A few updates to give you in this blog.
Christmas cards
In April, I put out a call for designs for Christmas cards to raise money for Christmas dinner, this year, at No. 84 Tearoom and Eatery at Echo Square in Gravesend https://www.no84.co.uk/ Owners Adrian and Andrea offer a free Chrstmas dinner to anyone in the local community who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day. Well, the cards have been printed and boxed up. They are available on this website https://duncangrantartist.com/product-category/charity-christmas-cards/ and in various venues around the Gravesend Riverarea, including https://www.no84.co.uk/ https://www.visitgravesend.co.uk/event/hope-and-glory/ (more sellers to be added soon) or you can get them from me directly, if you know where to find me. 
There are 42 original card designs, plus envelopes, in each box. Boxes costs £20 (plus postage and packing if you order them from the website). All profits go to helping those less fortunate than ourselves this Christmas. You can find out more about the 2019 Christmas card project here https://duncangrantartist.com/2019/04/07/only-261-more-days-until-christmas-time-to-think-about-lunch/
A big thank-you to everyone who took part! These pictures posted by Cafe No.84 from last year’s Christmas dinner, show the impact the money we raise can have https://www.facebook.com/groups/125240881313495/permalink/680243952479849/
Book cover – The Milkman by Anna Burns
In May, I found out that one of the prints from my winning #LibertyOpenCall Small Town fabric design had been chosen for the cover of a special edition of Faber & Faber’s Booker Prize winning publication, Milkman by Anna Burn. https://duncangrantartist.com/2019/06/02/can-you-judge-a-book-by-its-cover-maybe/
Each year Faber & Faber bring out a classic book, covered in a Liberty fabric (actual fabric, not a picture of it) from the year of publication. This year’s book was to be Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, which was first published in 1963. But because of their Booker Prize success with Milkman, Faber & Faber published an extra edition this year and my Small Town design was in the right place at the right time when they asked Liberty, ‘Have you got anything with houses on it?’
Last week Milkman it appeared in the shops, followed closely by a gift wrapped copy through my letterbox.
Lovely!
Spotted in Japan….
Small Towns have been spotted in Japan!
Japanese company AmandaMandy https://www.instagram.com/amandamandy_official/ seems to have bought a lot of different Liberty fabrics and is turning them into objects for sale – anyone for a Small Town water bottle holder, or a handy fabric covered notebook?
Ben Wilson: Chewing gum man
Three weeks ago my blog featured artist, Ben Wilson aka ‘Chewing Gum Man’ https://duncangrantartist.com/2019/08/25/ben-wilson-chewing-gum-man/
Ben paints mini-artworks on discarded chewing gum and at that time was working his way down the Millenium Bridge just outside Tate Modern. My sister Annie met up with him again last week and was pleased to report that he’d reached the door of the Tate. His Kickstarter project to raise funds to produce a book of the Millenium Bridge Chewing Gum Trail reached its total, with just four days to go. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/studiomoe/ben-wilson-the-chewing-gum-man-the-millennium-bridge-gum Congratulations! 
Tate Modern has agreed to allow Ben to hide some of his artwork around the gallery. You can see those pieces and keep up with his project on Instagram. benwilsonchewingumman https://www.instagram.com/p/B2EpjpjHzTR/?igshid=hwu58bt7f3t6
Think that’s all the updates for now! I’m trying to add some new artwork to my gallery – some of the stuff I’ve been posting on Facebook and Instagram lately – but have encountered a technical problem. Will let you know when I’ve managed to upload them, or check in here over the next few days https://duncangrantartist.com/product-category/new-artwork/