There are many example of canivets, I am drawn to the beauty of the craft rather than it’s purpose. It took me a while to draw inspiration from it, pined up on my wall in front of my desk, I would often gaze at it and so one day during lockdown, I finally got an idea. I experimented and today I am ready to share the results with you. Here are a few photos but you can see the artwork on display at the Montague Gallery from Sunday 13th June when I will also be there  (until 1pm) if you would like to pop in for a chat!
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Here is an interesting blog post I came across about Canivet in Italy.
https://www.casacenina.com/blog/canivet-the-ancient-paper-art.html

Further information about 19th Century "Canivet Holy cards" .
Bouasse-Lebel printing house was founded in Paris by Eulalie Lebel in 1845 at the age of 36. Her family had a long history of being in the printing business: her father was a printer and engraver, and her maternal grandfather was a printer and librarian. Her marriage to François-Marie Bouasse, (who was also from a printing family) ended poorly, however, and Eulalie was forced to find a way to support herself and her two sons. She decided to do this by founding her own printing company. Thus, the Maison Bouasse-Lebel was born.
Both printing works were famous for the unusual design of their religious printing art, in particular for their delicate, precious lace images.
The machine-punched lace pictures of the 19th century replaced the paper and parchment cut picture created in the early 17th century as a new type of small devotional picture, which was more widely used than the hand-made picture due to the industrial, reproducible production. The Bouasse-Lebel company was one of the leading manufacturers of these small pictures in France, most of which had the company name printed on them. The delicate lace and embossed images are coveted collectors' items today and are traded between 5.00 and approx. 80.00 euros depending on the features (e.g. lace decoration, hand-colored engraving, chromolithography).
https://uscscholycards.wordpress.com/production-houses/maison-bouasse-lebel/
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I am back!!!!
Actually a bit late in letting you know! it's been 4 weeks already but the good news is that I will be exhibiting my artwork at the gallery a bit longer until the end of August.
So do come along and visit, there are about 40 talented local artists showing their work in this Gallery run by artists for artists. 
The artwork is changing regularly so there is always something new to discover and artists to talk to if you need any help.
​See you soon!!! x
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www.facebook.com/gallerymontague/
montaguegallery.co.uk/

It is that lovely time of year when Brighton Artist Open Houses open their doors and we can visit to get our fill of such diverse and beautiful art made by local artists.
A bit different this year as it is in June rather than May but the advantage is that we have one extra week end and lovely weather perfect to enjoy a cup of tea and delicious cakes made by our host this year at Worcester Sauce in her delightful garden.  
There is so much to see and be tempted by, I am inviting you to come and visit and say helloo!  
I will be there on the 12th and 26th June from 11am to 2pm.
See you soon !
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aoh.org.uk/house/summer2021/worcester-sauce-3/