Blog Archive
Ritu Bhathal: Chickpea Curry Lit and Literary SatNavs
My last blog featured the book covers I designed for debut author Lucy Elena's love story, set in Rome, The Starling Dance and (via Liberty) Anna Burns' 2018 Booker Prize winning novel, Milkman. That made me think that although I've featured visual artists, printers,...
The Starling Dance: A Midsummer Rome-ance
You might remember that, in 2019, my wining Liberty fabric was used for the cover of a special edition of Anna Burns' 2018 Man Booker Prize winner, Milkman. I'd never designed a book cover from scratch though. But earlier this year, I was persuaded by new author Lucy...
St Andrew’s Arts Centre: Resurrection Open Call
Time for a resurrection! OPEN CALL COME AND GET INVOLVED In the CREATIVE EXTRAVAGANZA THIS SUMMER! Looking for creative types - you know the sort of thing - musicians, artists, poets, comedians etc. etc. to populate this wonderful space this summer. This community...
My Musical Book of Fables
Do you remember in the olden days when everyone used to learn to play the recorder at school? My dad, who claimed he could play the spoons - he couldn't - used to tell me and my sister and brother to go and practise ours up the top of the garden. If we wanted to play...
Layered Landscapes: Megafloods and geoparks
Earlier this month, I found myself at the Open Day at Lullingstone Country Park, in Kent, running a print workshop. It was a lovely summer's day and families picked flowers, grasses and leaves from the surroundings, which we then used to make prints, either using...
Pics up in a brewery: 5th – 9th June
From Wednesday 5th June until Sunday 9th of June, I will be showcasing my superior organisational skills by organising [a] Pics Up in a Brewery – an exhibition of my art, as part of the Gravesham Fringe Festival, which is celebrating its 5th anniversary. During Fringe...
New merch: Mugs and greetings cards
Some new merchandise has just landed on my website - a celebratory mug and a range of greetings cards - to join the Van Doodles colouring books that I made during lockdown. Those of you that know me or have been following my blog - and it's been a while, I know - may...