@katewillowsart
Printmaker, Painter, Sculptor. Inspired by nature, humour and the human condition. All work available at https://www.katewillows.co.uk/index.html and prints at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KateWillowsPrints?ref=profile_header
An afternoon printing a few of my latest linoprint ‘Starlight Over Kenwood’. Always takes me ages, with Radio 3 on in the background so I don’t get distracted!
#kenwood #kenwoodhouse #hampsteadheath #starlight
He’s escaped from the silicone mould… now to spruce him up a bit and give him a polish to bring out the metallic sheen.
#wildboar #casting #spruce #metallic
Thought I’d give this little boar a razz in aluminium resin.
#wildboar #trufflehunter #aluminium
Saw a little wood mouse on my evening stroll…
#woodmouse #mouse #eveningwalk
A little deep dive into the detail. This is a test print on newsprint paper, so I will post another when I’ve printed on some nice Somerset Satin.
#deepdive #detail #newsprint
Finally finished! Here’s the final test print in blue & in purple. A moonlight view of Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath. I’ll have this one available for the Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath in May.
#kenwood #kenwoodhouse #hampstead #hampsteadheath #moonlight
Went to see this tonight - absolutely wild & fantastic. Jessie Buckley & Christian Bale both brilliant. It doesn’t seem to have had alot of publicity, not sure why. Amazing costumes by Sandy Powell. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal.
#thebride #christianbale #maggiegyllenhaal #jessiebuckley #frankenstein
Still loads to do on this, but you can see where I’m going with it!
#stars #nighttime #nightsky
Slow progress… test print on this, so I can work on the second layer before doing any more on this layer.
#slow #wip
Probably! 😂
Next up! Early days on this one, but it’s very sunny today, so at least I’ll be able to see what I’m doing.
#earlydays #printmaking #wip #getgoing
Dusk on the Heath. Always magical.
#hampsteadheath #dusk
Re my last post - I forgot I made a Tower of London raven print years ago. This one is wearing the Tower as a crown as he gleefully marches about. Backdrop of orbs and crowns on regal gold.
#raven #toweroflondon #ravenart
Communing with ravens at the Tower today…
#ravens #ravenmaster #toweroflondon
Tourist in my own town today…
#towerbridge #london
An antidote to the news…
#antidote #earth #sky #sea
It always amazes me when little bits of broken pottery turn up when I’m gardening. I always wonder how they got there and the stories they have to tell. Today’s finds!
#pottery #ceramic #gardening
Happy St. David’s Day and the first day of spring (meteorologically speaking)! Here’s a classic Welsh dragon I once designed for a postcard challenge and a Norfolk dragon, as they reside there too (specifically in Ludham, until chased away by the villagers).
#dragon #stdavidsday #welsh #spring
These silver coins in the museum at the Ancient Agora, Athens are from the 3rd & 4th centuries BC. Less than 1cm in diameter, but so much expression conveyed in such a tiny space.
#coin #silver #expression #impression #numismatist
Loved coming across this Athens owl up on Philopappos Hill by @arthimus.bsky.social
#athens #owl #graffiti
They’re replicating! Slightly different patinas, one more of a black, the other a deep brown. 19cm tall - awaiting bases.
#lionsculpture #sculpture #jesmonite
This one has been patinated and polished in a deep brown. Now to find a good piece of wood for the base!
#lion #jesmonite #animalsculpture
My favourite sculpture @namuseumathens - a bronze horse and jockey from 140BC. Incredible craftsmanship.
#bronze #horse #jockey #athens
The original sex pest… Aphrodite fights off the advances of Pan with her sandal - sculpture from 100BC (National Archaeological Museum Athens)
#athens #aphrodite #pan #eros
Acropolis now… Looking very fine.
#acropolis #parthenon #athens #ancientgreece #greek
Beautiful Athens in the evening sun.
#acropolis #athens #greece
Did you know the silhouette of Queen Victoria on the Victoria Line was designed by Edward Bawden?
#edwardbawden #queenvictoria #londonunderground #london #silhouette
Last lion of the week! Getting this little lioness head ready for its tiny wooden stand.
#lion #sculpture #animalsculpture #lioness
From sketch to print - ‘The Vicar and the Lion’. My pictorial imagining of the strange tale of the Vicar of Stiffkey. Now available on my website and Etsy (see links in bio).
#norfolk #northnorfolk #imagination #sketch #process
It’s all about lions this week. Fresh from the mould I was making last week and with one layer of patination so far.
#lion #sculpture #lionsculpture #mouldmaking #moldmaking
