Look back in lockdown
There’s been plenty of time to experience different levels of isolation, solitude and loneliness during the pandemic. The idea of …
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Can illustration save lives?
Image: M.C. Escher Ascending and Descending (detail) Lithograph, 1960 “People just don’t believe that COVID-19 is real”– Dr Job Mwanza, …
Theatre in Lockdown
New creative opportunities in illustration have been popping up in the course of the pandemic. Theatre and film makers have …
Celebrating real Welsh women
On an evening out, a small influential group of women discussed the fact there are no statues of real Welsh …
Reconnecting with colour
Sifting through my archive to bring together a new exhibition of schematic drawings and illuminated notes, I’ve reconnected with a …
Forward to Bach
Dotting i’s and crossing C#s for ‘Five Finger Exercise’, an illustrated musical excursion celebrating the piano as engine of creative learning and …
Tunneling under Surrealism
The ‘Tunnel Under the Venn Diagram’ features in an international exhibition of surrealist art curated by poet David Greenslade at …
Pop-up report from the front lines
This week I introduced a fascinating Vertical Studio talk at Cardiff Met by CSAD Illustration graduate and Associate Lecturer …
Metaphorical Engineering: groundwork
Enough clouds! Getting ready to build new metaphorical landscapes with musicians at Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh, dep. Glamorgan Paper Airport, exchanging …
Paperwork for Life
Been one of those weeks? Our new Disappointment Form D37 launches on Monday 19th February. Available in duplicate A4 pads …
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