Ben & Charlie and the sea, the sea!
My college at university was tiny–there was about thirty people in my year and we pretty much all lived on site for all three years. It was much more of a boarding school type of experience rather than a bustling thousands-of-undergrads-everywhere one. I really treasure those years and those people. We would bump up against [...]
Miss Needle Beetle
I first met Tammy Lee when I invited her to participate in my May Day Art, Craft & Vintage Fair. She makes all sorts of wonderful sewn bits and bobs and she’s a hoot. Tammy wanted me to design her a new logo that she could use for her Etsy store, Miss Needle Beetle, and [...]
“I’m going to work on my shadow boxing this week”
That’s what he heard but it’s not what I said. I am very proud of myself for embarking upon a distinctly undudish, have-to-be-slow-and-precise project: the manifold, multi-layered, illustrated, paper-cut, pain-stakingly constructed shadowbox. I even had to experiment with the best paper-stiffening agents and can recommend a two step process using hairspray and a warm iron. [...]
Illustration Song
When I was a teenager I had this André Edouard Marty postcard on my wall. At 17, I just knew I liked the image but seeing it again at 30, now I know why I love it and it’s funny how many of the themes that I magpie-collected at that age have recurred and gathered [...]
Why Hannah, you’ve never been so animated.
I did the illustration for Stephanie Press Vintage and along came Andy Dollerson and made it into an animation and graced it with a composition. He’s a clever stick that Andy.
Pencil it in! Embroider it on your t-shirt! Tattoo it on your face!
I’m busy organising an Art, Craft & Vintage Spring Fair. It’s happening during SXSW and so if you’re in town for that, come and find some Austin treasure. There are wonderful local artists, crafters and vintage-fashionistas taking part and as for the coffee… well, it’s *the* best in Austin and boy, are they picky about [...]
loving the day of small things
I’ve been doing more and more illustration projects of late. There’s a whole new avenue to walk down and I have my shoes on shiny and ready! Here’s a couple from the “not quite right” pile for a friend’s project that I have been working on. I will have to wait to show you the [...]
Hannah Stoney is a British artist and writer.