The Trashcan Book of Skulls

The Mister has been drawing and painting skulls since he was a youngster. Now he’s an oldster it was his dream to put lots of his work together in a large,coffee table type book. I was lucky enough to win a voucher for a photo-book from Saal Digital in Germany and decided this was the perfect opportunity to put that book of skulls together for The Mister.

Saal Digital have their own design software which you can install onto your laptop or PC, or alternatively you can design the book in your own preferred software and upload to Saal Digital. I used Saal’s software and although it was fairly straight forward I did get stuck once or twice but the team at Saal were always on hand to provide me with very prompt, patient and polite assistance and so I was able to complete the design fairly easily.

The Mister chose black leather for the photo-book cover and a matte finish on extra thick pages for the artwork. The book took less than a week to arrive once ordered too which was a pleasant surprise.

Quite honestly we are blown away by the quality of this book. There are extras such as a box to keep the photo book in but ours is definitely for display and not for being boxed away so we didn’t add that to our order. Truly we are utterly delighted with our photo book and if you are looking for a very special, high quality product then we highly recommend Saal Digital.

So here it is – The Trashcan Book of Skulls – what do you think?

Air brush in Fresh Air – The Husband enjoying a sunny afternoon manning our Artisan Fair stall whilst playing with his airbrush. Please note the newly airbrushed hot rod bike helmet ❤️

Air brush in Fresh Air – The Husband enjoying a sunny afternoon manning our Artisan Fair stall whilst playing with his airbrush. Please note the newly airbrushed hot rod bike helmet ❤️

Boys and their toys …

So… the Husband bought himself a super duper new airbrush. He bought the airbrush because he bought a motorbike, as apparently now he’s going to airbrush all over that very shiny black and silver, very noisy thing, that lives under the concertina type tent taking up half my drive.

The bike certainly attracts a lot of attention. We were part of a village Artisan market and The Husband sat outside painting and chatting to all the lovely people that popped by. He chatted about his art quite a bit but chatted about his motorbike quite a lot.

Anyway here is the first unique piece of airbrush created, motorbike themed, Trashcan art. It is on metal, measures 15 x 23 inches, and this original work can be yours for £140. As always we can also offer mounted prints £25 A4 and £45 A3.

The Bees Knees…

Aren’t bees the most beautiful, clever little things? Our ramshackle garden is always buzzing with their busy pollinating endeavours. Bees are a sign of good fortune and since time began have been associated with diligence and industriousness. Lee painted this glorious bee in honour of these smart flying insects. As always mounted prints are available in any size you desire from 6×4 all the way up to 24 x 16.5 (A2).

I think it is the bees knees. What do you think?

The bees knees ❤️

The Bees Knees in progress

COVID IS KILLING US …

To see this poem as a spoken word, accompanied by original drawings and paintings of skulls, and an original soundtrack by Tinplate Tiger please visit the following link … we are welcoming of feedback, likes and shares on our first collaboration of art, music and poetry by artists from Pembrokeshire, Wales.UK.

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These boots were made for painting …

You see boots but The Husband sees a blank canvas.

I bought these white Docs some time ago now. It was always The Husband’s plan to paint them and, thanks to being locked down (or as I like to call it – locked up” he made a start today. It’s a work in progress of course!

What do you think?

Hot off the Printer …

Trashcan Emporium recently helped a lovely customer turn one of her favourite snaps of her son into a unique and very beautiful work of art. This statement piece is a whopping 23 1/2 inches by 16 1/2 inches and has attracted lots of admirers to date. Our customer sent this photo of her “arty farty” print up on her wall and told us, “I love it! It’s definitely the most art I have ever contributed to.”

Why not be your own artist too? Just send us your fav image and we will transform it into your very own original art piece.

Fav Photo to Statement Art

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Locked down love …

If you have someone to share these crappy times with then that’s got to be worth a big shout out! If you are locked down (locked up?) with someone who really loves you, genuinely cares about your physical and mental health, wraps you in a bear hug when you feel rubbish, mops up your tears with gentle kisses, and allows you to rant without telling you off TOO much then you’re definitely on to a winner. The Husband is most definitely my lockdown love ❤️

These gorgeous couples are also celebrating their winning combination. It doesn’t need to be Valentine’s Day to order an “arty farty print” from Trashcan Emporium. Whether it’s a teeny 6×4 “thank you for loving me card,” or a huge A2 statement piece over the fireplace, we can help you show your locked down love how much you care. Oh and if the person who has helped you through the last year is your bestie then why not send a surprise print to them too?

Arty farty Couples Prints

Me and my bestie ❤️

Hapus Dydd Santes Dwynwen ❤️

Monday 25th January 2021 is the day for Welsh lovers. St Dwynwen was a Welsh princess who lived in the Brecon Beacons in the 5th century. She had 23 sisters but it was St Dwynwen who was the most beautiful. Her father, the King, tried to arrange a marriage for St Dwynwen , but she already loved another and so ran away into the forest to escape the wedding. In the forest she prayed that the hopes and dreams of all future lovers should be fulfilled and so the beautiful St Dwynwen is now remembered as the Patron Saint of Love in Cymru … how cute is that!

Sooo … to help along the hopes and dreams of all you beautiful lovers in 2021 how about an ‘arty farty’ mounted print of the two of you?

Just email us a photo of your choice and we will make a few magical changes and create your own original “arty farty” print. You can pick your favourite and we will mount it, gift wrap it and post it out to you (or your true love) with a sweet, handwritten, little love poem, all for quite loveable prices – A4 print £20, A3 print £30 or A2 print £40.

Oh and thank you St Dwynwen for making sure that all my hopes and dreams came true when I found my true love ❤️

Arty Farty Lovers Print

Gene Genius …

It seems beautifully apt that The Mister has been working on a Bowie project this week, as it’s been exactly 5 years since the iconic David Bowie became a star man waiting in the sky. The last few nights we have so enjoyed viewing some of the Bowie tributes on the television. The music of the beautiful, creative, talented Bowie has simply always been there in the background of my life. So… how mighty perfect is it that The Mister decided to paint Bowie onto the back panel of my little, black, zippy, leather, biker jacket? I love it!

Bowie … you really made the grade and we hope you are a sitting in a tin can far above the world or doing a cosmic jive somewhere. You really were a (Jean) Genius ♥️

Bowie portrait on black leather jacket