10in x 8in print + acrylic paint + ball-pit ball + gold ornate resin frame + glass
 
This is what I call an enhanced print: something halfway between a print and an original.
A standard flat print doesn’t fully reflect my practice. My work is built with objects and layers, with real physical depth. At the same time, I know my original pieces aren’t always within reach, and I love the idea of more people being able to own a Kat Vandal.
That’s why I’m launching a limited series of 9 enhanced prints. Each one is presented in a different ornate frame, with hand-painted patterns on the glass and a 3D element that brings the image to life and makes it feel like it’s popping out of the frame.
Don’t Burst My Bubble is a collection of iconic soft toys. For me, they represent our first safe bubble of childhood, the comfort we carried everywhere, until it slowly faded as we grew up.
The hand-painted embellishments draw from my own visual memory of the 80s and 90s, and the bubblegum detail, both a pop-art nod and a symbol of that “safe bubble”, is a real recycled 3D ball-pit ball.