Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Blogging Off. New Woody website On.
You've probably guessed that blogging has some what fallen off my to do list.
However, a brand new Woody website is on it's way, full news and exciting new products.
Sign up to the Woody mailing list here and follow Woody on Twitter for updates of the launch!
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Things growing. Ideas sprouting.
My first blog post of 2013 and my first in a while (I know). Studio life and home life are busy with lots of new things going on. Exciting and tiring all at the same time. Here's some growing things that light up my everyday life and make me smile.
Friday, 14 December 2012
Tonight in Brighton - Christmas Craft Soiree at Super+Super
Super chilled and super creative craft market with free entry at Super+Super in Brighton on Friday 14th December from 5.30pm – 10.30pm.
Expect a mulled wine station (!), a free raffle with lots of Super+Super prizes, plus local arty and crafty wares including The Woody Shop Stall, selling Christmas cards and stocking fillers including foil blocked sketchbooks and beautiful vintage finds.
Depending on stock levels The Woody Shop Stall will definitely be open at the Soiree from 5.30 – 8.30pm – so be sure to pop round early, grab a yourself a bargain and a mulled wine! See you later at Super+Super, 7 Kings Road, BN1 1NE
Find out more info here
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Brighton,
Craft,
Craft Market,
Events,
Shopping,
Super+Super,
The Woody Shop
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
What we will be making at the Creating Characters Workshop on Saturday
We will be creating characters - sketching them out and then translating them in to embriodered art works like Dolly above.
Below is the very inspiring place the workshop will take place - Brighton's new creative hub Super+Super...
In the window until Monday 28th May you will also find eleven of my new character sketches looking out to sea in Super+Super's window
Check out more info at Super+Super's website here
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Snap Shot of the Drawing Board
Here's what my drawing board looks like today. One side chaos with ink tests. And the other side is my latest character sketch for my latest little project during the Brighton Festival. I'm creating eleven new characters sketches and displaying them in Super + Super's window over the course of the month. A new character being introduced every other day.
This is Bartholemew. He will be joining Angelique at Super + Super on Monday.
Check out my latest news section on my website for more info about my events at Super + Super here
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Drawing Board,
Events,
Exhibitions
Saturday, 5 May 2012
Creating Characters Workshop Comes to Brighton
It's a two-fold workshop that combines drawing and embroidery, along with techniques of coming-up with characters and tips on sourcing inspiration.
Visit www.supersuperhq.com for more details or to book.
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Events,
Illustration,
Inspiration
Friday, 10 February 2012
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...
Monday, 12 September 2011
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Without the temptations of the Summer, you can be more productive. Start writing a short story, take up drawing, knit your own jumper!
All concepts, images & words © Zara Wood 2008 All rights reserved.http://www.zarawood.com/portfolio/project.php?id=11
Labels:
Illustration,
Inspiration,
Products
Friday, 26 August 2011
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.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Friday, 1 July 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Drawing in Dublin - Creating Characters Workshop
Textile designer Miss Amy Phipps & myself ran a Creating Characters workshop at the beautiful Newbridge House in Dublin on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who made it. Here are so photos of the day...
Labels:
Events,
Illustration,
Inspiration
Friday, 25 March 2011
London. Yesterday
After some meetings in London yesterday, I went to check out the lovely new stationery room at Liberty. Followed by a rather beautiful tartlet and pot of tea at the cafe there.
Then it was off to Pick Me Up at Somerset House again...

Pick Me Up is on until 27th March...
Labels:
Events,
Exhibitions,
Illustration,
Inspiration,
Shopping
Monday, 14 March 2011
Pick Me Up - Somerset House - 17th - 27th March
I've been very lucky enough to be choosen for this year's Pick Me Up Graphics Fair at Somerset House which opens to the public this Thursday. It's only on for 10 days, so be sure to put it in the diary.
Here's a bit more info...
The acclaimed graphics fair Pick Me Up returns to Somerset House this week. With Anthony Burrill setting up studio, independent publishers Nobrow, along with a host of other UK collectives & 24 international graphic artists including Woody have been selected to show at this year’s fair.
Limited edition hand-pulled silk screen prints by Woody will be on show at the Fair as well as some Woody products on sale at the Pick Me Up Pop Up Shop.
Woody has also designed a special poster exclusive for Pick Me UP – which will be available for purchase at Somerset House for the bargain price of £20! Best to get in there quick - there’s only 50 in the edition!
Labels:
Events,
Exhibitions,
Inspiration,
Shopping
Monday, 28 February 2011
Putting Up. Taking Down.
As Mirror Mime at YSP comes to an end, we've been thinking about all the organisation and hard work it takes to put on an exhibition and all those people who are involved. The above photo shows the Story of the Aurora installation being installed along the 20 metre concourse windows at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Thanks to the amazing team at New Vision for helping to create the Story of Aurora. And a big thank to all the team at YSP for their support.
The studio is super busy at the moment with lots of new projects. But I will be putting up more photos of the Mirror Mime exhibition - see some here
More info events happening in March like the Affordable Art Fair and Pick Me Up in London on the website here
Labels:
Events,
Exhibitions,
Illustration
Friday, 4 February 2011
Friday, 7 January 2011
Sailing through a Winter Wonderland...
Images of The Story of Aurora - my installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park which is part of my Mirror Mime exhibition on until 27th February. Images courtesy of YSP - thanks for sending them over - loving the snowy backdrop...
Labels:
Exhibitions,
Illustration
Friday, 10 December 2010
The Story of Aurora - Yorkshire Sculpture Park Installation



The Bretton Estate, home to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park since 1977, was designed over 200 years ago as a private pleasure ground. One of its 18th Century owners, Sir Thomas Wentworth, created lakes with small islands to house exotic animal menageries & commissioned a ship called the Aurora.
Inspired by these historical events, I created an imagined narrative where the Aurora returns to the pleasure ground, carrying characters from distant lands. It was important for me to draw from the history of the site in order to create a artwork that was relevant to it's surroundings.
The architecture of the visitor centre with its clever use of glass blurs the boundaries between being inside and outside – inviting visitors outside and bringing in the park. The windows become the perfect inbetween space, where we can play with another duality, the real & the imagined.
Freeing the drawn line from the page, my illustrations are translated on into vinyl & run along the twenty metre concourse windows at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
At 3pm each day, I've been told that the Aurora casts a perfect shadow on the wall opposite. At the moment the drawings have the backdrop of fallen snow.
The installation is part of my exhibition Mirror Mime, which showcases over 20 new works including originals & screen prints.
Mirror Mime is now on show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park until 27th Feb 2011.
Labels:
Events,
Exhibitions,
Illustration
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Press
My Mirror Mime exhibition & products are featured in December's ELLE, Elle Decoration & Concept for Living magazines.
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Exhibitions,
Press,
Shopping
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