Doors and Shores

 Over the Christmas holidays I took a trip to one of my favourite places in the North east- a little fishing village called Pennan. Pennan is completely enclosed by the cliffs so can't grow- it has one pub, and that's all- no shops at all! It was the place they filmed the Local Hero. My grandma used to take us there when we were little, so it's a special place for me. as soon as I could drive I used to get in the car and find myself on the windy steep roads to this place to comb the beach for treasures! Even on a stark cold winters day I love going there.

A special offer for your special sweetheart

Here are four brand new prints for you. All printed on high quality watercolour paper- 190g and measure 329mm x 483mm (so a bit bigger than A3) and all individually signed. We're selling them on the website for only £20.00 each + postage so you have NO excuse!! 

http://www.donnawilson.com/50-valentines-day-prints

go on treat your lover!

 

Here are some close-ups for you...

 This one is perfect, if you are planning to ask your special someone a very important question! ....will.. you.......

 This one is a great gift for someone you like and you want to tell them that in a bit of a discreet way!

 ....careful who you give this one to!... it's my favourite.

 ...and 'heart face'... a nice friendly face will get the message across.  And a print will last a lot longer than flowers or chocolates!

We also have a special offer on these beautiful giclee prints by myself, Kate and Erin- use this discount code and you will get them for £20 + postage (normally £45.00)

put in this code at checkout : ILOVEU

happy valentines day everyone!

http://www.donnawilson.com/30-prints

Not showing this Jan...

Yes just to let some of you know that we won't be showing at Maison et Objet this Jan, but we will be back in September  2013 with lots and lots of nice new exciting products.  the reason for this is explained here: http://birdieandbear.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-year-new-life.html

  This year is an exciting year for us as it's the TENTH year of Donna Wilson! I can hardly believe it myself and remember very clearly my very first 'studio' space in the basement of my shared house in Herne hill!  we've come a long way since then and will be celebrating in style later on in the year, so watch this space for news of events, book launches and new products!

 Here are some images from our last Maison et Objet in September 2012, and we are still making this entire range.  www.donnawilson.com for more info . and to download our current catalogue click here: http://donnawilson.com/_downloads/catalogue.pdf if you need any info please dont hesitate to get in touch. x

stand design by www.producethegoods.com

Friendly Forest for St Georges Hospital Children's Emergency Department.

As 2012 comes to a close I wanted to show you a very special project that we managed to fit in this year.  I was asked to design a wall mural for the corridor of the Children's Emergency Department of St Georges Hospital, London.

The work had to be uplifting for kids of all ages with things going on at lots of different height levels.   The corridor changes in width, and leads from the reception to different parts of the hospital.

I thought it would be nice if the wall was lined with curious looking trees. Within the trees various creatures live, a smiling cat, a family of hand drawn koalas, a lime green snail and even a bear in boots!

Here are some pictures of the install, the work was made from sticky wall vinyl by Bradford based company new vision - www.new-vision.co.uk

Line of ants who have made their home along the bumper rail!

Is that cyril squirrel fox?

The Lion tree

Many Thanks to Belinda Harward, who is the Arts Director at St Georges and is in charge of promoting well being. Belinda commissioned the corridor. I hope it brings a smile to a few of the faces that pass through the corridor in often stressful circumstances.

and the winner is ....

And the winner of the Christmas joke competition is......

"About"

with the joke...

Why are Christmas trees like bad knitters?!
They both drop their needles!

Congratulations!

Please email your details to grace@donnawilson.com 

The miniature world of Sabine Timm

I don't know much about Sabine Timm, I would love to find out about her, she makes these beautiful little sets with dolls furniture, nature, paper, etc. there's something about them that I find enchanting. Finding discarded objects, bringing them to life by giving them a personality, she's a talented lady.

I love her sense of colour. I don't think she has a web site so here are a few of my favourites. Also you can see more on here: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/sabine-timm

December giveaway - something to eat your Christmas dinner off!

Competition time again...

We have a set of 4 acorn dinner plates up for grabs.  All you have to do is to tell us a funny Christmas joke, and whoever makes us laugh the most will win the plates. 

Simple :-)