Happy Christmas!

CIA calendar image

This week is my week in my Agency's (CIA) calendar on the theme 'If I were....' My answer (a bit weirdly) was 'If I were an anagram' - 'surreal slither' being an anagram of my name. I've simply produced an image inspired by these words, an elephant with a slithering snake for a trunk.

The Poundshop!

My bike owl tote bags are going to be sold as part of a very special Christmas Poundshop at the price of just £5.00 each. The Poundshop was set up by Household and Sara Melin in 2010 to provide a platform for designers to sell their goods at an affordable price. The launch is this Friday, downstairs at Mother Ad agency, (Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD) and there will also be a pop-up webshop over the weekend of 9th - 11th December. Great for Christmas presents!

Animals in Jumpsuits!

Brazilian Fashion magazine Lola asked me to contribute to their 'sketchbook' section, where each month a different illustrator draws on and around photographs of different clothing or accessories. For some reason animals wearing designer jumpsuits seemed like a good idea!

American Illustration

I've had two pieces selected for this year's American Illustration Annual, both from 'Sixty Impossible things before lunch'. The book will be launched tonight, with a party in New York at the Angel Orensanz foundation. Sorry not to be there!

Vogue Japan

Here is my recent piece for Japanese Vogue - it appears in a special children's supplement called 'Angels' and my part was to illustrate some quirky step by step 'experiments'. Flowers frozen in ice, stripy water and fun with cornstarch! The design and layout is similar to my 'Silver spoon for Children' work, as this is what the client requested. I was surprised by the mixture of English and Japanese scripts as I imagined all the text would be in Japanese. I had to think about the layout though - as it reads from right to left!

Last chance to see!

It's your last chance to see our Blue Suede Shoes exhibition as it comes down tomorrow. It's well worth a look and is open until 6pm at the Nancy Victor Gallery, 6 Charlotte Street.