This year I visited Choumert Square during their open gardens in June. I'd always walked past this curious gated road and had a peek through the gates. I saw this colourful visitor looking around and this formed the embroidery which I presented at this year's Open 15 at Peckham Platform (I'm aiming to submit one every year - the first was in 2012). I won third prize as part of the gallery's choice awards, which was lovely as I haven't won anything in a very long time.
I was commissioned to make a family portrait for Rose, as a gift for her parents at Christmas.
I've stitched a simple little robin as a Christmas card design this year and listed it on my Etsy alongside my Penguin and Christmas tree cards.
Nordic Bakery asked selected illustrators to draw their famous cinnamon buns as part of a celebration taking place next week in honour of Cinnamon Bun Day. Cinnamon Bun Week (28th September-4 October) will take place at the different Nordic Bakery shops in London and will involve special flavours of cinnamon buns and a new cake! I got my felt-tips out to draw the above. Check out their website for more details.
I'm showing my Heygate Estate embroidery 'NowHere' from 2013 at 'The Poor Door' exhibition taking place at A-side B-side Gallery in Hackney. The show which has been curated by Tinsel Edwards explores the current housing crisis in London.
My friend Bella put together a book of her ESOL students stories about nature for future reference. I illustrated a story called 'The Dream'.
I was commissioned by majestic disorder magazine to create an illustration for a short story by Callahan Tormey called 'Going Green At Letna Park'. The illustration features landmarks such as the Tyn Church, the Dancing House, the Astronomical Clock and the Metrodome in Letna Park in Prague
You can read the full story here.
A plate with a pair of happy bears - earthenware, honey glaze, white slip sgraffito. Made for my friends Ali and Chris to celebrate their wedding this weekend.
Two of my favourite people got married this weekend. The bridemaids got together and produced one or two sticker designs to be applied to bottles filled with flowers on tables. We were inspired by real ale style labels. I'm was chuffed to have one of mine printed onto glasses which were given to guests as party favours.
I'm really pleased to have a drawing selected to be in Anonymous Drawings/Anonyme Zeichner opening Saturday 1st August at Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten. The show features 600 international drawings complied by Anke Becker. The show runs until August 29th 2015.
Facebook event here.
Some illustrations inspired by a trip to Mudchute Farm a couple of weekends ago.
Inspired by the trip I took to Porvoo in Finland with Anne last November. Felt-trip drawings made into transfers and applied to a slab built stoneware pot with a shiny white glaze. A view from over the bridge.
'Lunch Break' is currently on show at Paper Plane, Bristol as part of their Spring exhibition. The show runs during opening hours until 31st May. I really loved ceramics by Little Birdy (pictured at the bottom).
Some of my zines are going to be at Les VoiZines' Zine Happening in Ghent, Belgium this weekend. I'm sadly not going to be able to make it but should be really good.
Saturday 11th April - 1pm - 7pm
Sunday 12th April - 12pm - 5pm
Lousbergspark, Tarbotstraat 61a, 9000 GENT
https://www.facebook.com/events/1461206934100032/
