Urban Owl Studio

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30/11/2019

Its a festival of native Upper Hutt birds on Main Street in time for the first day of summer and today's Santa Parade! I absolutely loved designing these flags.
Upper Hutt is surrounded by scenic hills, with Te Awakairangi flowing from the mountains down through our valley, and we are blessed with our native wildlife.
Printing of these Flagtrax flags was by Steve from the amazing Digital Decor in Upper Hutt (https://www.digitaldecor.co.nz/) who specialise in all kinds of fabric printing. I am already excitedly planning to print some of my calligraphy projects onto fabric in 2020.

28/11/2019

I'm so happy to be listed in the Felt Christmas Catalogue. https://felt.co.nz/christmas-catalogue
It has been a wonderfully busy time posting out orders to all corners of New Zealand. A big thank you to all my customers! If you are planning to make an order for Christmas, get in quick!

New Zealand's online market for locally made goods and gifts – shop on Felt for perfect Christmas gifts made by designers and craftspeople right here in Aotearoa! From homewares and art to jewellery and accessories, plus gorgeous things for children, the Felt Christmas Gift Guide has something fo...

18/11/2019

So happy to have been a part of this amazing Upper Hutt Council project! Roy from Print Big on Main Street has done a terrific job printing and installing these!

17/10/2019

If you are keen on butterflies, check out this great fundraising event for the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust!

14/10/2019

The first set of postcards are now available! These are contemporary designs showing the pepe and pūrerehu (butterflies and moths) of the Wellington region. They come as a pack of eight, containing one of each of the eight different designs. Available on my online felt store at https://felt.co.nz/listing/380053/Butterflies-Notecards

24/09/2019

Here is the new Butterflies of Wellington print, available at https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl. So many beautiful pepe and pēpepe to keep an eye out for in the capital city and the surrounding hills. Maybe take a trip to your local garden centre to get some plants for your new butterfly garden ;) Wouldn't it be great to see more of these flying around in our parks and backyards?

17/09/2019

Here is Kirehe o Totara Park and Maoribank, the next poster in the Wildlife (Kirehe) of Upper Hutt print series by Urban Owl Studio.

The Silverstream and Pinehaven prints will be available for viewing and purchase at the upcoming Pinehaven Arts and Craft event on this weekend (20-22 September). See you there!

You can also purchase the prints in the series for this and other available Upper Hutt areas from my online shop https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl.

10/09/2019

My new print Butterflies of Lower Hutt is now available! I have absolutely loved painting each of these. The patterns that nature creates on such tiny creatures are amazing. This print is part of my Butterflies of the Wellington Region series, with more coming soon! Available at my online shop at https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl

13/08/2019

Urban Owl Studio is publishing a series of posters showing the wildlife in the Hutt Valley, starting with Upper Hutt. Here is the Pinehaven print in this series. Although I like knowing about New Zealand wildlife in general, I've always wanted to know what was in my own suburb, stream, river, and town, and I think knowing this surely makes us want to take care of it better, don't you think?

You can view and purchase these prints on my felt store (https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl) or see them at the upcoming Pinehaven Art and Craft event later this year.

06/08/2019

My Birds of the Hutt Valley print is out in the world now. I enjoyed every minute of the months of research, development, and creation of this artwork. I thought I knew which birds lived in our valley, but there were a few (happy) surprises for me!

You can view and purchase it through my online store on Felt: https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl

Copies will be on sale at the Pinehaven Art and Crafts event later this year.

You can also check it out on the walls of the amazing Grind cafe in Princes Street, Upper Hutt (home of the best milkshakes and caramel slice I have ever had, I might add).

04/08/2019

My online store on Felt is now live! My series of prints and posters are now available for purchase, with more designs coming over the next few months.
Here is my Butterflies of Upper Hutt print, which showcases the amazing purerehu of our area. Did you know that all these taonga are right here? Might be time to get those butterfly garden plans happening in your backyard!
My online store is at https://felt.co.nz/shop/urbanowl.

01/03/2019

Here are some table numbers for which I did the gold numbering. You can see these and lots of other beautiful and unique items for events and weddings from the amazing The Vintage Party in Upper Hutt.

So impressed with how these are looking ☄ thankyou for your beautiful calligraphy work on our agate stone table numbers. Numbers 1-12 available and will be up on the website soon!

12/02/2019

Something for Valentine's Day tomorrow for you!

24/01/2019

Urban Owl Studio is now on Instagram! Visit me at https://www.instagram.com/urbanowlstudio/.
It is a little less formal than this page: I post images of both works in progress and finished projects, unless they are confidential or sensitive, of course. I do a lot of experimentation with new materials, inks, and methods: they don't all make it into my final portfolio on my website at www.urbanowlstudio.co.nz but I like how instagram is a good forum for sharing the full gamut of work that artists do.

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20/01/2019

What do illustrators do on their day off? More illustrating, because this is what we love to do!

12/01/2019

05/12/2018

A gift voucher I designed recently for the amazing Dye Pretty Hair Salon in Silverstream. A great idea for Christmas!