My screen printed design for OHHDEER’s new competition is now up and brandishing there home page! :>) the competition will be launching real soon.

check it out here

http://ohhdeer.com/

BEIJING! (this is not a photo of beijing) I’m so elated that ive been selected to go on a trip to Beijing for a cultural exchange with the Cambridge school of art. Me plus 5 others are going in late june, to China, to visit the  Tsinghua academy of arts and the beijing institute of graphic communications for a series of lectures, lessons and workshops with the students there, and to show my work. Its going to be immense! im so stoked i got selected! And i get to see the great wall, the city itself and gorge myself with chinese foods. YUS!! I’ve now got to get on with my dissertation but im finding it very hard to consentrate! 

Wooohooo! Canadian arts and design publication ‘Uppercase magazine’ have their 17th issue out now, and i’ve got a very generous double page feature on me and my sketchbooks :>) They are also a small press and publish some beautiful books, one in particular by my favourite swedish illustrator, Camilla Engman. check out their website and their shop for beautiful things! 

http://uppercasemagazine.com/

I can’t believe its nearly may! where the flip has all the time gone? i’ve got 6 crushing weeks ahead for me until my masters dissertation deadline comes slamming down on top of me :>(  so i thought i better post one last thing up here before i fizzle into obscurity until mid may, where i’ll then be wizzing off to edinburgh for a week for my boyriends 30th birthday celebrations- though i’ll secretly also be celebrating the hand in of my rambles i will call my dissertation. Rambles is what i do, anyway here are a few bits from my A-Z book, one is a double page spread and the other is the endpaper design with all the little images of all the various letters. until mid may, this is me signing out, unless i sign in. bye for now! ^_^

Bologna Children’s book fair- A section of all the beautiful dummy books we had on display, my A-Z book in the foreground.

Bologna Children’s book fair- My Sarah Henley Book on display at the stand.

Bologna children’s book fair- Our stand at the fair, where portfolios, dummy books and dreams were/are made ;)

Bologna Children’s book fair/ Portugese publishers ‘Planeta Tangerina’s’ stand, full to the brim with beautiful inspiring books! 

Bologna children’s book fair- The korean and Japanese stands were by far some of the most original and inspiring of all the stands at the fair. Such raw and simple design. YUM!

Bologna children’s book fair- This years country of honor was Sweden, and in the epicentre of the whole fair stood some amazing artwork, books and murals by some of the best contemporary Swedish illustrators. And i was very pleased to have sat in on a lecture featuring my favourite swedish illustrator, Camilla Engman.

Bologna children’s book fair- This year was the 50th Anniversary of the Bologna children’s fair, what a great time to come for your first visit.