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animals that i did not meet #1

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.

Wondering what the moon's up to next year? This Lunar Calendar I designed for Tiny Showcase has got you covered. $25 for 366 moons (leap year!) in a five colour screen-print.

Order before Thursday 26 November if you want one in time for gift-giving.

studio

season's greetings

december! where did you go? this month ended up being busy in the best way possible: a successful craft fair at the start of the month, an exciting & large scale opportunity to plan for, little adventures & seeing friends in edinburgh, dundee & london plus, of course, getting ready to hang with my family over christmas & tie up a bunch of loose ends before the new year hits.

have a lovely holiday season, whatever, wherever & however you celebrate.

peek

apologies for blog silence. i can assure you i've been hard at work, but everything i'm producing at the moment is either for clients or an exhibition. above is a peek at something i finished today; a little triptych of a secret cabin in the mountains. i'll post the full piece next month.

i shaved off a good few weeks worth of growth at the weekend & now i miss it.

spring clean

things that april has taught me so far:

clutter is detrimental to your bank balance

clothes moths are rude & do not wait for an invite into your home

my mother was right all along; hoovering is important

bones

we took a short trip to paris in october & while we were there we visited les galerie de paléontologie. this place was amazing, & certainly one of my favourite museums i've ever visited. the first floor (the best) was just row after row & case after case of animal skeletons, with some organs & oddities in jars thrown in for good measure. it was so good, & it was a rad way to spend hallowe'en.

i've come away from some cultural experiences like this feeling a bit disappointed of late. whilst i think museums ought to do what they can to grab the interest of young minds, it drives me nuts when wonderful buildings full of extraordinary things turn into one big interactive & somewhat patronising exhibit for children. that doesn't mean i'm not a sucker for a well designed & relevant learning game every so often, but this place was stripped back to its bare bones (PUN!) yet there was a ten minute queue to get in, & it was full of families (i think i saw one other couple there without kids). i would have queued for longer & it'd have been worth the wait. i hate to sound complainy, especially when pulling in audiences on a crappy budget is already a challenge that cultural organisations face, but that's how i feel.

anyway, in short, if you ever visit paris you've got to go to this place. also, i was originally blogging so i could tell you about the new postcard set (i'll post about it another time, but it's for sale here) i illustrated that was inspired by the museum, but then i got distracted.

zine #2

after an unexpected & wholly unappreciated hiatus, part two of sleeping on the sleeper is finished! now i just need to complete part three, send to print & bind bind bind. above is the tiniest of snippets from zine #2.