Ali J Art & Illustration

Blown Away At Upmarket

On the Sunday just passed I participated in Upmarket at the Perth Town Hall - a new market formed with the intention of showcasing handmade designers.  I'm over the moon about my display!

I was very pleased to see so many repeat customers, and new faces come out even though the weather wasn't the best & the wind was terribly cold.  I've had so many suggestions from you all, and ideas about future works - I can't wait to do some new peices ready for the next market!!




 

I do however need to work on a few things for future market displays.  My partner Chad thinks that I'm a veteran at markets, but the reality is that I'm always learning and growing at each one.  I need to work on how to display my cards, my prints and my original drawings in a way that shows them, but is still unique and not like every other stall whilst still suiting my style.  It is a very hard journey!!

I'm open to suggestions all the time of ideas you may have for displays, or even what kind of things you'd like to see in the future.

My master plans for the coming months -

1. Mermaid/Sailor/Romance Theme
2. Halloween Theme
3. Christmas Theme
4. Birthday Designs

as well as extending those images across most of my products, I will also be releasing exclusive designs on t-shirts and bags.  I'm so excited.... back into the studio for me!  :)

Framed Images

I was reading some blogs this morning, and almost fell out of my chair when I found a wonderful photo of my works on the wall by Anastasia Drawing and Dreaming.  PulpSushi has this great idea to have an ongoing series titled 'What is on your wall' and it was a delight to see the art that people choose to display.   So inspiring!  Be sure to check it out.

If anyone has any photographs of my items in action, I'd love to check them out and feature you.  :)

We interrupt this program....

... for a short intermission with a wonderful photo from a fabulous customer.  It is amazing seeing my work displayed in such different ways and being able to suit so many different themed rooms.  Thankyou Diana!

The Adventures of Prolly

I just had to share this photo with you.  A lovely lady recently purchased one of my pindolls, named her Prolly and decided that the doll was going to travel to Uluru with her.  Uluru is a famous landmark here in Australia.  I've never been there but as you can see it is a big red rock.  Well here is Prolly and her very happy face at Uluru!  She's travelled all they way from Western Australia to the Northern Territory to visit the famous landmark and I'm sure that she is very surprised that she is bigger then it! :)