Look at the lovely little Kokeshi doll that I found at Charles’ bric-a-brac stall at the NeighbourGoods Market on Saturday. Now she lives in the bedroom next to our very inaccurately nicknamed “Chinaman”, which I bought from Charles a while back. What a happy couple they make, and how happy they make me when I …

Paul was given Jasper Morrison’s A Book of Spoons for his birthday.I liked looking at the photos of spoons in the book, so yesterday I collected all our spoons together and laid them out on two big piece of paper. I left out the teaspoons as my paper wasn’t big enough for them. These are …

This pic is here to provide the bones on which to hang the rest of this post. Appropriately, it’s called “Leaf Skeleton”. I cut it from matte black adhesive vinyl and linen-effect green paper. But on to the real business of today’s post – paper cuts! I’ve been planning a marvellous and impressive post about …

Last week I stated my intention to make a recipe illustration in homage to the work of the fabulous Rica Takada, using this image as my inspiration. Here’s my rough artwork I sent to the client to give them an idea of what I was planning. I was very excited to see how much they …

Thanks to Irene at Bloesem – well, just thanks generally for her great blog – but thanks specifically for reminding me of Rica Takada’s work. I reckon I’ll use this book cover as inspiration for the”What’s for supper?” food illustrations I’ve been doing for FairLady. Aiming high…

Mmm, my first purchase on Etsy – a vintage fabric pillow from Dutch Etsy seller Absoluut. It’s going to look great on our newly made-up sofa covering. I had a really hard time choosing which one I wanted to buy. Go see for yourself, but lock up your credit card first. I’m off to Wellington …

Another post about another friend. Kath Leone is a textile designer from Cape Town who works freelance in London. Whenever she comes home to visit, I get to look through photos of her recent design work, and am blown away every time. She’s so talented! Kath recently sent me an email about Bags of Change …