I'm very happy to announce that my book cover illustration for Ripples on the Lake by Mel O'Dea has been shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards! This one was commissioned by Arena Books for The Forest Press
One week to go! I don't think I've mentioned on here that i co-organise the BS4 Arts Trail here in Bristol. You'll find me and a bunch of printy pals down at St Anne's House BS4 4EA. There are 30 other venues, 85+ artists, workshops & more!
14th-15thJune | 11am-5pm
www.bs4artstrail.co.uk
My third (and final) longlisted illustration in this year's World Illustration Awards! The Pendle Witch Trials, created for @historyextra.bsky.social
I forgot to finish telling you about my World Illustration Awards longlisted work! My wrap around cover illustration for Ripples on the Lake by Mel O'Dea and published by The Forest Press was also longlisted in the Book Cover category! 🥳
Book Addiction's reveal of the endpapers and page edge painting for their wonderful Old Kingdom limited editions. Beautiful endpaper illustrations by @lauratolton.bsky.social and the page edge by @becca-thorne.bsky.social (who also did the wonderful covers).
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I'm so happy to hear that my cover illustration for My Battle of Hastings by Xioalu Guo (published by @penguinrandomhouse imprint Chatto & Windus) has been longlisted in the World Illustration Awards Book Covers category! It's always such an honour to get through to the longlist!
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This little snippet is from a recently completed commission, and also my submission for this week's #PrintPromptMonday theme: #text. Need to keep this up as a reminder to myself #relax
Hello May! Hello #printpromptmonday! Here's a snippet of The Field Margin, for this week's theme #spring. I love how busy all the wildlife is right now, the forget-me-nots have gone mad! Check out @gemmatrickey.bsky.social @printsbythebay.bsky.social & @strangford.co for all May's prompts.
Print prompt Monday May prompts
It’s May, spring is truly here and so are your prompts for the coming weeks.
Please share. Let’s get more people on the train, toot!
#printpromptmonday
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Thanks! It's a glass baren from Thomas Petit, so yeah, same thing as a Print Frog. I never got on with other types of baren (just my trusty teaspoon), but I love this.
Here's a springy, summery, primrosy goddess for April's final #printpromptmonday. This #portrait of Eostre is the fourth woodwose in my series of foliate faces
😂 thank you kindly
And by May, I mean April...
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Oh wow, thanks for this, I'm sorry to say I hadn't heard of him, but his sculptures are fabulous! I see what you mean about the trees too, thanks so much for sharing!
Ah thanks Galadriel!
Thanks Lisa!
I've missed a few #printpromptmonday themes, so work with me while I shoehorn The Hedgerow into all of May's prompts so far.... One of my #favourite prints, it's chock full of animal #friends bustling about together, and it's all about conservation, innit: #earth BOOM 💥
The graphic for this weeks print prompt Monday! It shows three relief print motifs - a rabbit with a long medieval trumpet, a lady doing yoga and a weird bird. From the trumpet the words “print prompt monday” are emanating. In the top left it states that this weeks prompt is “Earth” The graphic has an off white background and the details are in a bright red and muted teal.
Happy Print Prompt Monday!
We’re a day late but today is Earth Day 2025 - I’ll be sharing my favourite Earth themed prints that you guys share on that theme all day today!
A few tips below for getting involved! ⬇️
#printpromptmonday #printmaking #earth #art #artshare #earthday #earthday2025
A #printpromptmonday graphic with a rabbit tooting a trumpet and text showings the April prompts as follows: 7th Friends 14th Favourite Piece 21st Earth 28th Portrait
Ready for some April prints everyone? Gettem hot n fresh here!
@printsbythebay.bsky.social, @strangford.bsky.social and I have concocted these beauties, get stuck in and don’t forget to please *share the graphic around* - it really helps us spread the word ❤️
Read below for some tips…
A little illustration from last summer for this week's #printpromptmonday theme of #magic. This was for a @historyextra.bsky.social Anniversaries article on the Pendle Witch Trials
Monday #Magic with the final one for March’s #printpromptmonday
Share the graphic around and dig out your most enchanting print work for us to see!
Make sure to tag us 3 @strangford.bsky.social @gemmatrickey.bsky.social and myself so we can see your amazing work ✨🪄✨
Loadsa lino blocks printed yesterday. I'm so eager to share this job with you all, but I'm sworn to secrecy for a while yet!
Just one block in this awesome commission left to carve, aiming to print tomorrow afternoon. And just realised I'm smashing a bunch of #printpromptmonday themes in this one.... #foliage, #inprogress, #flipped, #indoors
Happy #printpromptmonday you lovely little tinkers! Today's theme is #foliage and what better excuse to break out the leafy old Green Man. Follow @gemmatrickey.bsky.social, @printsbythebay.bsky.social & @strangford.bsky.social for all the print prompt fun!
Thanks @johnbloorprint.bsky.social !
Thanks!
My latest book cover illustration, for Michael Arnold's new novel, The Savage Isle, about the Roman invasion of Britain. The last time I drew a Roman ship was I was 8 and I'd just watched a video on the invasion in school. This took me right back. Out in April from @canelobooks.bsky.social
Thanks!
Echoes of cranes… and sounds of the others > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...
Mike Edwards from #SoundsMatters + #Innerdigenous considers what he calls ‘The Great Muting’ of Earth & shares how sonic rewilding gives us a new way of thinking...
#Art The Pond (detail) by @becca-thorne.bsky.social
