The Apple and the Egg Mini Doc

Last July Nikalas Catlow of The Apple and the Egg filmed me putting up my window display at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and then visited my studio in Staffordshire to interview me. Well, here is the mini-doc to prove it! I love the bits at YSP and can only say I'm spectacularly impressed to discover that Nikalas has managed to edit my almost unintelligible waffle into something resembling sentences...

I'm sorry for the profusion of ums, ahs and trailing off into silence for no apparent reason. Perhaps skip the bits where I'm speaking and marvel at the amazing time-lapse of the window (as close to an Art Attack as I am ever going to get)?

Note to self: no amount of arm waving can ever be a substitute for actual words.

If you would like to, you can watch the video here!
 

Thank you, Nikalas, for all your hard work!

Two Interviews (of sorts)

I had an email a while ago from someone at Computer Arts Projects magazine asking me for photography tips. I must admit I found this hilarious, as I often feel in need of a tip or two myself! But did this prevent me from sharing my wisdom? Certainly not! After all, I have done battle with tripods on uneven surfaces, rushed to finish work on the only bright day of the week and, on an utterly miserable afternoon, resorted to parcel-taping lamps to a step ladder. So here's the article, 'Taking handmade into print', they talk to lots of other artists too and the whole February issue is about photography (perhaps I'll pick up some hints?).

 

I'm also in Staffordshire Life! If you too live the Staffordshire life you can find me in February's issue, talking about Magpie's Treasure and saying idiotic things like "it's nice" to be an illustrator. Which it really really is by the way, but I wish I was more eloquent on the telephone!

Etsy Interview!

I've been interviewed about Magpie's Treasure over on the UK Edition, Etsy's UK blog. You can read the interview here! It's so exciting to be featured, in fact I've had a brilliant day altogether with my first book signing, which I will definitely be blogging about very soon.

In the meantime, I've just added this friendly, festive Robin Decoration to my shop! It's... well, almost November, so why not treat yourself?

Fanfare: Website Finally Updated!

It might not be the fanciest website in all the land but I have added a few new pieces, not all of them in the 'New' section, oddly enough. Unfortunately the instantaneous nature of blogging means you'll probably have see them before. However, I have a couple of others up my sleeves and will try and update more promptly in the future!


In other news, my coffin for the Happy Journey Collective has been featured on Escape From Illustration Island which is nice.


Also I have quite a few Magpie's Treasure postcards left over from Linton Children's Book Festival so I'll be sending one with every order from my Etsy shop! They're very lovely and feature the above picture of Magnus hurtling homewards through space. Marvellous.

Interview on Tina Webster's Blog

The brilliant, talented Tina Webster has interviewed me on her super-snazzy blog!

Amelia's Blog

Hello hello. Two deadlines down! BRILL. Anyway, between deadlines yesterday, I met Luisa from Amelia's Magazine and you can see the interview here

IllustrationMundo

Hooray! I have been honoured with my very own spotlight on the wonderous IllustrationMundo - thank you Nate!