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Original Messy Bags

The Original Messy Bags are hand painted and one of a kind. No two bags are the same and they can not be replicated. They start their life as a large canvas, which can take days to paint, before being cut into pieces and sewn into bags. They are lined with BPA free vinyl and are machine washable.

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In The Weeds

Welcome to Monday Mornings. Each week there’s a new featured canvas to meet and learn more about. Check out the original artwork, the Messy Bags that came from it and…
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Inside Chaos

Welcome to Monday Mornings. Each week there’s a new featured canvas to meet and learn more about. Check out the original artwork, the Messy Bags that came from it and…
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Nonsense Part 2

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Feb 28

The Inkling Imprints are available online now! 🎉⁠
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After talking about them for LITERAL years, they're finally an actual thing. Being a one person show who does all the making makes finding time for new things like this almost impossible. 2020 was a total jerk but without the down time it brought I think I'd still just be talking about them.⁠
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You can find them via the link in my bio. 🤗

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Feb 28

The last of the prints available in tonight’s release, Nonsense. Nonsense is *very* loosely based on the canvas of the same name from September last year. I took the shapes from it, borrowed a few colours from a few different canvases and the plucked the mustard background from the “I just like this colour” pile.
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Inkling Imprints will be available tonight at 6.30pm.

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Feb 25

The Original Hide and Seek canvas from way back in May 2019. This was painted in the early days of the Inkling studio where I still felt like I was in a fish bowl because of the glass front wall and aircon was a luxury item after spending years working out of the garage (roller door up, roller door down was the only cooling mechanism 😝 🥵).⁠
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Having more space to move around in changed how I worked and influenced the artwork too. I suddenly had space to leave canvases out for a few days to keep adding to and still have room to work on other things in the meantime.⁠
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Hide and Seek is one of the first 4 prints for the new Imprints range available Sunday night. The bags from Hide and Seek are the ones that most closely resemble the Original Messy Bags as each one will completely different and unique due to the size of the artwork. The other three prints have a much smaller, tighter repeat. This is a great choice if your criteria is "Surprise me with something bright, happy and fun."

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Feb 24

Like the Originals, the Imprints are lined with the same heavy duty BPA free vinyl lining you know and love in a Messy Bag. Use it to keep the mess in or out. I like keeping the mess from exploding shampoo bottles, make up, face wash and toothpaste in mine when travelling. For every day use I keep my wallet, keys, lip balm, phone and sunnies in one safely away from the mess. The bright, vibrant colours help make those things easy to find too!⁠
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The canvas for the Imprints fabric is lighter and more supple than that of the Original Messy Bags. The heavy metal zippers that work so well on the originals were a bit *too* heavy for the Imprints so they've got white coil free running zippers instead.🏃🏽‍♀️

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Feb 23

Picnic! She's maybe the print that, at first glance anyway, least resembles the original artwork. (Swipe to see the difference.) But I loved the lines and shapes on this canvas and wanted to make sure they got a chance to show off a little.⁠
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Inkling Imprints will be available Sunday 28th of Feb at 6.30pm (qld). You can sign up for email notification when they're live by tapping on this pic via the link in my bio. ✌🏽⁠

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Feb 22

The original Picnic artwork.⁠
I took some favourite shapes, pieces and lines and reworked it to create a new print. While I love the vibrant, colourful background of the original artwork I went with a solid background for the digital print so the shapes I loved so much from this one got a chance to be the stars.⁠
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The new Inkling Imprints range will be available this Sunday the 28th of Feb at 6.30pm (qld). Sign up to be notified when they're live via the link in my bio. 🍊

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