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if you're in or near nottingham, make your way to the malt cross on 2 july for this lovely little show that amy organised. happy to be sharing wall space with some very talented ladies. i'll post my pieces (all new) once the exhibition has opened.

pocket-sized palm reading. i made an edition of little lino prints for the wonder that is crawl inclusive (the second coming), taking place in dundee this friday. they'll be distributed by the lovely ones of pitch & strike because they are nice like that. so, y'know, if you want one, maybe show up? that said, you might not be able to come, so there's another way you can bag yourself a tiny fortune. i'm going to include one with the next five orders* (over £6.50/$10 inc. shipping) from my shop. yes? yes. *EDIT: all gone! thanks guys.

okay, so if you're outside of scotland you actually might have some sunshine today, but after a weekend of glorious weather we're back to rain clouds. that doesn't mean a sweet little discount ain't welcome though, right? in a bid to clear out of a few older items plus raise funds for some new things i'm making, i'm offering 15% off everything in my shop until 1 june with code HELLOSUMMER (enter at checkout). aaaand i'm also going to throw in some freebies to all orders over £13/$20. it's always summer in our hearts u guys. have at it.

Well friends, "the season" is pretty much officially upon us. So, in a bid to not have you scrambling around getting your pal a print/card/rabbit too close to the last minute, here's a heads up on cut-off dates for orders in both my ceramics & illustrated goods shops. I'll get your package sent to you ASAP, but please remember that if you're unable to order before the cut-off date for your country I can't guarentee you'll get your item before 25 December. International Mon 2 December: Asia, Australia, Far East (including Japan), New Zealand Thu 5 December: Africa, Caribbean, Central & South America, Middle East Sun 8 December: Canada, Cyprus, Eastern Europe, France, Greece, Poland Thu 12 December: USA Fri 13 December: Western Europe (excluding France, Greece, Poland) UK Thu 19 December Extra bonus for local folks: if you're in Glasgow & want to save on postage costs for Onwards orders, we can arrange pick-up of items if ya like. Additionally, for those of you in Dundee, if you're planning on coming to DCA's Christmas Craft & Design Market on Sat 7 December you can pay for items beforehand & collect them from me at my stall on the day. Just send me an email before Fri 6 & we'll sort it out.

sometimes i think about how bodies want to be sweaty & smelly & hairy & oily, & about how some of our daily routines try to achieve the opposite.

i've been doing a ceramics class since the start of the year & it is so good. as someone who has always found working on things that aren't two dimensional quite daunting, i've wanted to try ceramics for a little while; being able to add & remove clay at will is a reassuring process. i've found that i sometimes spend less time on individual pieces when it comes to drawing - partially due to practice & intention, but at times as a result of impatience. i wanted to approach working with clay with more willingness to deliberate over what i'm doing, to not rushing things & to embrace spending time on a piece (as well as embracing mistakes - i consciously do this with drawing, & things that have obviously been made by hand are the best). perhaps i'll even transfer this process back to illustration. anyway, for now, here are a few pieces made with some techniques i've learned. it's been fun to focus on the methods & on learning something, as well as making tangible objects (& a mess at times). i'm excited to see what comes next.

last weekend kathryn & i went to the botanic gardens to draw. we ended up spending our time inspecting the underside of ferns for seed pods & harassing the poor mimosa pudica instead. after warming up with a coffee & wandering in some late afternoon sunshine however, i did a sketch which turned into the above. my favourite part of the gardens is house 6 - the palm house - which is the tallest space within the glasshouses. it's quite easy to forget you're in the middle of glasgow when you're under a dense canopy of enormous tropical leaves.

I read The First Bad Man by Miranda July. Then I did a thing.

print pre-orders

i'm pretty excited to finally have these two prints up for pre-order in my shop! after a bit of a delay, botanic I & botanic II are now on sale. these images are two of my favourite things i've done in recent times - i don't often put my own work up in my flat, but i'd rather like to get these two framed & on the wall. you can buy each print individually or buy both for a discounted price.

alongside these two brand new prints, i'm also bringing back a print from a long-sold-out edition in digital form. i often get reprint requests for a few items i've run out of, but i don't have much interest in bringing many of them back, mostly due to feeling that the image doesn't reflect my current work/style/thoughts/feelings. however, i've always had a soft-spot for this little bison, & am pleased to offer a new version of it.

eat your greens. & reds. & oranges. & purples. etc.