Pot Boilers For Sale

So.....Just "What is a Potboiler?"

Well....in Answers.com it says....

Potboiler or pot-boiler is a term used to describe a poor quality novel, play, opera, or film, or other creative work that was created quickly to make money to pay for the creator's daily expenses (thus the imagery of "boil the pot" which means "to provide one's livelihood").

Authors who create potboiler novels or screenplays are sometimes called back writers. Novels deemed to be potboilers may also be called pulp fiction, and potboiler films may be called "popcorn movies" or, in film industry slang, "tentpoles" (large-budget films typically based on well-known characters or prior works, which, due to their immense popularity, support the studio economically, like tent poles hold up a tent).

Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say they are, "poor quality" but they are produced More quickly and perhaps not up to the usual standard of a regular commission where the price would be a lot higher. I produce Potboilers as interesting and affordable, unique pieces of original art to basically sell for a low profit and keep the wolves from the door and enable me to keep the studio going. They are fun to do and created from the heart.

I work on the principle that I would rather someone have the pleasure of looking at something on their wall than have it gathering dust in my gallery. Much art these days is overpriced and as artist we have to work on the principle of either sell a very expensive piece once or twice a year or sell lots of smaller things on a regular basis. Personally I would rather r do the latter.

So on that note...I offer the following.....

Your Vision will become clear,

only when you can look in your heart.

Rumi

Size: 12.5 x 44.5 cm (8 1/2" x 17 1/2 ")

Materials: FW Acrylic Ink, Gold Pen on Canaletto

£14 including FREE P&P

BELIEVE in the power of your dreams

Size: 18cm x 41cm (7" x 16")

Materials: FW Acrylic Ink, Gold Pen on Canaletto

£10 including FREE P&P

The value of friendship,

cannot be measured,

only treasured.

Size: 21cm x 42cm (8 1/2" x 16 1/2")

Materials: FW Acrylic Ink, Gold pen on Canaletto

£12 including FREE P&P

Forget safety,

Live where you fear to live,

Destroy your reputation

BE notorious!

Rumi

Size 23cm x 38cm (9" x 18")

Materials: Dr Martins Bleedproof white,, silver pen on Canson.

£15 including FREE P&P

Nothing can grow,
until the ground is turned over

Rumi

Size: 20cm x 31cm (8" x 12")

Materials: Dr. Martins Bleedproof White and Silver Pen on Canson

£10 including FREE P&P

Do what you love,

the money will follow.

TRUST that as long as you work from the heart

all will be well

Size: 22cm x 50cm (8 3 /4" x 19 3/4")

Materials: Dr Martins Bleedproof White, Silver Pen on Canson Navy Blue Paper

£15 including FREE P&P

PAYMENT: I can take payment by Paypal, cheques or postal orders.

SHIPPING: All pieces come packed flat, are ready to frame and signed by the artist.

Any questions please do not hesitate to email me at; inspiredbyscript@yahoo.co.uk

Hand Made Wedding Card - Concertina Wedding Card Gift Idea

This is a simple Wedding Card for Nathan and Alexis. The brief was Sage Greens and Silver.

Left Side ease Click To Enlarge
Right Side Detail: Click To Enlarge

Of all the jobs I get at the studio, concertina or accordian style card/Books are the most common. Possibly becasue of their novel construction. The long thin horizontal construction make for an interesting layout.

Hand Made Baby Birth Card - Concertinba Book Gift For Baby Boy

A simple Baby Birth Congratulations Concertina

Gorgeous baby blue's and the covers have an overlay of very thin Japanese Tissue paper with silver and gold threads
Simple, subtle and cute

Hand Made Books and Journals

As I was in between jobs and waiting for a paper delivery so I could start with a commission...I made 3 more 'Inspiration Books'.
The idea of these is that they will appeal to the person of which the quotation 'Speaks'.

First off is this gorgeous Blue and Turquoise one with the wording:
Be Still,
And Listen to the truth

Then this one:
Let the Beauty of what we love,
Be what we do.
Inspirational for any artist or creative person
And the last one:
Blend with the tune of nature,
it's magic is everywhere!

All books are:
A5 sized,
Quality Cream Laid Paper,
Hand Bound
200 Pages
and have a beaded decoration to the spine and a lucky charm.

Birthday Idea - Concertina Card

Although this was made for a friend who is seriously ill in hospital, it would work just as well as a novel Birthday Card/Book.
It is the usual construction of a concertina card with two single section books sewn in the front and back folded section.
I wanted to write a little greeting at the beginning and added a secret to the back section. Writing the whole thing in a long concertina would have spoiled the surprise.
Quite a twist on the usual construction.

Baby Christening Album

On of the joys of my career is making special gifts for special people. Claire rang me at the studio and asked me to make a Baby’s Christening Journal for her 6 month old daughter Connie Violet (what a beautiful name) like I had made for her son Oscar James some 3 years before..

The opening page had her name, date and place of Christening on it….

The following Page had a 16 line poem….
Then further pages were added with spaces for the Grandparents photos with comments, Godparents Photo with comments and the rest of the 30 page book was given over to the guests.

The outside covers were white with a splash of pink Japanese Silk paper and a black and white photo of Connie was added.

I added 4 charms to the Japanese Sewn Binding. A butterfly for transformation, a little dolly, A dragonfly for peace and tranquillity and another spiral charm saying ‘Follow Your Dreams. Hopefully this will be a lasting reminder of a very special day.

The Lettering was done in a baby pink to match the outside. Click on photos to enlarge.

If you would like more details of how to commission a book yourself, please feel free to email me at inspiredbyscript@yahoo.co.uk

Hand Made Wedding Stationery Website

It's been all hands on deck at Inspired by Script and I've been concentrating heavily on my Wedding Website North Yorkshire Weddings
Theres still a huge amount of work to be done on it and this has to be somehow fitted in around the many commissions that seem to be coming in at the moment.

I decided to develop a few new ideas for Wedding Stationery, this time with a more contemporary feel. Perhaps they will be slightly off beat for some but I'm sure the days of Cream/Ivory and Gold are numbered. We need something fresh and appealing.

The bright Light Selection follows.....

The envelope or card (if you choose to still put them in an envelope, can be left square or cut into a point. The outer cover is a 3 fold construction and inside is a picture of the particular flower you want (or could be something you provide us with if preferred) and the invite and the photo is then mounted on a bright coloured Canson, textured, cover stock.

The card can then be sealed with a photo stamp and sent as is....without the need for an envelope, thus the card doubles up as the envelope.
Choose a contracting colour for the card against the inner mounted photo and invite. The choice is yours and we have a large selection of colours to choose from....one is sure to match you theme.

Here I've shown the purple on green and the green on purple idea, both of which compliment the lavender flowers perfectly.

Choose from mounting your cards portrait (running top to bottom) or Landscape (running side by side)

You can also choose from Small, Medium or Large Photos, making the whole card personal to you and you alone. It depends on your taste.

Of course there is still the option to go more traditional and incorporate a more subtle colour theme if that suits your taste better...
Remember all our designs are tailor made to suit you! And if you are happy, we are happy... so give us your ideas
You can also choose to have your name printed in beautiful calligraphy on the front.... a guaranteed eye catcher!


You can choose the picture at the bottom and the invitation at the top....

Or the other way round....the choice is entirely yours.

For further details please visit our website at www.northyorkshireweddings.co.uk or email Sue direct at inspiredbyscript@yahoo.co.uk My studio phone number is on the website.