Dicing with icing

[shewhomust]

One of the places we visited in Shetland was the Bonhoga Gallery (part of the genesis of the Herring House gallery in Ann Cleeves' White Nights). We were underwhelmed by the paintings on display, and resisted the temptation of the café, but I had a great time in the card shop.

I was particularly taken by a series of cards in which miniature figures were photographed interacting with foodstuffs: the one I bought shows two figures shoveling what might be snow but is in fact the icing on a birthday cake.*

So now, before I send it off to the lucky recipient (who has her own creative touch with cakes), I need to note that the creator is Claire Grove, and that the card company (who seem to be the only source of her work) is Holy Mackerel.

Update (30.08.10): Claire Grove now has her own web site, and her cards seem to have vanished from Holy Mackerel. Her Gallery section icludes (but under different titles) Sunny Side Up (man v. egg), Anchovies at 3 o' clock (men v. pizza) and Home Sweet Home (colour-coded living in a Battenberg cake).

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*Sad fact: and the letters which spell out "Happy Birthday" are in our old friend Cooper Black.

Comments

[helenraven.livejournal.com]

Those cards are great! I also liked Cracker Crisis, and the mountaineers on the pile of mash.

[cellio]

Those are nifty.

Cooper Black

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I am the artist, Claire Grove, who made those cards. I sell them in my own (button) shop in Cardiff but Holy Mackerel are producing and distributing my work commercially. I was most entertained by the link to the Cooper Black story as I am a bit of a font fan.

Re: Cooper Black

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Good to hear from you, Claire. And I'm glad I was able to offer you some of the entertainment your cards gave me!