Exciting Happenings: Tea & Crayons at UNCONTAINED, Boxpark
Got some really exciting news recently; Tea & Crayons, the illustration collective that I am part of, have been asked to take part in UNCONTAINED in conjunction with Shellsuit Zombie in June! For 30 days, 30 different creatives will take over the 55DSL space in the Boxpark, Shoreditch, and we’ve been invited to have the...
Shipshape Studios Illustration/Design Forum
On Sunday 15th April I took part in the first Illustration & Design Forum run by Shipshape Studios; presenting a talk with advice for aspiring illustrators and designers! As you can imagine, I was absolutely petrified, but once I got going I really enjoyed it and realised public speaking isn’t as scary as you’d think…...
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Inspiration: Miss Selfridge Flagship Store Redesign & ‘Designed By…’ Collection
I was out & about in Oxford St the other day and decided to stop by the new Miss Selfridge store as I’d heard it’s had a bit of a redesign. That turned out to be an understatement; it’s been transformed into some unrecogniseable from its former self. If anyone who’s been there knows, it...
Exciting Happenings: Shipshape Illustration Forum
Some really exciting news to announce; on Sunday 15th April I’ll be on the panel at Shipshape Studio’s Illustration and Design Forum! “A panel discussion and networking event on careers in the design and illustration industry, with Emma Block, Alice Potter and Rachel Lewis. During this intimate event, the panel will discuss careers in illustration...
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...
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...
Tantrum Magazine Launch!
On June 9th I was kindly invited to the launch of the brill new Tantrum Magazine, at 93 Feet East in Shoreditch. It was a great setting for the launch, with lots of lovely cakes! As the Magazine is online-only, they came up with the ingenius idea to display the spreads on retro television screens;...
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Review: The AOI Head to Head Event, 10.11.10
On Wednesday 10th Nov I attended an event put on by The AOI called Head to Head, which presented “illustrators Jenny Bowers and Garry Parsons, who create imagery for a broad spectrum of commissioners, including editorial, children’s books, broadcasting and design. They talked about their work, careers, motivations and how they find work. The evening...
