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Top Hat
I went to see the wonderful musical Top Hat in London for the second time last week. I totally adore this musical! It’s old timey, simple, and just plain amazing. I have a soft spot for tap dancing, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, drawings, performing arts, sketchbooks
Tagged dancing, london show, sketch, tap dancing, top hat
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San Francisco
I’m in San Francisco this week, just strolling in the sunshine…along the Embarcadero…to the ballpark, to watch the game. Loving it. Go Giants!
Posted in Uncategorized, lifestyle, photography, travel
Tagged baseball, California, palm trees, photograph, San Francisco, sunshine
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the Fat Duck
We went to Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck restaurant the other day. It was an experience and a half! My very first 3-starred Michelin restaurant. When food looks as exquisite as this, it’s impossible to resist…
Posted in Uncategorized, drawings, food, photography
Tagged beetroot, dinner, f, fat duck, gold leaf, heston, michelin, sketch
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chocolate packaging
Chinese New Year is just round the corner, and I’ve designed some exclusive packaging for Hong Kong based personalised (you can create your own flavours!) chocolatier chocoyou. The special new year red and gold sleeve is wrapped around a gift … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, food, hong kong, illustration, products, shopping, special commissions, things I've made
Tagged Chinese New Year, chocolate, floral, gold, packaging, valentine, watercolour
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Lane Crawford gift card
Another of my drawings has been featured on an e-gift card at Lane Crawford in Hong Kong. They’re special personalised ones that you can add a little message to…
Posted in Uncategorized, design, drawings, hong kong, illustration, lifestyle, products, shopping, special commissions
Tagged gift, gift card, HK, Lane Crawford, personalised
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show continues this weekend…
Thank you to everyone who braved the cold to make it to our private view last night! Helene Turbe makes delicate jewellery, Aude Van Ryn makes decorative ceramics, I have etchings and woodblock prints on show, and Romilly Graham has … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, drawings, exhibitions, press, printmaking, things I've made
Tagged ceramics, exhibition, london, printmaking, prints
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Sweet Anthology
I love sweets. I’ve always loved sweets, and I’m fascinated by unusual and exotic confectionery everywhere. So when a friend asked me if I’d like to collaborate on a new venture for her sweet company Chorley & Baker, I jumped … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, design, food, illustration, lifestyle, products, shopping, special commissions, things I've made
Tagged candy, confectionery, jars, sweet anthology, sweets
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last chance to ‘heart’ my designs
My collaborative T-shirt design project for OuterEdit has just finished, and I’m super happy with the designs I made. I took bits from everyone’s artwork and created something surprising and Mariko-style out of them…My favourite themes that came up through … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, competitions, design, illustration, lifestyle, products, things I've made
Tagged collaborative, designs, outeredit, t-shirts
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Janice’s wedding
Another pretty wedding project for a client in Hong Kong. She asked for two pheonixes, a bird symbolising longevity, that could be used in various elements of her wedding. I created several stages of the pheonix motif, in two slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, design, drawings, hong kong, illustration, lifestyle, people, wedding
Tagged Hong Kong, invitations, pheonix, wedding
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trip to the South
I’ve just come back from a road trip through the South of America. It was amazing. We started in cultured Savannah, Georgia, where I was super happy to see the Bird Girl sculpture, made famous by the book ‘Midnight in … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, drawings, painting, photography, sketchbooks, things I've made, travel
Tagged America, food, Savannah, sketches, travel, watercolour
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