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I have an armful of talents, including calligraphy, illustration, mapmaking, bookbinding, and abstract art. Here, you’ll find process shots mixed in with the noises, pictures and words that keep me moving.

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Noise: Clair de Lune

This here is exquisite. I’ve loved this song ever since I first heard it, and the harp just adds an extra layer of floatyness to it.

Format VideoPosted on April 2, 2018April 2, 2018Categories Noise, UncategorizedLeave a comment on Noise: Clair de Lune

World Poetry Day

It’s World Poetry Day, and some of my most memorable commissions are for hand-written poetry – here’s one from last summer, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18:

Written at 12″ x 16″ size, freehand.

Posted on March 21, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on World Poetry Day

Calligraphy box

I made this! No more coffee jars for pens, shoeboxes full of ink, or nappy boxes full of paper*

There’s space for paper, greetings cards, seven bottles of ink, a water jar, eight dip-pens and brushes, and a handful of pens, scalpels and stirrers.

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Posted on March 20, 2018March 20, 2018Categories CalligraphyLeave a comment on Calligraphy box

Noise – Find me a cup!

If you’ve somehow missed this, you need it:

Posted on March 19, 2018March 20, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Noise – Find me a cup!

Penguin cover design post

This is a seriously dedicated long post by Josh McPhee on classic Penguin crime covers from the sixties, which of course I’m going to have to riff on heavily this week.

Posted on March 18, 2018Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on Penguin cover design post

Noise – Dorothy Ashby



I have listened to about… thirty seconds of this, and need to share. I’ve never heard of Dorothy Ashby before in my life, but this is exactly why I love browsing music. Ace!

Format VideoPosted on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018Categories NoiseTags noiseLeave a comment on Noise – Dorothy Ashby

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