The Finders Keepers Artwork Competiton (yeah! I was chosen by the way...) and have been working nearly every waking moment for someone else, I needed a little kick start today to get back into it. So this is a fast one...]]> http://blog.benconservato.com/index.php?entry=entry100222-103507 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z 2010-02-22T00:00:00Z Spoonflower in the mail!

Today I received my very first Spoonflower fabric test in the mail, and despite what I read and worried about (albeit briefly) to do with colour (such as outlined by Voodoo Rabbit's Blog (fellow Australian)... I am very happy with the colours. The feet on the red, hairy monster are a little faint, but, that is easy to fix. So... soon you might see a monster friend to take to bed with you.]]> http://blog.benconservato.com/index.php?entry=entry100219-035013 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z Finders Keepers Art Competition

I had about 1 hour and 20 minutes left to submit the piece I had intended to submit to Finders Keepers Artwork competition and I have made it despite having a relatively horrid week in terms of morale. I guess we can't have good weeks every week.
To get myself moving with this piece, I got myself some tea and randomly splodged it all over the paper. As I am a person that "sees things" in everything, soon, the image became apparent. A head with it's tongue out. And so it is!

Too weird? Perhaps.

No, not on drugs.]]> http://blog.benconservato.com/index.php?entry=entry100217-124813 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z 2010-02-17T00:00:00Z This Little Piggy Show This Little Piggy

Friday night was the opening of the This Little Piggy show at The China Heights Gallery, Surry Hills (Sydney). It was stinking hot in the gallery (due to that charming heat we had that day). Supposedly the pieces will still be on sale on-line for a couple of months.

This Little Piggy Official Site ]]> http://blog.benconservato.com/index.php?entry=entry100215-105117 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z 2010-02-15T00:00:00Z