After the success of the NZ alphabet frieze, LIVE WIRES NZ LTD have released a 2015 Kiwi ABC calendar by Wolfkamp and Stone, using the illustrated letters from the frieze. It was serendipitous that we found the NZ ABC flash cards were in paired themes, e.g: two birds, two plants, two sports etc, so we […]
New Zealand Alphabet Gift Wrap
Live Wires New Zealand Ltd is launching this New Zealand Alphabet Gift Wrap, by Tanya Wolfkamp © 2013, at the Christchurch Winter Gift Fair, 16-18 June 2013. The design uses a mix of collaged painted textures, fabrics and ephemera in a patchwork grid. There was lots of trial and error involved but I found a referring […]
New Zealand Bird Nesting Dolls
Given my passion for New Zealand birds I was thrilled to design these nesting or stacking dolls for Caroline Mitchell. From large to small, they are a Kakapo, Takahe, Kereru and Tui. I started by painting some blanks (above) then transferred the artwork into Illustrator files showing the colour separations and layer orders. I was […]
