Family Christmas Card

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2012 EVERYONE! This is my family standing outside our house. From left, my 95 year old mother, my husband John Dodgson with Korky the Cat, me (Leo says looking way younger than I really do!) sons Callum, Leo and Lawrence, and Greg the Polish builder (an important member of the family) behind...

The Mangle Xmas Sale

I spent Saturday sitting on the balcony of The Tab Centre (designed by wonderful Matthew Lloyd architects...) selling my cards and showing examples of house paintings. Couldn't resist peeping over the balcony at the crowds just below me, though, waiting to buy Rob Ryan's iconic tiles and wrapping paper, all being sold for a fiver each. People did come upstairs, but none of the rest of us could quite say we had queues waiting to pay, just about all day... I'd been told about the sale by Kim Jenkins of Little Bird, who I was put next to at Top Drawer in September. She makes beautiful hot foil press cards and prints and can be found at Broadway Market every Saturday. As well as my own work, I was selling my 18yr old son Leo's prints and comics that day. Above is an example of Leo's current favourite print...