This weekend I took some time out.. time out from working non stop and spent the weekend in Liverpool and Manchester. I had not been for about 5 years so it was nice to go back!

The main reason behind going (other than I needed a break!) was because there was a print fair in Manchester Cathedral on Saturday; featuring designs and work from graduates, designers, illustrators and fellow creatives! I wanted to see what there is out there!

It was very busy and featured some brilliant work from local artists. The majority of the work was screenprinted and there was also a lot of illustration work. I was drawn to an illustration by a lady there called Ellie Clements @ellieclemdraws of a cat reading a book! 😀 I don’t know what it is about the drawing but I just loved it!

I also spent the saturday afternoon and night in Liverpool. I had a look around the Tate museum.. usually I don’t get much inspiration from the type of work that features in this gallery but this time there was art which might help me with my work!

They had work from Lowry in one of the upper galleries; a lot of the art that featured alongside his was also very industrial – inspired by the industrial revolution. There was also work from Mondrian from the De Stijl movement and also some cubist work!