Category Archives: Drawings

Sally Kindberg’s 2017 notebook, Swedenborgian dust, and a missing tortoise?

Posted on November 23, 2022 by SallyK

Recently I looked at one of my notebooks from 2017 which recorded an exploratory visit to Swedenborg House, and another with its director. A pencilled note on a Post-It fell out of the notebook’s pages and I can’t remember the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg in Nottingham Castle tunnels

Posted on November 19, 2022 by SallyK

Last weekend I revisited Nottingham, where I grew up after we moved there from Devon, where I was born.  Nottingham Castle is built on the top of a steep sandstone rock honeycombed with ancient tunnels and caves.  I’d always wanted … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s pinboards and printed ephemera collages etc

Posted on March 7, 2022 by SallyK

After seeing some of my pinboard displays,  a colleague commissioned me to make two collages for presents for two sisters. It was a lovely way to share some of my extensive collections of printed ephemera, objects and badges etc as … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and mysterious handwriting

Posted on January 28, 2022 by SallyK

This is from STRANGER, my ongoing comic strip mystery memoir, a work in progress.  The frame above refers to the difficulty of writing a letter when told many times in the past that doing so would have dire consequences.  The … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and a robot

Posted on November 15, 2021 by SallyK

Every so often I try and clear some space in my (very small) flat but … attempting to sort out books to take to a charity shop I start reading them again and then where are you?  Not quite as … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s podcast on how she pitched Tricky Tricks, her first published book

Posted on October 21, 2021 by SallyK

Many years ago I pitched my first children’s book, about my versions of various magic tricks. I was asked to demonstrate one to the publisher.  It went very wrong but happily there was a positive outcome … Tricky Tricks.  Listen … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg is at her desk

Posted on September 7, 2021 by SallyK

   

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Sally Kindberg’s work in progress/identity

Posted on August 25, 2021 by SallyK

These are name tapes I had made for my mother when she was in her 90s and living in a nursing home.  Apart from being shocked when she attempted (three or four times) to strangle me – I tried not … Continue reading →

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Punch and Judy

Posted on August 22, 2021 by SallyK

Last weekend in another guise (as a Pirate Captain) at the Fitzrovia Fete, I met Robert Styles (should I call him Professor?) as he was dismantling his booth.  I’m not a great fan of the events that happen during these … Continue reading →

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More notebook pages

Posted on May 24, 2021 by SallyK

Couple of my notebook pages from last year included on SCBWI Words and Pictures

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