Maraid Portrait by Michael Driver
We first became aware of Michael Driver‘s work for Culture Trip, beautiful illustration for travel – what’s not to love? When Michael became a stallholder at the 2019 Glasgow Print Fair it was great to…
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Glasgow Print Fair from home
Glasgow Print Fair from home is open! We asked a selection of artists across Europe to create new prints based on the theme of nature for this year’s event. We were overwhelmed by its success…
Postage stamps from the Netherlands
I promised myself not to fall too far down the rabbit hole of stamp collecting as I really have enough small pieces of lovely illustrated paper in my life with matchbox labels – but I…
Maraid Christmas portrait by Ben Javens
For our brief to Ben Javens Richard asked to be climbing a tree. He seemed surprised but happy when the finished version was a Christmas tree. We love our 2019 Christmas illustration – Thanks Ben!…
Maraid Portrait by Luke Drozd
Luke Drozd has been on our wish list for a Maraid portrait for a long time, we love his playful approach to illustration. He has perfectly captured our love of ephemera, post and travel and…
MATCHBLOC the book
MATCHBLOC the book is here! The lovely Neal Whittington from Present & Correct and I have been working on this for a little while. If you have been following our instagram account you can now…
Estonian folk songs for children
I picked up the book ‘Eesti rahvalaule lastele’ in a second-hand shop in Estonia. It translates as ‘Bluebird, Estonian folk songs for children’ and was compiled by Ottilie Kõiva in 1971. The beautiful illustrations by…
Die Witwe und andere komische Monologe
I recently visited the island of Muhu in Estonia, home to writer Juhan Smuul. The Museum had many of his books for visitors to browse. The intriguing and unusual illustrations by Edgar Valter in ‘Die…
Why the sea is salty, a Karelian folk tale
On a recent trip to Estonia I came across this Russian children’s book in a second hand shop. I instantly fell for the style, colours and character illustrations. Once home I discovered the book is…
Maraid Portrait by Mariery Young
Mariery Young is the founder of Mezclao Studio in Panama. She specialises in bold, colourful, playful illustration and surface patterns. We spotted her work during the recent #artvsartist trend which included a wonderful green haired…