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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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‘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 islands
Islands are like magnets to me. Some I’ve visited because I was commissioned to write about them, or run workshops on them, others simply because I was curious. Sometimes my notes stay in one of my drawing books, biding their … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Handwriting, Travel writing, Travels
Tagged Holy Island, Hven. Lundy, islands, Sark, Shetland, Ven
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Tricky Tricks
Yesterday experienced a bit of nostalgia … for when the world wasn’t quite so bonkers, and when you could actually go and visit a publisher with an idea and some pictures after talking to them on the phone. The publisher … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Drawings
Tagged book cover, Lutterworth press, magic tricks, Tricky Tricks
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The Queen in my suitcase
‘Aha!’ said a member of Glasgow airport’s security staff as a small Royal person was revealed lurking at the bottom of my suitcase. Ten years ago this summer, whilst returning from the Outer Hebrides, my luggage set off a shrill … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Visits, Workshops
Tagged an Lanntair, Bernara, carvings, chess, chess sets, Iceland, islands, Isle of Lewis, Lewis chess set, Outer Hebrides, Queen, Stornaway Gazette, travel, Uig, Vikings, Visit Scotland
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Sally Kindberg and exercises
Cold/stormy/apocalyptic weather conditions mean you may have to give up on your usual exercise regime. If you have a home, chair exercises can be rather exhausting, especially if the chair is heavy to lift off the ground. I’m now developing … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg workshop at the Fitzrovia Fete 2024
Ha! the best workshop events have a life of their own … who knew when I introduced my tetrapods to Fitzrovia last sunday, I’d meet another one quoting Latin (it means now and for ever), encounter members of Save the … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Events, Festivals, Workshops
Tagged Bloomsbury Publishing, community event, drawing event, early ancestor, events for children, events for families, festival, Fitzrovia Community Centre, Fitzrovia Fete, giant knitting, Lego, London street festival, street event, street festival, tetrapod, tetrapods, The Comic Strip History of the World
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Sally Kindberg and rescued pictures
Recently there was a flood from the upstairs flat’s washing machine – the owner, looking for a lost cufflink apparently, opened the bottom of the machine which promptly filled my ceiling with water before pouring through a crack in it. … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings
Tagged dinosaur bones, dinosaurs, Draw It! Pirates, female pirates, paper cuts, pirate flag
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Sally Kindberg and St Ia
A while ago my interest in early Celtic saints resulted in a series of drawings. Walking in Cornwall has always been one of my joys, and the story and image of St Ia, patron saint of St Ives, gripped my … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Travels, Walking
Tagged Celtic saints, cliff walk, coast path, Cornwall, gorse, handwritten text, Huers' Hut, Penwith, pilgrimage, Porthmeor beach, saints, signage, signposts, St Ia, St Ives, the Scillonian
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Sally Kindberg’s House of Dreams workshop at Swedenborg House
Where would you keep your magic numbers? In your paper House of Dreams of course! Just one of the many inventive drawings made on St Valentines Day this week during another workshop at Swedenborg House. If you had a little … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Events, Workshops
Tagged cut out house, House of Dreams, paper house, Skansen, Summer House, Swedenborg, Swedenborg House
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