interview

write_on lettering event

I absolutely loved being part of the write_on Kindness Card Challenge event, organised by Hello!Lucky cards and egg press. I introduced myself, showed some of my work that features calligraphy plus illustration, discussed my calligraphy tools, and then talked about how to address envelopes with illustrations, to make them a little more fun…

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The event wasn’t timed for Japan, so I was up at 3am, and set up a special lighting arrangement for the zoom call.

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Over 20 artists talked and showed their work, and I sketched them while I watched. It was fascinating to see everyone’s lettering/letter-writing ideas!

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These are some of the envelopes I prepared for my 2 minute show-and-tell. I made up an address to use, and decorated the envelopes in a simple but attractive way.

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This is me during the event, looking extremely nervous!

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Thank you to everyone who tuned in, and also to everyone who left such lovely comments in the chat during the evening. Hurrah for letter-writing!

interview

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I did an interview with playtimes magazine when I was in HK, mainly to promote the Max and Mei books I illustrated. It's funny to read what I said, in another person's words: quoteThey collected together some of my images for the interview, and I love seeing how other people put them together, it always surprises me.imageYou can read the whole interview at the Playtimes link above, and see the Max and Mei books here.mandarinmatrix_max-and-mei 2

HOKK fabrica interview

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I was interviewed for the online fashion & lifestyle magazine Hokk fabrica this month. You can see the full interview here. This month's issue is about the concept of 'local', and they sent me questions which I was asked to answer by hand, like this... I was asked about my first memorable piece of artwork... It's a print I did in Japan. I really love it.Take a look at the full interview and hope you enjoy!

OuterEdit starting soon!

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I blogged about this a few months ago, and now it's finally here, the collaborative project for OuterEdit is about to start... They came to London and filmed a little video of me and here it is. I'm a little bit freaked out by how I look/sound, but there you go.

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Our 'collab' starts on October 9th, and my collaborators on this project will be illustrators Aude Van Ryn, David Humphries, Kahori Maki, and Bob Foundation. They're all amazing and I hope you'll check out the OuterEdit website and see what we produce together!