Just in time for Christmas my friends from The Sing Songs have launched their album 'These are the End Times'. I had great fun taking their photos and creating the design for their CD packaging. You can buy the digital album or purchase the CD here
A Glimpse of Gore
Next stop was a little town called Gore (which is south west of Dunedin). For some reason Gore has a bad reputation for being boring and a bit rugged - I actually found it to be quite a quaint town with lovely historic buildings, beautiful deer parks and gardens, a dancing Kea in the town aviary, great little cafes and the smell of cooked oats :) - from the Thistle factory. Gore historically was a valuable trade route and food gathering site back in the early 19th century and sits on the banks of the Mataura River, it has a history of illicit whiskey making and even has a Moonshine museum dedicated to the stories behind this practice.
We travelled a few times north of Gore to a township called Mandeville for lunch at a lovely restaurant called The Moth - which sits on the edge of an air field and has a museum and restoration workshop dedicated to tiger moth planes and old steam trains.
This seems as good a time as any to mention one of my favourite illustrators 'Edward Gorey'.. just because :)
On Tour - Nelson
More adventures in Nelson! Good times and sunny days. Found a great antique shop called 'Eclectic' where I happened to purchase a few little friends. I found the library to be a great place to work in and lots of interesting architecture to ponder. Rather strange that the council buildings in Nelson have what looks like a ticking bomb attached to their building..?
On Tour - past adventures
I've been on tour around parts of the south island (of NZ) with my husband for his work - hence the lack of blogging. Here are a few snaps of our adventures.. Blenheim was our first stop after a rather peaceful ferry ride from wellington to picton.
Bannerman
I had the great privilege to create illustrations for the new Bannerman Album called 'The Dusty Dream Hole' which launches today!! Bannerman have an awesome folky rock sound and their lyrics are full of dreamy landscapes and misty mountains - definitely give them a listen! Check them out LIVE on Thursday 23rd Sept at Mighty Mighty in Wellington or Saturday 25th Sept at the Whammy Bar in Auckland! Or you can buy their album on Rythmethod or DRMNZ. You can see more of my illustrations for the inlay HERE :)