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Arcades

These were some photos I've had on my computer since Bonfire Night when we went to Southend. I love arcades for the colours and lights. I thought I'd share them as it's so grey and horrid outside...

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Lovely plants

I'm spending today mucking about with freshly painted paper to make jungle plants. It's not for anything in particular but I recently read a great book called To The last City by Colin Thubron about a...

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Science Festival

I've been doing some work for Cambridge University's Science Festival brochure 2012. We decided fairly early on that it should nod to the Olympic games, but still needed to be fun and sciency. I went...

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Pretty stuff

I partook in ill-advised vintage fair shopping today. I scored a lovely 1960s cropped tweed jacket, it's super, but the experience has left me wanting more stuff. So I made a treasury to get it out of...

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Alphabetty

On my Fridays I try and do some illustration for fun. This alphabet of daily items came about after reading an article about life kerning that had caught my eye before Christmas. I quite like it, and...

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About Town

On Friday I was photographed with my work for the Cambridge University Science Festival. The illustration I did for the brochure has popped up all over town in the last few weeks as posters, and will...

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Jacqueline Ayer

I've been talking to a few illustration students this week about the beautiful work of Jacqueline Ayer and thought it would be nice to share some. This is one of my favourite books by her called Nu...

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South Africa - Part 1

 I got back last week from spending a fortnight in South Africa. To say it was beautiful would be an understatement. We drove from Cape Town through the Western Cape to my auntie's house on the coast,...

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South Africa - Part 2

 I miss this place, it was so beautiful. Various shots from Table Mountain, Sutherland, Infanta and points in between.

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Public Health

This is a commission that just went to print for Cambridge University's Research Horizons magazine. The issue was on public health, and various aspects relating to it. I had fun drawing all the strange...

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South Africa - Part 3 - Bo Kaap

  Google Cape Town and you will probably see photos of these colourful houses in Bo Kaap, the Malaysian quarter of the city. They are a bit of a tourist hotspot, but quite wonderful nonetheless.Have a...

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Boffins in Coffins

..is the unofficial title of Giants Beneath Our Feet, a Heritage Lottery Project run through Chesterton Community College, Keystage Arts and Heritage, and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.It was based on...

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Imagined Places

I read a wonderful book a few months ago about a journey into the Peruvian cloud forests along the Inca trail. It got me a bit wanderlusty...The book was To The Last City by Colin Thubron, and I...

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My First Book Cover

Nearly a year ago on a research trip with a lecturer, I met welsh poet Grahame Davies. He commissioned me to turn one of my illustrations from this project into a cover for his next book of poetry...

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Map of Cambridge

I was recently commissioned to make an illustrated map of Cambridge, highlighting the central location of my old university. Obviously I started by drawing cows and bowls of noodles. Stands to reason...

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Instagram

Hello! So I'm a little late to the party but I've been enjoying using Instagram a lot lately. You can follow me here. Let's share retro-looking photos of our lunches (and cats)!

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Silversmithing

I've started an evening class in silversmithing and I'm so excited to be making things again after a little break. Top picture is the very beginnings of my first ring, it's pretty ugly but you've got...

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Morocco - Part 1

 I just spent a week in Morocco and it was awesome. We arrived in Marrakech at lunchtime on Monday and spent the next few days wandering round its winding alleyways trying to find the way to and from...

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Morocco - Part 2

  In the second half of our adventure in Morocco we travelled out towards the Atlas Mountains and stayed in an ecohotel miles from anywhere. On the first day we borrowed bikes and rode to the nearest...

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Morocco Drawings

These are some of the pages from my Morocco sketchbook. It was lovely to sit and draw and drink mint tea, it felt like far too long since I did a bit of drawing in a new place. I think I feel a new...

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