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Snow Ghost
In May 2025 a BBC2 programme showed a venue called SantaClaus Village in Rovaneimi, Northern Finland, on the Arctic Circle, where tourists could visit Father Christmas all the year round and meet his attendant elves. The unusual thing about … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Work in progress, Writing
Tagged dreaming, Finland, graphic novel, handwriting, handwritten text, illusionist, mothers, mystery/memoir, Snow Ghost, the Winter War, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and a glimpse of childhood
A glimpse of childhood, originally part of Stranger, a work-in-progress but quite possibly in another form or even another story. Struwwelpeter was a big early influence. And the Grimm Brothers.
Sally Kindberg, Nottingham Castle and a work in progress again
Nottingham Castle often features in my stories. When a small child, I often had to stay in my grandmother’s house, one of whose cellars had a bricked up door, apparently leading to a network of tunnels honeycombing the nearby castle … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Work in progress
Tagged black and white drawings, comic strips story, cosmic ray experiments, fog, handwriting, handwritten text, Mrs. Shipstone's frock, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Park Estate, Nottingham tunnels, Nottingham University, tunnels, Victorian frock, visual narrative, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and more notes for Stranger, a graphic work in progress
Early events were disturbing: gaslighting, mysterious letters, a bit of levitation, the occasional exorcism. And a missing father. Later, after happier times, when the person you trust the most says ‘I’m not who you think I am’, you start asking … Continue reading
Posted in Comic strips, Drawings, Handwriting, Notebooks, Work in progress, Writing
Tagged graphic mystery/memoir, stranger, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and secret letters
Yesterday I went to see ‘Hidden Letters’ a film directed by Violet Du Feng about nushu, a secret calligraphic system invented and used by women in the nineteenth century (and probably even earlier) in rural China to communicate with and … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg meets Robin Hood again
Last weekend on my visit to Nottingham I noticed Robin Hood’s arrow had been replaced. It was often stolen. Robin features briefly in my work in progress (see notebook above). Interesting to note he now has a second job, like … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg in Nottingham Castle tunnels
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
Posted in Drawings, Notebooks, Travels, Work in progress
Tagged caves, City of Caves, map, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Castle tunnels, story map, tunnels, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg and colour calligraphy/sounds/synaesthesia
Most of my work is made by using Pelikan black ink, or black line, but increasingly I’ve wanted to work in pure colour, even using simple blocks of colour. I love writing, the physical action of drawing words as … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s workshop this summer at Swedenborg House
Drawing! With music! This summer I’ll be joined by two acclaimed musicians at my House of Dreams workshop held in Swedenborg House. Inspired by tales of 18th century writer, philosopher, scientist and inventor Emanuel Swedenborg and his summer house, you’ll … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s ‘Stranger’, a work in progress – not a children’s book this time
Given this morning’s news of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, this rough frame from my current work in progress – a comic strip mystery memoir – sadly seems very a propos. It illustrates an extract from a ten year … Continue reading