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Illuminated artwork & fairground-inspired signs.
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Dug put my old pillar drill for this one

Dug put my old pillar drill for this one

I took my goodest dog down to Brighton to see my w

I took my goodest dog down to Brighton to see my wall at the @theymadethistagram gallery 🥰🙌

If you’re in Brighton over half-term, get down there! 15-16 Dukes Lane, Brighton. Opens at 10am

#gooddog #whatsoninbrighton #brightongallery #whatsoninbrightonandhove #theymadethis

Welcome To Fabulous Brighton (and Hove Actually) 💥

These pieces are Individually hand-painted and assembled using 9 individual pieces. Measuring 60cm at it's widest.

Currently on show and available from @theymadethistagram in Brighton 🥰

I have so much love for Brighton! When I first moved out of home it was to a flat in the lanes while I did the Art Foundation course... it was wild! And fabulous!

#brightonandhove #lasvegas #brightonsign #fabulousbrighton #theymadethis

If you came to the ‘Decked’ show at Coal Drops

If you came to the ‘Decked’ show at Coal Drops Yard last year, and ever since you’ve been regretting that you didn’t snap up one of my decks while you had the chance… I had another board knocking around so I’ve painted another!

This one is painted two-tone pink with a yellow drop-shadow and the same blue background. Signed on verso. (I’ll paint a total of just 5 in this particular colour way)

Ready to hang - it comes with a wall-mount bracket 🛹

I have a series of big, one-of-a-kind distressed S

I have a series of big, one-of-a-kind distressed Smileys available on @artfinder_com at the moment, which are currently being featured on the homepage 😊

Each individually photographed, signed and numbered

#artfinder #showpony #smiley #smileyartwork

So I shared a teaser for these last week, and each

So I shared a teaser for these last week, and each time I’ve come to officially launch them they’ve sold out 🤪 I’ve managed to make more, and here they are! Smileys with purpose!

Solid wood, stackable stools with a hand painted smiley top and pink lettering on the legs reading ‘MORE LOVE MORE LOVE / LOVE MORE LOVE MORE’

I previewed these at Bottle Alley Art Market and they stole the show on my stall 🙂🙂

#functionalart #smiley #smileystool #lovemore #morelove

💫 NEW 💫 To coincide with the launch of my wa

FRESH 18 dimmable bulbs. Commissioned for a bouti

FRESH

18 dimmable bulbs. Commissioned for a boutique @airbnb

Photographed by @megantaylorphoto

#bespokesignage #lightingdesign #interiorlighting #handmadesign #airbnb

BAAM! It's Bottle Alley Art Market again! This Sun

BAAM! It's Bottle Alley Art Market again! This Sunday at Bottle Alley, near St Leonards Warrior Square.

10am - 6pm
500 meters of artwork on display by over 70 artists

I'll be there with limited editions prints, small signs and smileys of every size! Come and say hi 🙂 x

I've made more Floating Balloons 🎈 Inspired in

I've made more Floating Balloons 🎈

Inspired in equal part by Banksy, and my friend’s wedding (after which my ceiling was covered with red helium balloons), ‘Floating balloon’ forms part of a series of cut-outs featuring icons of popular culture.

The balloon fixes to the wall, and the satin ribbon hangs loose.

Painted with a combination of stencil and freehand. No two pieces will be exactly the same

#banksy #redballoon #99redballoons #heliumballoon #redheliumballoon

'FABULOUS' Cut and painted by hand. Pastel pink,

'FABULOUS'

Cut and painted by hand. Pastel pink, 6 foot long and fitted with 20 glass light bulbs.

This was an early piece, originally shown at Dynamite Gallery in Brighton. And then bought by someone from a huge band at the time, but I've forgotten their name! 🤷‍♀️

#fabulous #signage #handmadesignage #signswithlights

✨ NEW ✨ One-of-a-kind Large and XLarge Smileys

✨ NEW ✨ One-of-a-kind Large and XLarge Smileys. Painted using a combination of tape and free-hand, and then distressed making each a true one-off.

