'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.
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
My print (originally drawn for a Vittles, a piece on Iranian supermarkets) has been featured in Psychologies magazine, (March 2021 issue).
An illustration for A Christmas Vittles, 'An Ode To Ackee' by Leah Cowan. I unintentially drew ackee as a Christmas bough! You can support Vittles' patreon if you like (for yourself or as a gift), which includes extra subscription articles.
I wasn't sure if I would do a Christmas card this year, but I decided a couple of weeks ago to stitch this Autumnwatch inspired card, which features a festive fox, badger, mole, robin and squirrel. The card comes as a set of four with envelopes and is blank for your own message. Available to buy from my Etsy shop.
I illustrated the Pawleyne Arms in Penge for 'How not to break up a monopoly: ‘The Big Six’, and the ‘Lost Three’, by Paul Crowther' for Vittles. The pub has since been renovated but was once a Courage pub.
During lockdown, I drew these happy dogs partying together. I now have them available as birthday cards for sale on my Etsy.
I created these illustrations for writer Carole Wright's 'Strolling 'Round Brixton', the third online edition of 'Walk It, Talk It', South London Gallery's monthly heritage tour. Focusing on the locations of personal importance and exploring connections to local Black British History, Carole considers how these places have changed and are changing. Pictured: Myatt's Field Park, Lambeth Archives - Minet Library, Brixton Cycles Co-op, Dora Way - Angell Town Estate, Brixton Village Market (Granville Arcade), Brixton Recreation Centre, Olive Morris -121 Railton Road.
