Thanks to St Nicholas, there is a full size plush of Hen’s dog toy in production.
This one is not made by a grandmother and uses modern tailoring technologies and the finest secondhand corduroy known to man. A calico prototype is shown in the pictures.
Once complete, the doll will make the long haul from Van Dieman’s land to the New Europe where it will be put into circulation.
Seamstress Debbie Trollip (not her real name) ran this up in no time with minimal effort, for no reason.
Researching a dinosaur which lived over 100 million years ago, I learned that the Patagotitan mayorum (a sauropod) needed to eat 130 kilograms of vegetation per day to fuel its gigantic body. I’m doing pictures for a new book on the subject. I hope it will have a gatefold in it because this dinosaur is enormous. Some details follow.
Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl in a mash up with the true story of the match girl strikes of Victorian England? What a good idea.
The Little Match Girl Strikes Back, written by Emma Carroll and illustrated by Lauren Child, is out now from Simon and Schuster.
Lauren’s illustrations are rich in line, shape and texture and take the reader into a monochrome world of Victorian London – in winter, no less. There is an afterword containing historical photographs of the real match girl strikers and the interior of a match factory. If you go to East London you can see the Bryant and May match factory which is currently fashionable accommodation and free from phosphorous.
The book is printed in two colours on a very combustible woodfree paper. It was designed by gaslight using set squares and cast in metal type using the finest, most toxic lead available.
Illustrations © Lauren Child; design by profuselyillustrated.
I didn’t realise that matches were call ‘spills’ in Victorian England.
Films © profuselyillustrated, 2022.
“Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.” Richard Feynman
My Dog, Hen is in shops this October 13, 2022 (US and UK). The HB first edition can be yours for a small flea.
The one with the wagging tail.
Chops (London)
An Airdale (London).
Fake dog (London).
Name Witheld (London).
Happy Birthday to my sister! She shares her birthday with the return to earth of Apollo 11.
This is either her sixth birthday party or a celebration for me shipping off for active duty somewhere.
A fashion photographer captured a complete stranger carrying a Hen tote bag in broad daylight.
Hen Tote Bag: Prestel. Shoes: model’s own.
Apollo 11 onboard audio recording from NASA (July 20, 1969). Film and music by profuselyillustrated.com
Read MoreMy Dog, Hen advance copies delivered to my flat in a cardboard box. Just like in the book. Or in the box. Hen will settle in just fine.
Hen begins settling into new surroundings.