Have been playing around with a collection of artwork created by the prodigies at home, when you think about it, children’s artwork is art in its purest sense, without forethought, no mind games or tricks on what one should put to the canvas, just whatever arrives, however primitive and simple, often alive and colourful and engaging. We have put a lot of our kids artwork up on the walls in our hallway, not paying it too much respect as the blue tac lets loose and corners droop but guests and friends and family often stop to look and comment and enjoy. Like old people whose wisdom we seldom seek, are the children whose artwork we hide in drawers, not all is good, but sometimes their sense of colour and its many combinations and space and wild imagination create something special - worth a second look anyhow.

The idea behind PrintAsArt is to create something a bit more personal, homegrown; a bit of a shift away from generic and mass produced and soulless really. It seems to me that we are all looking for this in lots of ways ~ a more comfortable home with cherished items surrounding us, farmer’s markets, fresh produce, home grown vegetables, dinner parties with close friends, being more attentive to what we buy, best to buy for keeps than cheap and disposable and meaningless. Art has to mean something to you and PrintAsArt enables you to express your art in a number of ways ~ on canvas, perspex, film, fabric, window blinds, awnings. Your art can be anything, a piece of fabric with a beautiful pattern which can be scanned and reproduced just for you, a favourite photo, a collection of photos, a texture, your children’s artwork or poem or story, a family tree or as I have chosen here, graffiti. I took a picture of this graffiti which appears on our signwall - it means nothing to you but I like it. I like the colours; Ethan (our son) has written his name in bubble writing in bottom left hand corner and even though the text doesn’t make sense I kinda like that too. Don’t be afraid to express yourself with whatever resonates with you … With digital cameras today you can capture art everywhere, it takes nothing for us to scan a hi res image and print on a medium that appeals to you.

Can’t help but notice that wall decals are becoming very popular for interior decoration. We’ve been doing them for years as a signage treatment but they look so much nicer in a residential environment, basically a creative application of standard computer cut vinyl or as we call it SAV (self adhesive vinyl) but known in interior circles as wall decals ….

Personally, I would love to have a wall devoted to beautiful and inspirational quotes. Our house is in serious need of a renovation so I took to my white wardrobe doors with a ruby red crayon and wrote my favourite quote on it …. think the wall decals might be the trick when we finally get round to a serious renovation.

The images here are from a trade fair installation we did for Carina Sherlock Homewares.
We can forme cut and prepare your decals for installation if you have some (vector based) design files….

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Most pubs can do a good fisherman’s basket as long as they are by the sea is what I say, much to the amusement of my partner … got to do with how many miles you food has travelled from its original destination; the less miles the fresher the produce and is a sustainable hot topic at the moment. But these fishermans’ baskets can be shipped all over Australia without fear of losing freshness. Design based on the Greek fisherman’s basket, this basket has been created using recycled banners which have been cut in strips then sewn together. Apart from catching fish, for the home owner the uses are many and varied ~ collect your fresh produce from the garden, clothes off the line, an ironing basket, beach bag, paper basket, laundry basket, we’ve even used ours for beer. We can also custom print your design and lay up the strips and sew. Super sturdy, durable and everlasting …

The Print As Art ‘Mona Lisa’ series has been one of the most popular releases to date. The large Mona Lisa print on canvas has been sold throughout Australia in various colour formats including Mona Orange, Mona Purple, Black on White, Mona Red and Full Colour.

If you would like to know more about the Print As Art product, including custom treatments for your personal photography, please call John or +61 39 827 7033