I was going to wait to post about my involvement until I received my own copy of the new book I Love Stationery by Charlotte Rivers; but yesterday the book was featured on The Guardian website, inclu...
Laura and I are designing and making special clocks based on folktales, we’re so excited about this project! Quite simply, I create an illustration based upon a theme, Laura uses her talent, ex...
New lovely loved-up Valentine art prints from Heidi Burton Continue reading →
Etsy UK Christmas party is taking place in London on December 14th (tomorrow!) Everyone is welcome, you dont need to be an Etsy member. The idea is you bring some unloved crockery or nab some at a ch...
Here are some photos taken on my phone in the last month (Oct to Nov 2011). Ive been working on some creative designs too, but cannot reveal anything at this stage, hence attempting to fob you off wi...
The moon surrounded With blinking little urchins; Uniformly so. Lunar-inspired artworks, Haiku, & journals from the past week! Continue reading →
What can you tell from looking inside someones bag? Continue reading →
My business cards have always been created from drawings or paintings but often with digital typographic elements. Turns out its much more enjoyable doing it all by hand. Continue reading →
"The light of morning decomposes everything" Illustrating one of my favourite Haruki Murakami quotes using pencil drawn typography. Quote is from A Wild Sheep Chase. Continue reading →
Girl with a peacock feather earring watercolour and pencil ACEO by Heidi Burton Continue reading →
Rain, rain it falls outside, a storm within. One of a kind watercolour and pencil illustration on 300gsm/140lb acid-free watercolour paper. Continue reading →
Just listed on my page of Moleskine Artist Marketplace, a Moleskine cahier journal depicting a scene from the folktale The Old Man and His Grandson by the Brothers Grimm. Continue reading →
Making Strangers on making journals. "I now own around 40 personal journals full of drawings, ideas, and writings. I take one everywhere. Somewhere along the way altering and illustrating these j...
One of a kind hand-painted white porcelain tea cup. This brand new unique little character was hand-painted with love by my own fair fingers! Continue reading →
Altered Moleskine journal by Heidi Burton illustrating fabulous poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti Continue reading →
Lovely surprise in the Observer Review newspaper today, page 7, a feature about Moleskine journal art. A friend Milena kindly informed me that one of my pieces is included. Continue reading →
Hand-painted porcelain egg cup listed in my Etsy shop. For a limited time only Im offering to write a name or word on the back for the customer, at no extra cost. Continue reading →
Altered Moleskine journals illustrating the poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti and folktales Hansel and Gretel, and Rapunzel from the Brothers Grimm. Continue reading →
Ive run out of freebies to send with orders (e.g. postcards, badges, that kind of thing) so for the time being all my lovely customers will receive a little original something-or-other instead, until...
An illustration I created for a short story in Cambridgeshire Agenda magazine, March issue 2011. Continue reading →
Work-in-progress photographs from my recent poster design, created for the Dont Panic contest to produce a film poster for Norwegian Wood - directed by Anh Hung Tran and based on the novel by Haruki ...
New illustration finished today and submitted to the Norwegian Wood poster design contest on Dont Panic website. Please vote for my design if you have a moment to spare, Id really appreciate it! Cont...
Illustration for a wedding invitation, for a couple getting married in Scotland. Finished version has hand-drawn lettering. Continue reading →
I enjoy drawing hands and feet, so quite often when faced with a brief, my initial and strongest ideas are limb and digit related. Continue reading →
My handmade-by-mother alpaca socks leave alpaca hair on anything black - without having the alpaca as a pet to make up for it. Continue reading →
The cutest surprise ever before my eyes Continue reading →
New altered Moleskine cahier journal, illustrating lyrics from the song ‘Re: stacks’ by Bon Iver. "this is my excavation and today is Kumran everything that happens is from now on this is pouring...
In the words of photographer Diana Stainton (also my housemate & friend from art college) "Here lies the antics of the self employed when left to their own devices for too long". Continue...
New pocket-size Moleskine cahier journal illustrating lyrics from beautiful songs by Patrick Watson and Bon Iver Continue reading →
Illustrating quotes from my favourite writers. This pocket-size notebook illustrates a beautiful piece of text from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. "Memories are what warm you up from the ...
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