Amelia's House for Shelter

photos courtesy of Amelia Gregory

I was asked by Amelia Gregory of Amelia's Magazine to help out on a very special house! Me and 5 other 'amelia's' illustrators (Thereza Rowe (first floor right) Emma Block (first floor middle) Antonia Parker (first floor left) Natsuki Otani (ground floor left) and Yelena Bryksenvova (ground floor right) all collaborated on a piece of work for Shelter's 'Up My Street' exhibition.

I put my architectural skills to work (watch out Grand Designs!) as myself and Amelia designed the layout of the house. I then illustrated the attic, the roof and the front door.

The 'Up My Street' exhibition takes place at the Coningsby Gallery in the West End of London and features amazing artists such as Julian Opie, Grayson Perry, Anthony Gormley, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Giles Deacon, Bob and Roberta Smith and Miles Aldridge. We were all delighted that our 'house' has been used on the Shelter website and was also featured in the Metro newspaper!

There is a silent auction tonight....fingers crossed our house raises lots of money and finds a happy home too!

Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration

As you saw from my new year bookshelf I was lucky enough to receive my contributors copy of Amelia's Compendium of Fashion Illustration...so I thought I would show you some of my pages! The book was written, art directed and designed by the ever super Amelia Gregory. It brought together 30 illustrators and a whole host of the best ethical fashion designers
I illustrated the quirky Lu Flux, the beautiful kimono shoes of Hetty Rose, the jewellery of Little Glass Clementine, and some Christopher Raeburn pieces. I also designed the text for the cover (which was illustrated by Andrea Peterson)

There are some amazing illustrators featured in the book whose work you should check out (but ALL the illustrations and illustrators are ace!) Some of my favourites include the romantic illustrations of Andrea Peterson, the psychedelic Natsuki Otani, the striking colour splash of Bex Glover, the paper queen Erica Sharp and the quite simply wonderful Yelena Bryksenkova (check out the elephant on her site!)

Wanna buy it now? You can here

and you can see more images on my website