New Work: Illustration in Issue 1 of Lionheart Magazine
The exciting and wonderful first issue of Lionheart Magazine has been published and is currently in a bookshop near you! I was asked to create a cherry blossom-themed illustration which I later learned was to accompany an article written by the rather lovely Cherry Healey. Above is my original illustration – the final version was...
New Work: Editorial Illustration for TANTRUM Magazine
I was asked to contribute an illustration to Issue 2 of TANTRUM Magazine, the Music Issue. The article I was assigned to illustrate was a really interesting one, called Behind the Mask by Zachary Colbert. Looking at artists across genres and decades who use an alter ego or use masks as a part of their...
Teal Appeal
I’m not entirely sure why, but I am absolutely obsessed with anything teal coloured at the moment. Day Dresses by Miss SelfridgePlatforms by Topshop A/W11 is certainly abundant with the colour right now; there’s a huge trend at the moment for anything jewel coloured; the deep, rich, sister tones that were everywhere during Spring/Summer. In...
Poste Mistress A/W11 Window Design
As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve started a new job at Office Shoes! Very exciting. My time at Yumi was great, I learned a lot, but I felt it was time to move on. So I’m doing the same sort of thing, Graphic Design, POS and visuals for retail, just in a bigger company. So far...
Exciting News: They Draw and Cook book now released!
They Draw and Cook, a book featuring over 100 illustrated recipes (including my own!) has now been released and is available to buy! The recipe that is featured is this one: I can’t wait until I can get my hands on a copy! You can also buy prints of my recipes from here, and you...
Domestic Sluttery Workshop, 18th September 2011
On the 18th September, me and Rachel P from Tea & Crayons held our Postcard making workshop at the Domestic Sluts Paper & Penmanship Event, in conjunction with Homemade London! Beforehand, we both got involved in the Homemade London bookbinding workshop – so much fun! and so easy to do. Our finished books! So on...
Turkey Holiday Sept 2011
I haven’t been keeping this blog as up to date as I would like recently; mainly because I’ve started a new job at Office shoes! Which is ace, very busy, am absolutely loving it. So not a lot of energy left to focus on this at the moment. I’ll do a separate post on it...
Exciting News: Workshop at Domestic Sluttery Paper & Penmanship Event
Us Tea & Crayons are really excited about this Sunday the 18th September 2011 – We’ll be holding a ‘Design your own postcards and letters with Tea & Crayons’ workshop at the Domestic Sluts Paper & Penmanship Event, in conjunction with Homemade London! I should have posted about this weeks ago but I’ve just got...
Velvet Brigade: Crowdsourcing Fashion Designs
Crowd sourcing. Sometimes, especially within design, can be quite an ugly word; many people enter a competition, putting a lot of effort in, and only one can win. There’s always a danger that crowd-sourcing designs and ideas can mean you get a watered down version, or in this case, when the competition is voted for...
Event: Lost in Vintage
We all love a good Vintage sale – there’s nothing quite like rummaging through some bygone clothing to stumble across a gem. I love spending weekends wandering down places like Brick Lane (as I did today, in fact), in search of nothing in particular, just something unique, authentic and timeless. On Saturday 24th September, 12pm,...
‘Life As An Illustrator’ Talk from the YCC
Last week my friend Rachel P and I went to the ‘Life As An Illustrator’ Talk from the YCC, in conjunction with Jelly London and Creative Floor, featuring Matt Lyon and Alison Carmichael. Jelly London is a great multi-disciplinary creative agency, and so it was great to hear from two of their artists. Matt Lyon...
Sneak Peek: Illustration for Lionheart Magazine
With the demise of Design Week recently (shocking news – that was a quality design publication), and countless other print magazines ceasing to exist, starting your own Magazine right now, seems like insanity. Helen Martin is doing just that; but I have a feeling she’s not crazy at all. People still like things. Actual, physical,...
