FREE PORTFOLIO REVIEW AT PICK ME UP 2012

Would you like to present your work to a panel of industry professionals? 


The Enquiry Desk will be at Somerset House in London next month, along with a host of leading creative professionals offering emerging talent the chance to present their portfolios for advice and constructive feedback.  There may even be some offers of collaboration or commissions!


The reviews will take place in the heart of Pick Me Up and you will be expected to ‘pitch’ your work to the panel who will then offer their feedback. Your chosen portfolio will be projected on to a screen so this is also a chance to show off your talent and get noticed by art collectors and agents visiting the fair. 


Gain confidence and experience from publicly presenting your work.  Plus free entry to Pick Me Up will also be given to all selected presenters.


Submissions for the chance to be one of the selected presenters are now open!


Places are limited and the deadline for submissions is Thursday 16th February 2012.
For more info and to submit an entry click here

Sneaky Peek at Corbin Love Brooch

Sorry it's been so long since my last entry.  The studio has been super busy and I've just co-founded a new initiative to help fellow creative bods - www.theenquirydesk.com

For the last couple of weeks I've been putting the finishing touches to some Little Treasure pieces for Valentines.  This little fellow is Corbin.  He'll be up on the website later this afternoon if you want to give him a new home...

You'll find him here in a bit...

Looking Back to Look Forward

So it’s September. If you live in the UK that means Autumn.  A buffer month between us & Winter. The side effects of this season change already apparent, noticeably it’s getting darker earlier.

As we come to terms with saying goodbye to Summer, albeit rather heartbroken & jaded, at least there’s a bounty of food to console us in Autumn.

However, as the blackberries disappear & darkening days creep in, we have some tips at staying bright during the Winter months - taken  from Woody’s sell out Topshop collection Star Gaze in 2008:

* It’s easier to daydream when the days get darker *
Time to make plans & come up with ideas.  Be inventive & creative.

* More time to watch the stars *
Take up astrology or simply be on the look out for a falling star.

* Be a Trend Setter *
Don’t just wrap up. Dress up!  It’s a chance to wear more of your favourite clothes & style new looks.

* Be musical *
Maybe your Summer was full of Festivals, dancing and singing along. Maybe it’s time you took up an instrument & wrote your own track.

* Enjoy staying indoors *
Without the temptations of the Summer, you can be more productive.  Start writing a short story, take up drawing, knit your own jumper!

Check out all Woody’s artwork for her Star Gaze Collection here

All concepts, images & words © Zara Wood 2008 All rights reserved.http://www.zarawood.com/portfolio/project.php?id=11

B is for...

blogging - at last some new photos! 

I've mainly spent August in the studio working on new projects and weekends spent at our allotment, re-landscaping - which has been fun but alot of hardwork.  Thank you to all those patiently waiting on more artwork to be available from the Woody Shop.  It is in the studio, just needs to be photographed and uploaded, but we are working on other project deadlines.  More news coming soon. Promise.

5 a day hey?