Posted by: FJ on: February 27, 2012
Brogues Hand Print has been picked to feature on ” daily favorites” 02/27/2012 @ PaperStitch website Check it out, some good stuff there! Find us here on Facebook http://on.fb.me/zbrbEL Online shops @ Blomming http://on.fb.me/samphireartsblomming @ Etsy http://etsy.me/samphirearts
Posted by: FJ on: February 14, 2012
Sorry folks, been quite busy… So it’s kinda a late wish for you all to have a wonderful day… But I don’t believe in a day set aside to loving people in our lives. I believe in everyday, making the best of those with us and those who accept us, love us and hold our [...]
Posted by: FJ on: January 1, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 22 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the [...]
Posted by: FJ on: December 23, 2011
Firstly, A very warm Merry Christmas to all the customers, friends and family of Samphire Arts. without all of you all, where would I be? ( I’d have no one reading my ramblings… ;p ) I wish to thank you all for such a wonderful, crazy, busy and eye-opening learning curve of a year! Samphire [...]
Posted by: FJ on: October 11, 2011
Yup, so it’s been a while… But here’s something I’ve been working on- Adapting a lot of my work for Digital formats as well as items produced independently with my illustrations etc. In this case, Ipad 1/2 as well as Kindle and Nook etc. Covers ( for my first try in the form of my first [...]
Posted by: FJ on: June 22, 2011
This print was cut after I had a few thoughts about how I perceive my imagination and sometimes my defiance. How people all over the world face various atrocities in their respective country’s, homes and often by their own people etc. It made me think about how amazing the human mind, psychology or heart is. [...]
Posted by: FJ on: June 8, 2011
This is a poem that is very close to my heart. I think it is simple and beautifully written and possibly one of the rarest poems that truly speaks to me. It is a poem by E.E Cummings who has a wonderful way of putting things into words, stuff that your heart would truly feel [...]
Posted by: FJ on: May 10, 2011
Time and again, I revisit Eleni-Sophia –My first illustration after a very very long hiatus from hand making any sort of artwork let alone a simple sketch. I used to have a sketchbook on me everywhere I go but after returning to work and taking on more studying, I was lucky if I got out [...]
