kate alexandra

merry christmas!

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in australia!

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Calendar time!!

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welcome to my christmas calendar adventure : )

fish

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little owl

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joulu

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shanghai sky

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Chitty Chitty Bang Gang

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Now I can show the cover for CCBG!

Album has just been released .. go here for info on the music + band!

miss this ..

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moikka ..

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Last blog from Helsinki .. tomorrow we are on the plane to Shanghai! Moikka ja kiitos Helsinki .. we will miss you!

In this issue !!

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in this issue ..

fireplace + painting over door

luggage + books in bedroom

In this issue of IKEA family magazine is an article on the project I worked on this summer .. 175 illustrations for IKEAs contribution to the LOVE Stockholm 2010 festival .. celebrating the Royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.
So fun!!

winter

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We are moving!

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We are moving to China in just 4 weeks. Lots of new and amazing travels ahead .. and loads of drawing inspiration for me!!

I will not be reopening the shop until we have our new home and studio in Shanghai ..

music news ..

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New album "Kids Love The Untz Untz" by http://www.chittychittybanggang.com/ soon to be released! You can download their tracks from myspace .. album artwork by me : )

Sweden ..

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I have been travelling a lot in the last few months with work.
On one 2 hour train journey I fell in love with the shapes and patterns of the barns and farmland .. so pretty in Skåne!

bubble

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raining day ..

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would be nicer if it was not grey ..

been away ..

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owls

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pattern ..

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7th

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we walked in the fells ..

6th

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anyone recognise this place? this was our first day ..

In Lapland ..

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our summer holidays were in Lappland .. it was warm and sunny .. but I couldnt help and draw some things in wintery versions with Sami inspired patterns ... it was so beautiful!

Holiday!

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I am on holiday .. back in a couple of weeks!

IKEA + Tillsammans

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I have just finished the illustration work for this AMAZING project in Stockholm.
A part of the Love Stockholm 2010 celebrations for the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Mr Daniel Westling .. IKEA built their very own Haga castle to show Tillsammans/togethernes - design for past present and future relations.
If you are anywhere near Stockholm in the next two weeks .. you MUST see this!
Interior illustration work by me!!
Tillsammans
www.lovestockholm2010.se

nearly there ..

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One week until the exhibition opens !!

the sun ..

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Yesterday was so sunny and warm we sat in the park while I was drawing .. so nice!

tree ..

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a section of the start of a new drawing ..

forest + field

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tropicana ..

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I drew this after looking at a friends photos .. she is travelling the world and is now in Ecuador + Galapagos Islands!!

stitched ..

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Last night I made my first ever pillow cases from some of the fabric I bought at Ivana Helsinki clearance sale. They worked : )

paper chase ..

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I have had this drawing on a torn little piece of paper for ages .. not sure when or where i drew the mountains, but the tree prints on top were just a test that happened to turn out this way .. It is on my wall and I look at it almost every day.
Today I drew the lines in on the mountains : )

something for E!

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just finished a hand drawn copy of my "leaf" drawing for E in Olso..

last ones ..

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Yesterday it was snowing again so it was a perfect day to finish these ..
I hope everyone who bought all my white teatowels are happy with them!!
This is the last of these design .. next time I will do larger prints ..

wallpaper

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what to wear ..

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fox

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spring

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Holiday!!

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On holiday in a cabin in the snow ..

eating fresh made leipä juusto - cooked on the fire served with cloudberries .. Heaven !!

Back next week ..

pattern

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patterns to ( one day ) print .. if only I had a studio
: )

crystal patterns ..

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I love all different patterns the crystals and snow make .. these are drawn from my window ..

teatowels!

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I have been making 3 different teatowels designs, hand screen printed and stitched .. there are only 10 of these as it was a bit of a test ..
These are in my shop + the coffee and house print at
www.grapestation.com

album cover

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I am working on a cover for this band!!
chitty chitty bang gang

citybreak - Kotka

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March calendar ..

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I have just made some single month calendars with my old swedish typewriter + screenprint + Gocco + handrawn.
I think its nice to have just the one month so you are not committed to a whole year of the same style ..

In the post ..

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Thankyou for the weekend orders from Greece, Helsinki and Switzerland, they are today in the post as I have been away in Copenhagen for a long weekend! k x

snow ..

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Something for S ..

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posted today .. watch for this envelope!

Something for Jo ..

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On request I have just finished this handrawn upscaled version of one of my prints .. thanks Jo!

pencil ..

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a drawing I did in school I while ago .. image is from a magazine, it was an exercise in tone ..

Winter ..

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Hyvää Joulua!

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Merry Christmas to all!

pepparkakshus

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.. almost christmas : )

drawing 1-2

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drawing class is over for this season : (
tyovaenopisto for short courses in .. everything!

postcard #2

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ladies

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on location .. these lovely ladies were sketched while on a liquid lunch at Stockmanns new champagne bar : )

postcard #1

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the original orange fluoro lines were lost in the scanner .. so I blocked the area in green.

b+w

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girl

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lost in lines ..

holiday

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Im in Australia at the moment .. home in 10 days : )

morning!

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BonBonKakku

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house project

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I have been starting on a few new things lately .. this is one of them.
I am in the middle of making a card game .. for kids or adults .. with the theme being dutch canal houses. It will be stackable, or can be laid flat .. mixed around .. built up high etc.
I started the project as part of a course .. but now it has become something I want to make for real.
More later ..

a little further ...

first test run ..

bbq

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we had one .. it was nice!

reflection

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inspired by a friends photo ..

our house

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geo

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just a sketch ..

sun

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heart

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pheasant

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sweet dreams

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still in the making ..

dove

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holiday

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We have guests all May and June .. and right now we are heading north ..

dot

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still testing ..

leaf print

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toucan

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musta ja valkoinen

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black + white

tree pattern

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