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Tag Archives: dad
Blooming
Don’t tell my dad…the delphinium he gave me is flowering for the second time this year. Not one of his own flowered even once. Shhh – he’ll be so cross!
Posted in Growing things
Tagged autumn, dad, delphinium, gardening, second flowering
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The other day Finch broke my necklace. It wasnβt just any old necklace. It was the necklace Big Dreamer gave me when Wren was born. It has five little stars on it, one for each of us. I wear it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged advice, baby, black, boy, broken, cafe, children, christmas, crawling, dad, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Park Rangers, dry point, etching, father, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, necklace, printmaking, robin, tree, white, women
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Microwave conspiracies
My Dad has a conspiracy theory about microwaves. It goes like this. Whichever way he puts his mug of coffee into the microwave, it always finishes with the mug handle turned away from him when he goes to get it … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged black, brimstone, brown, butterfly, children, conspiracy theories, dad, education, elevenses, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, illustration, illustrator, kids, microwaves, natural history, orange, red, tortoiseshell, yellow
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British Pathe
It was with great surprise and delight that we were alerted to a film clip by British Pathe. Theyβve been releasing loads of archive films and who should turn up as the subject of one but my Granddad! The picture … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged blind, British Pathe, clip, dad, film, Salisbury, Stanley Turner, telephone operator
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Searching for brown
Yesterday a chill wind blew. It was laden with portents of ice and snow. Today the sheep dogs lounge in the sun on the steps from the farm yard. The weather is warm and mild again but we draw in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, brown, chill wind, dad, farmyard, ice, illustration, Ink, Little Owl, logs, mild, mum, sheepdogs, snow, warm, wood shed
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Ray Bradbury
On the way home from London today I read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Big Dreamer has been pestering me to read it for ages but I’d resisted because of the weird 70s sci-fi cover on the version we own. I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged America, book burning, books, creativity, dad, dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, illustration, london, nightmares, Ray Bradbury, stag parties, Thoreau, trains, Walden
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D&AD stand
Here’s the final Edinburgh College of Art stand at D&AD. Sorry about the slightly cock-eyed montage. The stand’s quite wide and I couldn’t get far enough back to fit it all in. Last night was the private view. The exhibiting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Big Brother TV Show, cable car, careers, dad, Emirates Air Line, graphic design, illustration, jobs, New Blood, river, Thames, work
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D&AD set up
This morning I got up bright and early to travel across London to set up the D&AD show at Spitalfields Market. I thought it was highly amusing that I was travelling on the Tube carrying a cardboard tube. My comic … Continue reading
D&AD work
As promised, here are the two pieces I will be taking along to show at the D&AD New Blood show. They’re natural history posters aimed at primary school children. The idea is that they can be used as window stickers … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged butterflies, dad, frogs, illustration, natural history, posters, window stickers
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