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Travels in Space
Although not yet an astronaut, I have drawn and written about them. Curiosity about space travel started early on. As a child I was a big fan of the exploits of handsome ‘pilot of the future’ Dan Dare in the … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s workshops for all ages (and a little film)
Sally Kindberg’s Family Day workshop at the Guardian With thanks to artist Michael Challenger who made the video, and to film-maker Roland Denning who extracted this clip. A few of my many workshops for all ages … My workshops are … Continue reading
Snowy
Years ago I worked part-time at a Camden bookshop, before having my first series of children’s books published by Grafton. The bookshop is long gone, its site now occupied by a Tortilla takeaway.My Saturday task was to cash up the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings, Events, Writing
Tagged Camden Town, childrens books, competition, Fascinating facts, handwriting, Herge, London bookshops, notebook drawing, Snowy, Somerset House, Tintin
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Pantomime time … oh yes it is!
This week I was invited to an extraordinary pantomime performed by the Fitzrovia Community at the Soho Poly directed and written by multi-talented Lucia Jaffer, who’d formerly asked me to run workshops at recent Fitzrovia Fetes. ‘A Curious Dream’, inspired by … Continue reading
‘Workshops/explorations’ article in the sixth Swedenborg Review
Congratulations to Swedenborg House on the publication of the sixth Swedenborg Review. Delighted that it features my ‘Workshops/explorations’ article, referencing some of the SK workshops held there. More to come! More about these and other workshops in different venues here.
Posted in Drawings, Workshops, Writing
Tagged angels, article, Emanuel Swedenborg, notebooks, Sally Kindberg notebooks, Swedenborg House, Swedenborg Review, workshops
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Sally Kindberg and workshops, some involving a Hat of Surprise
It’s not as if I usually wear my Hat of Surprise, but this hat is sometimes an important part of one of my many comic strip workshops, including those at schools, the Institute of Physics, the Guardian, Ledbury Poetry Festival, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Workshops
Tagged children's book illustrator, childrens book author, comic strips, festivals, graphic storytelling, Hat of Surprise, magician's hat, museum workshops, paper houses, portraits, school workshops, storytelling, top hat, visual narrative, visual storytelling, workshops
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Little Tich’s boots, coincidences and connections
One day earlier this year I got into conversation with a neighbour down the road busily working on a rather cool looking electric blue MG Midget. ‘Oh it’s you who makes all that racket revving and driving up and down … Continue reading
Creaky clockwork collection at the Art Workers Guild 2025
What do strange scissors, miniature beds, creaky clockwork, novelty erasers, tools of the stuccatore and coffin photos all have in common? They’re some of the thirty subjects of obscure enthusiasms who appeared, with their owners, one day recently in Bloomsbury … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibitions
Tagged Art Workers Guild, children's drawings, clockwork, clockwork dinosaur, clockwork toys, creaky, keys, Mike Leigh, Robotina Finds Out, robots, Table Top Museums, toys
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Eyes
This summer has been a time of SK eye adjustments. Frustrating as initial eye surgery took longer than expected to heal. Addition surgery tbc. But hopefully the end result will be improved eye power, although currently time looking at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Workers Guild, clockwork eyes, exhibitions, eye power, eye surgery, eyes, GORT, London events, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Table Top Museum
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