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Hi everyone,
Myself and my lovely, extremely talented friend Ani Passarelli have been working together for the past few months to create a lifestyle brand from our illustrations and crafts: ‘A-to-V Collective’.
We would love it ever so much if you would be kind enough to ‘Like’ our Facebook page
Thank you so very much
Ani & Veronica x
Hand-made Christmas decorations
New super cute, illustrated, laser-cut and delicately hand-painted Christmas decorations created by myself and my dear friend and fellow designer Ani Passarelli, available in our Etsy shop.
This set is the only one like it we’ve made this year, so it’s completely unique…
Poplar DLR Mural Commission
Here is my finalised mural design for Splash Arts – the design will be presented to TFL in New Year for amendments and eventually put on permanent display in Poplar DLR station.
The piece is representative of ‘Poplar past, present and future’ the suffragettes in East London through to the development works and employment opportunities and communites in Tower Hamlets now…
Poplar DLR Outreach Project
This is an outreach project which I’ve been working on for several weeks. The individual illustrations have been created by Tower Hamlets based community groups (including local primary schools, classes for elderly participants and a few of my own characters).
The image represents Poplar; past, present and future, from the suffragettes in East London, the current, constant redevelopment work and new high rise flats and the future of the area: further construction and jobs for local people.
I have a finalising meeting on Wednesday morning and the finished result will be put on permanent display at Poplar DLR station. This is a local station to me and it feels very exciting and a privilege to be involved in the making of something so close to home.
From A to V
I have been collaborating with talented fashion and graphic designer Ani Passarelli to create a new lifestyle brand (I’ll be telling you more tomorrow) but have a sneak peek at our vintage inspired colour-in dolls and how we’ve been adorning ours.
They make a wonderful stocking filler for children or an artwork for adults.
New Cushion Collection
Hello everyone, I’m sorry for being a stranger of late…It’s been a busy few months initially finalising my MA and more recently working on a large textile collection with my agent Xander Kastroma, for our client (I can’t say too much at the moment-but all will be revealed before long).
Prints have been based around my 2015 ‘Tree of Life & Growth’ illustration which has been inspired from the fantastically quirky and somewhat naive illustrations from medieval beasturies and adapted characters (developed from my drawings at the Grant Museum of Zoo-ology UCL).
A classic, yet quirky and contemporary series to add colour, character and life to the space they are placed in…
They’ll be available to purchase from my Etsy Shop and commercial clients in a few weeks.
Anyway here’s a sneak peak of the mood boards, inspiration and concept for the cushion collection…
NHS Commission
Nice popping onto Twitter and seeing my interactive wallpaper (NHS commission) in the background of the baby gym at the James Wigg Practice (Kentish Town).
MA show
If you’re in London next week please pop in and see the result of many a sleepiness night…An amazing, diverse range of work from a super talented bunch.
Gallery Different -(Tottenham Court Road)
Friday – Sunday
Hoarding Commission
So excited and delighted with the unveiling of the “Olympic Park Fauna and Flora” hoarding created in collaboration with myself, Rosetta Art Centre and Children from Chobham Academy.
The collaged animals were created by children in years 3,4,5 and 6 in a series of workshops which I facilitated, I’ve then traced sing Adobe Illustrator and popped onto an illustrated background.
The piece has been commissioned by Taylor Wimpey and will be on permanent display in the Olympic Park (Stratford).
Book of Anthologies
Finally beating the creative block…first page of the book of anthologies for my final MA piece coming along nicely.
“My daughter has Flat Pig. A toy I was not fond of as it is visually lacking. She was given it when she was born. It is still loved very much and she is now 10 years old. Among all the cute teddies and other cuddlies for me it was an odd bond. However, now I love it too. Flat Pig still lacks for me any visual impact but as she loves it so much and when i look at it i see beyond the toy and can visualise her playing, cuddling, chatting to it. I will also confess Flat Pig has stood the test of time among all the toys we own. I have put him away to give cute teddy a chance and hope she bonds with my favourite bear among her bears. Only days later to be asked by a very worried face ‘ I can’t find Flat Pig’ and had I seen it. I can post his picture later too. He is currently being cuddled by her fast asleep arms.
When asked why he is so special I was simply told ‘ …because he is Flat Pig’. In a way that also said ‘…can’t believe you asked me that, can’t you see it!?’.”
‘My Flat Pig’
