Art to Eat!

Last week I received this beauty of a book through the post! 120 recipes with 66 different artists, including me!  'Art to Eat'. 

                                     

This book was put together by three sisters now based in Brisbane, Melbourne and New York. It was a number of years ago I did the artwork, so its fantastic to see it finally published. Well done girl's you've done a great job, I can't wait to start cooking some of your yummy recipes. 

Bespoke personalised artwork

I love working with individuals on bespoke artwork. This piece was for the Jonson family, I illustrated their three beautiful daughters. They live outside of Los Angeles amongst the mountains and foothills where the lemon and orange trees grow. 

I was delighted to receive this lovely photograph of the girls standing by the picture. 

Bristol AAF

It is a real honour to be showing my work a this years Bristol AAF. It is a beautiful sunny day! I wish I could be there right now enjoying all the gorgeous work that is on display, unfortunately I am sitting in my studio getting on with the mountain of work I need to get done. :( 

Cinderella

You may have noticed a few sneak previews of some Cinderella artwork. Well earlier this year I was commissioned by Tango books to put together some samples spreads for Bologna Children's book fair. I was so pleased to get the commission as the brief was to create a papercut book.

I was thrilled to hear that the book is going to be published! 

But I have to complete all the artwork by the end of May! So I've got my work cut out for me big time, Literally!  I've really got to crack on, spend less time on Facebook, Pinterest, and looking online for recipes for dinner, and be super productive.

It will be out in the Autumn, its all happening SO quickly. Publishing a papercut book has been a dream of mine so I can't wait to see it finished.

THE WINNER IS......

This was my very first competition, I was a little worried that no one would even enter. I was so pleased to get SO many entries and amazing comments from you all. 

There was no way I could pick one out of all the lovely messages I got. So I did it the old fashioned fair way of pulling a name out of a hat/bowl, I closed my eyes and pulled out VIKKIE LAWRIE'S name.

Congratulations Vikkie! Your favourite papercut was the lovely fox! 

Swimming heart

A new papercut design. I've been meaning to create the heart of the ocean picture for a while now. Glad I finally got round to finishing it. You might be able to notice that my final design is slightly different to my sketch, this is because my craft knife slipped and I cut where I shouldn't have, so I had to start all over again. These things happen and I think the final artwork ended up much better because of it. Was a bit annoying though! 

 Ps: How amazing are Narwhals, some time I just can't believe they exist!

'A Lily, A Rose' book cover

I received this in the post the other day, I illustrated the cover for Barrington Stoke books last year. This is my very first book cover so its really exciting to see my work published.

Paper gourmet salad

Earlier this year I was commissioned to  make a delicious paper cut platter by a foodie with a real passion for  international cuisine. 

My brother works as the sous chef at a fine dining restaurant, we have always spoken about creating artwork that draws from the stylish composition and rich colours of food. So I was thrilled to take on this job and worked hard to create a conceptual plate of gastronomic  art inspired by the delicate garden salad. 

I sketched out the idea for my dish, then individually cut each element  by hand from paper before arranging each piece onto a clean white paper  cut plate. I particularly enjoyed curling the paper into a courgette and  cutting micro cress to create texture. I loved working on this piece which has inspired me to create a whole range of food inspired artwork. I'd love to see a restaurant capture the  magic of their creations in this creative way. 

Cinderella

I am working on putting together a papercut Cinderella children's book. The artwork is coming together, I am working on the cover as we speak and I cant wait to show you the finished illustration. 

25 TOP AMAZING PAPERCUT ARTIST

http://www.designsponge.com/2013/02/25-amazing-papercut-artists.html

My heart skipped a beat when I saw that design sponge mentioned my artwork on the top 25 amazing papercut artists. I'm honoured and delighted to be listed amongst so many other fantastic artists that I look up to. 

Cinderella

A sneaky peak at a new Cinderella spread I'm working on... cant wait to show you the finished artwork!

Anniversary/wedding artwork

I am in the process of designing a range of artwork and stationary for weddings and anniversaries . This is the first in a new range of personalised artwork I will be publishing on my new 'not on the high street' shop. 

Here is a picture I took the other weekend, I would love to receive your feedback on this new design. 

Please take a peek at my shop: www.notonthehighstreet.com/sarahdennisdesign