Christmas 2017

East London makers
workshops, which she runs all over the country
under the name “Get Rich or Tie-Dyeing”.
Earlier this year she published a book with 15
easy-to-follow and fun tie-dye projects making her
London’s foremost tie-dye expert.
Another one of Lizzie’s passions is window
drawings. The bold large-scale illustrations
that grace whole shop fronts or café entrances
combine images from the ancient world with
tropical vibes and loose hand-written signage.
The windows convey a bright and happy mood,
especially in these darker days of the year. The
Christmas window drawings she is working on at
the moment make her excited for Christmas.
“In set design you do all the Christmas shoots in
summer and it feels strange wrapping presents
when it’s hot," she says. "So I really like doing the
windows when it is actually Christmas time. It
makes me feel very festive”.
As a prop-maker she creates decorative objects
for events, adverts and window displays. Her
favourite materials are cardboard and Posca
pens.
Sometimes she struggles at first when given a
brief, like one time when she was asked to knit a
dial phone. She's not scared just to try things out
though and her not-so-technical approach often
comes in handy in such situations.
Recently she has got into ceramics and makes
objects like bookends or candlesticks. “It’s like
drawing in 3D,” she explains.
Will she adopt more things as she goes along?
“Most probably!” Lizzy laughs.
Watch this space:
lizzie-king.com, Instagram: @lizzie_kingdom.
Her book Tie & Dye is available on Amazon and at
her webshop.
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