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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Quails in space
All sorts of creatures have been sent into space by NASA and the Russian space agency to see how they would react in zero gravity. In the 1970s quail eggs were launched into the unknown …
Posted in Comic strips
Tagged animals in space, comic strips, NASA, quails, quails in space, Space
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My workshop event at Swedenborg House
“It was the poster that drew us in,” I was rather happy to hear one of the mothers say at my draw and explore event yesterday at Swedenborg House. What had started out as my idea for a leporello (folding … Continue reading
First Woman in Space. Notes, drawings etc – and a coincidence
Visited the Science Museum in London yesterday to see an excellent mini-exhibition about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go into space. Enjoyed looking at all the exhibits, including a 1965 chocolate bar named in honour of Valentina’s baby girl … Continue reading
My workshop at the Big Draw 2017 Living Lines event in the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Yesterday I took part in the fantastic Big Draw Living Lines event at Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery. Jim Le Fevre was there with his Phonotrope, there was a buzzing Ready Steady Colour Restaurant, Henk Littlewood built a da Vinci style giant … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Murphy Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Big Draw 2017, Big Draw Living Lines, children's drawing events, cut out books, foldy books, Hair, Henk Littlewood, Jem Le Fevre, Living Lines, Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Marc the cartoonist, Marf, Millennium Gallery Sheffield, National Fairground and Circus Archive, Phonotrope, pirates, Ready Steady Colour Restaurant, Sally Kindberg's Hair book, Sheffield events, walker books
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Notebooks/notes/drawings before Half Moon Theatre event
Made these drawings/notes before Half Moon Theatre events last week. Didn’t actually need them on the day, but always handy! A few of these items touched on in The Comic Strip History of Space, but I was very inspired by … Continue reading
Live drawing/space stories at Half Moon Theatre Fun Palace
Last saturday I drew pictures and told stories about space – some from The Comic Strip History of Space. – at the impressive Half Moon Theatre in Limehouse, London. One of the space book’s pages is on display in the theatre’s current exhibition. … Continue reading
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Tagged Fun Palace, Half Moon Theatre, live drawing, Space, The Comic Strip History of Space
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My sketchbooks/notebooks for 2017 (so far)
Here are pages from my note/sketchbooks so far this year. They often act as nurseries for book and workshop projects/features/ideas, small aide memoires of places visited, things seen and heard. There are records of meetings and conversations too. … Continue reading
SCBWI Pictures at Play exhibition at Half Moon Theatre, Limehouse, London
Last week to the most enjoyable launch of the fabulous SCBWI Pictures at Play exhibition at the Half Moon Theatre in London’s Limehouse district. I was asked to add a spread from The Comic Strip History of Space which I’d illustrated, … Continue reading