Crystal Palace Park Community Audio Trail

I recently completed a new profile image (it's not really a logo) for the Crystal Palace Park Community Audio Trail. It's a project created by Sarah Glover to document audio stories of Crystal Palace residents and visitors to the famous park, and nearby. The image is now being used on their Soundcloud and Facebook pages. Have a listen to the tales here - nicely edited, and produced with a lovely atmosphere to them. More tales added as the interviews continue, I understand, with the latest only uploaded a few days ago.

New Blue Sphinxes

I've been meaning to do this for ages. I wasn't ever 100% happy with the final colours I'd used on my 'Subway Sphinxes 2', so the other day I decided to give it a make-over in Photoshop. I think it looks much better, and definitely has a feel of the classic blue on white, Ming Dynasty ceramic about it, now. Prints now on sale and available from my shop.

Drawing for Life - 9

A return to upstairs at The Sparrowhawk with Betty Frankenstein's Drawing Room, after a short break. I was pleased with nearly all my drawings this week, but here are my two faves. It occurred to me that large drawings of naked people popping up on readers' computer screens may surprise the unwary (or prudish?). From now on, I will tastefully present them as clickable thumbnails, unless they are really amazing, of course.

Instruments of Medicine

I was very lucky to be allowed to do some sketches in the Gordon Museum at King's College London, recently. I plan to do a series of pieces about the museum in the near future, but thought I'd share a small preview of some of the antique medical instruments I saw there. To the layperson, like myself, the collection is a fascinating array of mysterious implements, diagrams, specimens and language. More to come (when I've been back for more visuals).

Engineering the London Underground

This little 12 minute documentary all about the construction of London's underground tube network is great. I became aware of it on Ian Visits' blog and it's definitely worth making a cuppa and giving it a watch. The bits that caught my attention the most were the '3D-ified' archive stills of tunnel construction. Lens flares, blurry bits and a small sense of camera movement. Surprisingly magical (and a wee bit moving, dare I say it). Commissioned by the Institute of Civil Engineers, I understand.