Art on a Greetings Card - Katy Fryd

Fine Arts
Headcorn, United Kingdom
FUNDED

About my project

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I plan to get some of my artworks printed onto cards so that I can display these at art and craft fairs that I go to throughout the year and to sell in local shops and venues.  This will give people the opportunity of buying smaller and more affordable images of my work. To support the project I have decided to use crowdfunding to give people the chance to order the cards at a lower price than I'll be selling them at the art fairs and this includes delivery to their front door too. (UK only) I'm also offering a few other special rewards in return for your support.

About me

I have wanted to be an artist ever since I can remember.  As an 'A' grade student in art & textiles at school, I moved into photography, film and video at college. I then went on to study Time Based Media at Hull School of Art where I also studied performance and sound art alongside the film and video. Sadly, due to the  circumstances at the time, it meant I could not complete the course.  The creation of art went out of my life completely for many years until I realised I could not continue to live without it in my life. And I wanted to live.

When I first started making artwork again I went back to drawing and painting.  However the last time I had painted it was heavily influenced by studies, still lives and realism.  Now I suddenly wanted to use it to express everything that I was feeling with a sardonic twist.  This was miles away from painting sheep's skulls and bowls of fruit.  To start with I could only work with black and white, but over time colour returned to my work.  But I was taking huge amounts of time producing large oil paintings from my sketches and wanted to find a smaller way of satisfying my creative urge.  My work now had a clear style which seemed to have developed out of nowhere.  I had done some silk painting in the past and found my style really worked with that medium.  And I could keep up with producing the amount of images that where in my head.

I am currently working with silk paints and lino prints, as my work also works well with the strong black and white contrasts.  My work is mainly figurative and features themes of the supression of women, domestic violence, love, romance, hate, depression and trauma. But I have also diversified into illustration for a book that I've written - below!

I have exhibited in various venues locally and in London.  The latest London exhibition was part of the Parallax Art Fair in La Galleria in Pall Mall.  And my work has been sold in the UK and abroad.

I have also written and illustrated a book called 'The Cat Inspector' which is available to buy on Amazon and has also been released as an ebook in the itunes bookstore.  This features my silk paintings as illustrations.

You can find more about me and my work by following my facebook page or my website www.katyfryd.co.uk. And you are also welcome to follow me on twitter.

The Cards

The cards feature my flower paintings - these are smaller experimental studies that may feature in larger figurative studies in the future.

All printed cards will be with envelopes and in cellophane for protection. The cards measure 10.5 x 15 cm approx. They are blank inside for your own message.

The card design choices for your pledge rewards are:
#1 - Lily
#2 - Orange/Pink rose
#3 - Blue Pink Rose
#4 - Freesia

You will need to tell me your preferred card choices or you will get an approximately equal amount of each.

Other info.

I have various ideas and plans that I would like to work on so if I do reach my target please do not let that stop you from buying more.  All money raised will go towards one of my projects.

Sponsume don't just accept paypal, so this will hopefully make it easier to buy the rewards.  You will need to fill in your address details so that I know where to send the rewards to. 

And do get in contact at if you have any questions or ideas for a reward I haven't thought of.

I really appreciate your support.

Thank you x

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Cards now in my local shop!
Posted: Saturday, 30 March, 2013 - 15:03

Hi,

Just sending a quick update to say thank you again for funding my project.  My cards are now in a local shop and I hope to increase the range soon.  They are also still available to buy in my etsy shop online.  Thank you so much for taking part, it would have been a lot harder without your support.  I hope to do another sponsume project this year but it will be for something completely different!

Katy x

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1 Card

£2.00 or more : You get to choose 1 of my cards (and envelope) and it will be posted to your door. Thank you

 

A fridge magnet featuring my artwork!

£3.00 or more : Posted to your door, a 4.5 x 7cm fridge magnet featuring pretty much any of my artworks. Please take a look at my facebook for the most recent photos of my work or my website. A nice little treat for you or a gift for someone else perhaps?

 

2 Cards

£3.00 or more : 2 greetings cards delivered to your home.

 

4 cards

£5.00 or more : You will recieve all 4 card designs to your door. (Or you can specify which ones you would prefer)

 

Signed First Edition of The Cat Inspector children's book

£7.99 or more : Suitable from 18 months to 4 years and also for early readers - to any age if you adore cats. Get a copy of my illustrated book - which will be a signed first edition too.

 

10 cards

£10.00 or more : You will receive 10 Cards of your choice to your door.

 

22 Cards

£20.00 or more : 22 Cards of your choice, to your door.

 

Your child's drawing turned into a silk art painting.

£20.00 or more : I will send you a template for either a circle decoration (20cm diameter) or a small canvas 7" x 5". You or your child can draw a simple line drawing on the template, colour it and send it back to me and I will then recreate it on silk as best I can. Young children are perfect artists for this reward.

 

Your child's drawing turned into art on a cushion cover

£25.00 or more : I will send you a template for a 39cm x 39cm cushion. You or your child can draw a simple line drawing on the template, colour it and send it back to me and I will then recreate it on silk as best I can. Young children are perfect artists for this reward. This will only be the cover and you will need to find a cushion pad for it.

 

35 Cards

£30.00 or more : 35 cards of your choice to your door.

 

50 Cards

£40.00 or more : 50 cards of your choice to your door.

 

Suncatcher decoration party.

£47.00 or more : If you live locally to me I will come along to your party venue and will help you and your guests make silk painted suncatcher decorations (25cm diameter) of your very own design. (Upto 6 children OR adults) This will include the costs of everything to do with the making of the silk decorations. The rest of the party will be your responsibility. If I incur travelling costs you will need to reimburse me.

 

150 Cards

£100.00 or more : A big virtual kiss and 150 cards of your choice!

 

Your child's art turned into large silk painting - workshop.

£100.00 or more : If you live locally I will work with you and/or your child to help you produce a large 70cm x 50 cm silk painting of your or your child's design. I will provide all the materials and tools for the finished piece. If I incur any travel costs, these will need to be reimbursed.

 

Suncatcher decoration party for 12

£115.00 or more : If you live locally to me I will come along to your party venue and will help you and your guests make silk painted suncatcher decorations (25cm diameter) of your very own design. (Upto 12 children OR adults) This will include the costs of everything to do with the making of the silk suncatchers. The rest of the party will be your responsibility. If I incur travelling costs you will need to reimburse me.

 

Suncatcher decoration party for 30.

£200.00 or more : If you live locally to me I will come along to your party venue and will help you and your guests make silk painted suncatcher decorations (25cm diameter) of your very own design. (Upto 30 children OR adults) This will include the costs of everything to do with the making of the silk suncatchers. The rest of the party will be your responsibility. If I incur travelling costs you will need to reimburse me.

 

Silk cushion party

£200.00 or more : If you live locally to me I will come along to your party venue and will help you and your guests make silk painted cushions of your very own design. (Upto 6 children OR adults) This will include the costs of everything to do with the making of the cushions including cushion pad inserts. The rest of the party will be your responsibility. If I incur travelling costs you will need to reimburse me.

 

Silk cushion party plus 150 cards.

£300.00 or more : If you live locally to me I will come along to your party venue and will help you and your guests make silk painted cushions of your very own design. (Upto 6 children OR adults) This will include the costs of everything to do with the making of the cushions including cushion pad inserts. The rest of the party will be your responsibility. You will also receieve 150 cards of your choice. If I incur travelling costs you will need to reimburse me.