To coincide with the Festival of Flowers on at the moment in Christchurch, the Antique Print Gallery is holding an exhibition of Sarah Featon’s flower prints, which will be on display from March 7th – 18th in the Gallery, at 34 New Regent Street.

Featon was an accomplished New Zealand botanical artist, and made publishing history in 1889 with The Art Album of New Zealand Flora, which was the first full-colour art book to be published in New Zealand.

It’s a pleasure to be surrounded by such gorgeous works of art – the Board of Design office is situated above the Print Gallery – and we’re looking forward seeing the botanical works up on display.

Antique Print Gallery
Phone 379 9868
Email paul@antiquemaps.co.nz

This was one of my favourite Council jobs for 2008, where we were able to create this little worm character for Learning Through Action, to encourage primary school children to look after their tiger worms and mini composts..

Cover of the take-home flyer, complete with our interpretation of a decorated worm farm (you can have a lot of fun when kids are your target audience).

A2 posters – items on and off the menu for worms, for display in classrooms.

Client: Jo Osborne, infant massage instructor

Brief: In addition to the physical health benefits of infant massage, it also promotes bonding between parent and child, relaxation, and parental self-esteem. Jo’s card needed to look professional and confident, but also evoke a sense of calm and serenity – qualities to appeal to any new parent!

We chose an image that clearly illustrates a strong bond between a mother and baby. By using warm soft greys and an elegant handwritten script for Jo’s name, we created a warm, personal effect and paired it with a clean white background and a simple, modern sans serif font to communicate Jo’s professional nature.