The book I spent a very long time illustrating has been turned into a real life object. It is called Girl! - The ultimate guide to being you, it has been written by Anna Barnes, is published by Pengu...
I want to knit this, I'm afraid however that I have enough trouble when the patterns are in English, I wonder how I will go with a Japanese pattern. There is a picture of the pattern. It gives m...
I'm back in the studio! It's cold but I'm glad to be here - I'm looking at all the lovely books I bought back from Japan, starting some new pictures and finishing some old embroid...
I made a t-shirt with Element Eden! It's available now as part of their Winter 2012 range. www.elementeden.com
These are some photos from our last week in Japan. We spent two nights on Miyajima Island and it was beautiful, the island is covered in Miyazaki style forest and full of tame deer that walk around n...
Goodbye Tokyo. This is Kyoto - only for two days...
Last days in Tokyo. These photos include rain, Lee Bul at the Mori Art Museum, George Barbier exhibition (one of my all time favourite illustrators - couldn't believe my luck that this was happe...
I'm trying to remember, I think these photos come from Harajuku and Shimokitazawa... book shops, coffee and pocky too.
A to Z Cafe > Yoshitomo Nara! I want to live in Tokyo. I said that yesterday I know...
We are having an excellent time! Three days in Tokyo and we are trying to work out how we can possibly stay forever...
I'm continuing to find lots of great things on Pinterest. These beautiful night light houses are a DIY project at fellowfellow.com. Tomorrow I fly to Tokyo! Yay ay ay!
Early 20th century Vogue covers. I've been collecting them from all over, beautiful use of colour and pattern.
I'm deciding what books I might take to read on the plane... (Suggestions most welcome! I'm thinking it might have to be Murakami considering the destination.)
Aren't these mending patches lovely? I have just discovered Pinterest and am finding lots of nice things. Yes, part of my brain says no, not another virtual world distraction but the other part ...
Just a little note to say that I will be closing my shop at the end of the week and it will stay closed for the three weeks I am in Japan. If you would like something sent before I leave please come ...
Edward Bawden
Hello Sunday and Happy Greek Easter! I've been making pots of almond oil lip balm. It is a properly yummy recipe that comes from a very good book called Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie To...
Dot says Happy Easter!
Hello! I have been playing with sparkly things... it seems since my last attempt at embroidery I have caught the bug. There is a lot of trial and error happening right now but hopefully there'll...
Very inspirational TED talk right here. Roger Doiron - my new hero! (The picture above comes from a great article on small space gardening.)
Finding lovely things in the State Library. Reading about and looking at the Victorian era, Greek mythology, carnival, flowers and pattern...
The book I spent many months illustrating is slowly turning into a real life object! It's a book for girls, written by Anna Barnes and full of excellent information. It's being published by...
I finished my embroidery. It turned out to be more like an old fashioned sampler in the end as I was experimenting with different techniques and various patterns. It's a bit all over the place b...
I have had the needle and thread out lately, inspired by looking at Crewel and Jacobean embroidery. It's a lovely free form version of embroidery, much like making a drawing in thread rather tha...
I am in a show that is happening tomorrow night. It's called Moving Hands and there will be art by Andrea Innocent, Cat Rabbit, Darin Bendall and myself, along with music by The Icypoles, Ida Mo...
Hello Monday! I hope you have had a nice weekend, I've been making and eating pickles! I even grew the cucumbers that made the pickles... and the tomatoes that kept them company in the sandwich....
Huguette Caland. My new favourite.
Handmade Portraits: Sophie Blackall from Etsy on Vimeo. This is great, I love the illustrations of Sophie Blackall. What is interesting to me is that she seems to paint the entire piece in shades of ...
Playing around with lines and colours and ideas... Keeping things messy for the moment.
My print Tightrope was featured in The Age on Sunday!(Thanks to a lovely shop called Signed and Numbered, who sell large format, limited editions of many of my prints.) If you are in Melbourne and in...
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