These pieces began with what I initially considered imperfections and had intended to throw away;

Where my work is usually incredibly neat, periodically I notice small flaws (small dents in the wood, a paint-bleed that I can't fix etc). My first instinct was always to throw them away. Instead I put them to one side, and eventually I began sanding them back, with the intention of reusing the wood and avoid unnecessary waste.

Part-way through the sanding process, I stopped and looked again. The layers, marks and worn surfaces created a more vintage, aged character that I hadn’t intended, but immediately connected with.

So, rather than sanding them back further, I've started to varnish them in a high gloss to create a series of true one-offs.

The first few sold through @paxtonglew, and they're now also available on
@artfinder_com and also my website 🙂

#smiley #distressedartwork #smileyface #showpony #signage

Hi, I'm Meg 👋 I realised it's high time I shar

Hi, I'm Meg 👋 I realised it's high time I shared an intro and the story behind what and why I do what I do 😊

I’m a Fine Art Graduate from Nottingham, now working as a full-time artist and sign-maker based in Hastings. For as long as I can remember, I've loved words, lettering, fairgrounds and signage, so when I was planning my wedding in 2015 the first thing I made was a huge 'Fabulous' sign with lightbulbs in. It lit-up the dance floor, and it sparked something in me!

I pretty much dropped what I was doing at the time (@merrimaking) and launched Show Pony; hand-making custom and entirely bespoke signs for individuals, events and galleries. I absolutely love it!

I've created pieces for ITV, Selfridges, Norman Cook, Guilty Pleasures and for adverts both online and in print.

I work between two studios in St-Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings, mostly at bizarre hours (I have young kids), and often fuelled by a lot of coffee (I have young kids!). I like to work with empowering and positive words; it's uplifting, and I believe in the positive impact it has to see them every day. Alongside my signs are typographic prints, and wooden cut-outs featuring icons of popular-culture.

I sell work through my own website (www.megtait.com), @artfinder_com, @holly.co and in independent galleries including @paxtonglew, @art_yard_sale, @atomgallery @theymadethistagram @deptofjoy and @stelladore_gallery.

As my kids grow, so does my ambition, so stick with me, I have lots of plans!

Thanks for following ❤️

A Party Pack of three Mirrorball Smileys, edged wi

A Party Pack of three Mirrorball Smileys, edged with silver, gold and rose gold glass tiles. Originally created for @art_yard_sale. Now available through my website ✌️

23 carat gold leaf, with enamel paint on glass 🍌🙂

A small series of works using the process of reverse gilding on glass. Created in collaboration with my dad 🥰 and using gold from @ashandover

Framed and ready to hang. The bananas come with an orange background. We also made Smileys, which are available with a choice of pink, orange or blue 💫

#goldleaf #goldgilding #gildedbanana #gildedsmiley bananaar

Close-up detail of a recent sign commission ~ ‘F

Close-up detail of a recent sign commission ~ ‘FUN’ painted pastel tones, and fitted with 16 lightbulbs 😍

#signage #handpaintedsign #signwithlights #lightingdesign #pastels

I've just added some brand new, one-off Smileys to

This one's for fabulous Brighton (and Hove Actuall

This one's for fabulous Brighton (and Hove Actually)

#brighton #brightonandhove #hoveactually #lasvegassign #

I make bespoke wiring for each of my signs, meanin

I make bespoke wiring for each of my signs, meaning I also have to get them PAT Tested. So shout-out to my friend David who does it for me - one of the friends I actually get to see MORE the busier I am 🙂🙌

David @moth.studio.gallery

Every single one of my Smileys starts here! Cut

Every single one of my Smileys starts here!

Cut by two absolute legends at an industrial estate in Rye. Here’s a glimpse into the process 🙂 #cnccutter

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