Moving to New Zealand from Colombia at the age of 16, Danilo R Reyes couldn’t speak a word of English. Struggling to communicate with his peers through language, he found familiarity, communication, and connection in art, igniting a passion for drawing and printmaking. He draws inspiration for his mesmerising artworks from his experiences as a refugee, his culture, and Pre-Columbian art.
Sally-Mae Hudson of Shapes by Sal is a self-taught linocut printmaker, discovering the art form nearly three years ago. Sally’s appreciation for the great outdoors and the natural environment underpins the majority of her work. Her work is as much about inspiring others to appreciate the natural world, as it is her own artistic expression. Sally currently works part-time for WAI Wanaka, an environmental organisation where she is part of a Jobs for Nature field team.
Inspired by her inner child, wild imagination, and love of nature, Christchurch designer and illustrator Felicity Meade of Little Wolf Studio designs and crafts whimsical jewellery and art prints that are playful in nature and sure to delight anyone who is young at heart.
We love this delightful Aotearoa New Zealand intaglio and watercolour map by Nelson-based Esther of Nester Prints. Intaglio prints are created by incising into a plate with a sharp needle. When the ink is applied and then wiped off the surface, ink remains caught in the incisions and creates the impression when passed through a press with the paper…
This delightful original Lino-cut print, Paddock to Market by Mrs W Lino Prints, is inspired by New Zealand’s fertile land – showing off our vineyards and cropping land. There’s a touch of the quirky added… look closely!
The process used to create this beautiful artwork from Created Creative is not unlike that used to paint a conventional picture. Layers of colour are applied and then details carefully added. Except in this case the “paints” are wool and silk fibres and the artist’s hands are the brushes…
This beautiful kete image by Christchurch artist Rebecca Davies was hand carved from a lino block and then printed using her Intaglio fine art printing press. Rebecca inks each print by hand and then rolls it through the press, with the result that every print is subtly different…
We love this woodcut representation of Aotearoa’s own tuatara, available now from JSP on Felt
If this doesn’t make you smile we don’t know what will. 🙂 Being a Whale ink/giclee print by Kieran Rynhart, from the If I Was a Banana print series
There’s bound to be someone on your shopping list with an appreciation for the arts. Felt has a fine collection of original art, prints and other goodies to appeal to your favourite arty and cultured cohorts.