A beginners guide to Iranian food by Amira Arasteh for Vittles

Drew this tasty crowd for Amira Arasteh's beginners guide to Iranian food and Persian food shops in London for Vittles, (3.10).

Jewish Foodways in London by Mia Rafalowicz‐Campbell and Leeor Ohayon

I drew illustrations for two pieces on Shabbat in London, 'The Secret of Five Yoghurts' by Mia Rafalowicz‐Campbell and 'Recreating Jahnun' by Leeor Ohayon for Vittles (2.17).

An Opening and A Closing by Alia Wilhelm for Nearness Project

Alia Wilhelm asked me to illustrate her personal essay on processing a break up and her evolving relationship to journaling for the Nearness Project.

The Pleasure and Politics of Eating Mangoes by Apoorva Sripathi for Vittles

I illustrated a quartet of mangoes and a bowl of amrakhand (or shrikhand as we'd say at home) for Apoorva Sripathi's piece for Vittles 'The Pleasure and Politics of Eating Mangoes' (6.11), published on Vittles.

Illustrations for Endeavour Agency

I collaborated with Stephen Holmes, founder and creative director of Endeavour Agency to produce new illustrations for their new website. Stephen sent over a series of photographs within a brief for me to work on and I sent over pencil sketches for approval before developing into pen illustrations. The illustrations show the exterior of South Wimbledon station and insights into the physical studio space.

Interview on TextileArtist.org with Mary Carson

I did an interview earlier this year (pre COVID19) with Mary Carson on TextileArtist.org anout my work, influences and techniques. You can read it here.

Ramadan illustrations for Vittles

Drew an Iftar over Zoom and a food delivery to Auntie for Vittles 6.8, Four Versions of Ramadan, by Adi Perkasa, Saffina Jinnah , Adejoke Adeboyejo, and Iqra Choudhry

Vittles Illustrations

A couple more illustrations for Vittles. Wild garlic for Rich Baker's piece Foraging Leaves (5.5) and a lorry of asparagus for Supply Chains by Devak Mehta (6.6).

A Solitary Easter Celebration by Loukia Constantinou for Vittles

Illustrations for Loukia Constantinou's piece in Vittles 'A Solitary Easter Celebration'(2.6)

More Vittles illustrations

A few more illustrations for Vittles. A kitchen cooking set up for 'Getting Horny in the Kitchen' by George Reynolds (2.7) and samosas for 'Samosas: An Illicit Love Affair by Sharan Dhailwal (4.1).

Vittles newsletter

A few illustrations I've done for Vittles. A turnip for Coco Kwok's recipes (2.1), Apocalypse supermarket for 'The Sounds of the Apocalypse by George Reynolds (6.1) and a packet of delicious tempura seaweed for a list of East Asian supermarket treats (3.2). Jonathan Nunn set up Vittles, a new food writing newsletter in this strange time, supporting food creatives. You can support on their Patreon. Thanks to Jonathan for commissioning me to do these, like so many I'm facing a lot of uncertainty with projects over the next few months.

Valencia Sketchbook

Drawings from our trip to Valencia. We had two days of the city which was a bit quiet and two days in lock down.

Valencia

The Bootle Embroidery

I've sent off The Bootle Embroidery back to Bootle Library to receive it's final touches and also get a good iron! I've been working with Our Human Library since September 2018 on a series of workshops. The first was an introduction to embroidery, the second encouraging the Stitch Club to create embroideries inspired by Bootle itself and the third and final workshop was more embroidery and discussing how to pull together the embroideries as a final piece. I embroidered the library and also a portrait of Martin who was an important part of the Our Human Library community and sadly passed away last summer. The Stitch Club runs every fortnight at Bootle Library and is hosted by Our Human Library.