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Note-taking: a book and an exhibition
Note-taking: a book and an exhibition
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Why I love maps
Why I love maps
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A fairy tale on my mantelpiece
A fairy tale on my mantelpiece
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My everyday notebooks
My everyday notebooks
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Handwriting at Christmas
Handwriting at Christmas
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The creative joys of rubber stamps
The creative joys of rubber stamps
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How to time travel… on foot
How to time travel… on foot
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Rub it out and start again: all about erasers
Rub it out and start again: all about erasers
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The paradoxical beauty of handmade
The paradoxical beauty of handmade
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Printing with wood type
Printing with wood type
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The wonders of the humble pencil
The wonders of the humble pencil
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How to use folds to tell stories
How to use folds to tell stories
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Another Chapter

Stories of love and grief, reinvention and everyday magic in the aftermath of loss – for anyone looking to write their next chapter.

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I’ve been photographing these lilacs every year since the pandemic. Coincidentally it is four years to the day since I ventured out to Oxford’s city centre for a tentative lockdown walk and took the first one. It proved tricky this year t
A little glimpse of the photo album and slipcase I made on my bookbinding course last week… This week was less about making and more about ticking items off the business to-do list. I’m pleased to say that I have finished moving my Make
I feel uncharacteristically unworried about life these days. The strands of my work are a little scattered, and my attention too, so I am simply attending to each in turn without expectations. And in between it all, taking in a beam of sunlight, or w
One I made earlier… I am immersed in bookbinding this week, and utterly, happily, exhausted. It feels good to simply focus on learning and making for a little while. . . . . . #paperintheframe #vintagefeeling #handbound #slowmade #handboundjo
It’s been such a strange year so far. As I embark on another bookbinding week away it’s hard to believe it’s been less than two months since I was last here. . These days every conversation with a friend seems to involve a tentative
Two of my favourite things: envelope calligraphy and Edward Gorey. I rarely get to do the former (hire me please?) and don’t indulge enough in the latter… The cards are from the Fantod Pack, Gorey’s take on the tarot. I love a trad
Easter lunch: before and after cooking, and my lunch companion. Asparagus is my favourite Easter treat - you can keep all the chocolate… . . . . #pocketsofheart #littlebitsof_life #tabbiesofinstagram #poetryofsimplethings #savourtheseasonalsh
Maps tell stories about the places we inhabit or imagine. They have a viewpoint, promote a narrative, curate information and make it visual… even the most mundane, utilitarian maps do this. Looking back at historic maps can also reveal how pla
Mimi and props. She rarely does normal cat things, but she does occasionally sit on paper, and maybe she especially likes calligraphy. Or despises it. It’s hard to tell. . . . . #paperintheframe #tabbiesofinstagram #inmystudio #studiocat #litt