I have been working on a short film on the history of smoke. Walter Ralegh plays a part of course, as does the HMS Titanic and the Industrial Revolution. Stay tuned.
Such a stupid git.
Window dressing…
People will chalk. Studio window, May 2020.
Good light for proofs…
New proofs need decent light. Lauren Child’s new edition of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking on my table. Tomorrow: cloudy with chance of showery spells.
Published 2020, Oxford University Press
Mrs Dalloway Clothbound Classic…
This cloth and foil edition for Penguin Press is in production (I think). I did a version of this cover design for the Penguin English Library and revised it for this. The series designer is Coralie Bickford-Smith.
A Woolf in linen clothing.
Colour theory…
“Life is about using the whole box of crayons.” – RuPaul
All those tents…
The average cost of a circus tent is approx $700,000 USD.
Memories of Outside…
From a red notebook: “Donnez-moi une packet du…”.
Epernay, France, from a point du vue. c1997.
Memories of Outside…
From a red notebook: “Belfast Central arrive 2345”
Looking north from Groomsport, Northern Ireland, c.1994.
Ten year old ignores social distancing guidelines with impunity…
My neighbour flouts regulations and says ‘hello’ as I walk by.
Memories of Outside…
From a red notebook: “The glare here is unbelievable”.
Altea, Spain. 1997