Monthly Archives: April 2012

Evidence!

Evidence…real hard evidence of the heartlessness of the rabbits that live on our farm. They weren’t even interested in the flowers. They just wanted the juicy stems and leaves. I’m disgusted by their depravity. There is so much grass to … Continue reading

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Bread

Here is my contribution to a fun evening with friends this week involving LOTS of food. Little Owl got to stay up, which she thought was marvellous. The Moroccan (sorry, spelt wrongly above) sesame bread follows a normal bread recipe … Continue reading

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Glasgow International Artists’ Book Fair

Today Little Owl and I have been over in Glasgow at the International Artists’ Book Fair. We had been put into groups at college to produce something for the show. I was in two minds whether to blog about this or … Continue reading

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Clearing out

On Monday it was time to clear out the studio ready for the space to be turned into the degree show. It’s a weird feeling emptying my locker and wiping down my desk when it has been a little home … Continue reading

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Purple Sprouting Brocolli

Here is some of my purple-sprouting broccoli which I have allowed to flower. I think it’s so pretty. I love that combination of pale yellow with the dusky purple. I had kind of given up on the purple-sprouting broccoli to … Continue reading

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1 year old

My blog is one-year old today. It’s hard to believe all the things that have happened in the last year. It’s lovely for me that it has all felt very natural: a slow unfolding. There’s still so much to learn … Continue reading

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Twitter

Right, I’ve done it. I’m on Twitter. Apparently that means you can ‘follow’ me. I don’t have a clue what I’m doing but since I’ve started this whole illustrating malarky I seem to be forever launching myself into the unknown … Continue reading

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Swallows

Hard frosts continue to await us in the mornings. At the weekend we even awoke to a smattering of snow. My pea seedlings paw at the windows with their curling tendrils but I daren’t put them out yet. The broad beans … Continue reading

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Artists’ Book Fair

Today we were at this book fair in Edinburgh. The Fruit Market Gallery is a lovely place to go anyway with its book shop, coffee shop, and light, airy exhibition space. Today, it was even better, bustling with all us … Continue reading

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Newsletter

Exciting news! We have finally worked out how to put a newsletter subscription button on my website. Okay, we had some help…thank you Rob! A few people have asked if I could let them know when new stock comes out … Continue reading

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