Partridge in a Pear Tree, Christmas Card, 2021

I've stitched a partridge in a pear tree for this year's Christmas card, which you can buy here.

'Margot'

'Margot', 20cm embroidery hoop, private commission.

Illustrations for 'A tour of Britain's regional bakeries' by Gus Lobban for Vittles newsletter

Enjoyed drawing this stodgey assortment of Scotch pies, London cheesecake, hot sandwiches, gypsy tarts for 'A tour of Britain's regional bakeries' by Gus Lobban, published today on Vittles.

'Pilgrim', poems by Lisabelle Tay, The Emma Press

'Pilgrim, a collection of poems by Lisabelle Tay is available to preorder from 'The Emma Press' webshop. Orders will receive a special hand printed lincobut book plate by Lisabelle. I'm so grateful for Emma and Lisabelle for entrusting me with illustrating these beautiful poems. I produced four illustrations for the collection along with an illustration for the cover. I graduated thirteen years ago and it's always been one of my dreams to illustrate a book.

Kitchen Zine, Lecker Podcast

Two outdoor kitchen illustrations produced for the Kitchens zine that accompanies Lecker podcasts new six part audio series. You can purchase a copy here and listen to the series here. My two illustrations correspond to a piece by Anna Sulan Masing on her family's outdoor kitchen in Malaysia and a piece on 'dirty kitchens' in the Philippines by Mark Corbyn. Thank you to the brilliant Lucy Dearlove for the commission and the beautiful collage cover illustration is by Stephanie Hartman

Kebab Shops of UK and Ireland for Pit Magazine, Issue 10, The Kebab Special

I love illustrating this series of kebab shops from the UK and Ireland for Pit Magazine, Issue 10, The Kebab Special. The team asked readers for their favourites, which became this list of ten. The issue is available to buy here. Cover illustration by Jimmy Turrell. Thanks to Holly Catford for her encouraging art direction!

Illustration for 'The Food of Surburban Shopping Centres' for Vittles, London

I drew St George's Shopping Centre in Harrow for 'The Food Surburban Shopping Centres' for Vittles, London. The compliation piece features writing from Clare Finney, Jonathan Nunn, Helen Bowie, Hannah Caesar, Molly Pepper Steemson and Hashif Sharma-Patel.

Food bookplates for sale

I've had lots of ideas for these bookplates and finally put pen to paper to draw these up. They are roughly A6, but slightly smaller due to being hand cut. The four designs are a cooking pot, a cut pie, kitchen scales and the contents of a spice rack. They are printed onto 80gsm paper with room to write your name, a gift recipients name or your address. Suitable for any of your cookbooks, notebooks, food non fiction. For sale on my Etsy for £3.50 (including postage).

Cheese - Issue 1

I was really pleased to produce these illustrations for the first issue of 'Cheese' magazine, put together by Holly Catford, Anna Sulan Masing and Apoorva Sripathi.

I worked with art director Holly Catford to illustrate two parallel pieces by Emma Hughes on Tomme de Savoie and Apoorva Sripathi on Tomme de Semancheri from The Farm, Chennai. I also drew a portrait of Maria Luisa Jarava to accompany her interview.

You can purchase a copy from the website here.

Illustration for 'Culinary Dead Ends' by assorted writers for Vittles, London

I loved creating this illustration for 'Culinary Dead Ends' for a Vittles piece that includes contributions by Apoorva Sripathi, Aaron Vallance, Jason Okundaye and Anna Parker. I developed the idea from the Jonathan's idea of a culinary family tree. I drew each active hand accompanied by a slowly dying plant entwined around the hands. I was sent a selection of the pieces and focussed on Ovocne knedliky (Czech dumplings with apricots, Anna Parker), blood filloas (Marie Anne Benavente) and Algerian couscous variations (Leila Gamaz). You can read the article here.

Errratum Book

I've finally got some work in a book! My 'Coldharbour Lane' embroidery features in Errratum's first beautiful book, full of colour illustrations from Issues 1 to 20 of their free magazine. You can buy it here.

Iranian Food print featured in 'Psychologies', March 2021 issue

My print (originally drawn for a Vittles, a piece on Iranian supermarkets) has been featured in Psychologies magazine, (March 2021 issue).