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  • Boxing

    Boxing

    ‘Boxing’ is my latest reduction print. I was inspired by Watership Down. Like a lot of kids who grew up in the 80s my parents thought Watership Down was a cute and cuddly cartoon about bunnies that would be suitable for little girls. How wrong they were. This summer, I finally read the novel by… Read more

  • Easy Crafty Loo Roll Lion Workshop at The Higgins: A Fun Activity for Families

    Easy Crafty Loo Roll Lion Workshop at The Higgins: A Fun Activity for Families

    I want to share with you these super fun and easy crafty loo roll lions. We made them at The Higgins, the home of the Edward Bawden archive in Bedford. The lions are inspired by Bawden’s Aesop Fable artwork for ‘The Lion and The Gnat’. You can see the piece in the main (or mane)… Read more

  • An Art Workshop for Families

    An Art Workshop for Families

    Easter was a while ago now, but I want to share some amazing artwork with you. I was honoured to be invited to run another Crafternoon at The Higgins. This is my town’s local museum. It’s an important place to me because it houses the Edward Bawden archive. He’s one of my favourite artists. I… Read more

  • Slowly with Warts and All

    Slowly with Warts and All

    I have finished a new reduction linocut print called ‘Toad and Snail’. It is inspired by all things witchy and celestial, with the creatures in the centre of the composition and a hopeful shooting star overhead. Linocutting is a slow, old fashioned way of printing. Slow like a snail! And because I print by hand… Read more

  • Edward Bawden & The Circus of Illustration

    Edward Bawden & The Circus of Illustration

    Edward Bawden and the Circus Of Illustration has finally opened at The Higgins in Bedford. It is a new exhibition that is on until October 2024. This exhibition is a sister show to Edward Bawden and Me, which is a major exhibition, running concurrently with this show. However, our exhibition has a focus on local… Read more

  • Making a Reduction Linocut Print

    Making a Reduction Linocut Print

    I have been working on a very special reduction lino cut print and I have been recording my process.I recently uploaded a video which explains how I create my reduction prints at home. I hope you find it informative. Hopefully it will inspire you to try your own print, using the reduction technique.Watch it here. Read more