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As a sovereign nation, free of the tyranny of international architectural styles, this is a prediction for the U.K.s post Brexit architectural future - A style termed 'Insular Neo-Tudor Capitalist'.
Key features of this emerging style include:
Half-timber facades at heights previously unimagined.
Narrow, restrictive mullion and diamond pane windows.
As well as 'Thatch Revival' which will see the U.K. creating the first thatched roof at over 770 feet (or 236m for our jealous European friends).
The book features 10 drawings, across 16 pages.
Folded size A4, double page spread size A3.
A short book about short people (well specifically film stars and characters). Short film stars hand illustrated, in order of their height…. will your favourite make it to the 'short list?'
12 pages, paper cover. 115 mm x 148 mm (closed). Hand made digitally printed in colour throughout on 80gsm ivory colour paper.
16 individual postcards featuring animal myths and legends of London as star constellations, bound together to create a delightful book. The celestial style images can be removed and displayed together to create a single feature, sent off as individual postcards, or just enjoyed as a book! The ghost image of the River Thames in the background of many of the images links them all together (inspired by how the milky way is often depicted in antique star constellation prints).
Featured animals and their corresponding star constellations are:
1) Cygnus and Vulpecula (Swan and Fox), featuring the queens swans and the fox who climbed the shard.
2) Ursa Major (The Great Bear), featuring the bear that was spotted on Hackney Marshes in the 1980s.
3) Lynx, featuring The Beast of Barnet, a lynx that was discovered in a Cricklewood garden in 2001.
4) Cameleopardalis (Giraffe), featuring the giraffes of Surrey Zoo, one of London's first zoos, once in Walworth.
5) Pegasus and Equuleus (Pegasus and the Little Horse), featuring Billie the white horse from the 1973 FA cup final, and the Little Turkey Horse, only 2 ft tall, viewed by permission of the queen in the 1700s.
6) Canes Venatici (Hunting Dog), featuring Fenton the dog, who chased deer through Richmond Park, becoming a YouTube star in 2011.
7) Leo and Leo Minor (Lion and Little Lion), featuring the lions once kept in the Tower of London, and Christian the lion cub, bought from Harrods pet department.
8) Aries (Ram), featuring the wild hogs thought to live in Hampstead sewers (kind of ram like?!)
9) Corvus (Crow), featuring the ravens that live in the Tower of London.
10) Monocerous and Canis minor (Unicorn and small dog), featuring the rhinos of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries London and The New Chien Savant, a learned dog who knew Latin and Greek.
11) Canis Major and Lepus (Large Dog and Hare), featuring Mick the Miller, London's favourite greyhound, and The Wonderful Hare who entertained Londoners in the 1780's by playing the tambourine.
12) Taurus (Bull), featuring the Smithfield Nuisance, a bull who escaped and caused havoc in Smithfield Market in 1849.
13) Tucana and Pavo (Toucan and Peacock), featuring London's parakeets, alleged descendants of one released by Jimmi Hendrix, and the Bedfont Peacocks, 2 topiary peacocks outside a church in Bedfont
14) Lupus (Wolf), featuring Diable the wolf found in a Clapham garden in 1961.
15) Columba (Dove), featuring the Trafalgar Square pigeons, driven away by Ken Livingston in 2003.
16) Cetus (Sea Monster), featuring the whale spotted swimming up the River Thames in 2006.
Size: each postcard is 15 x 10.5 cms
Due to popular demand, Anna's 'Dogs of London' Series has been made into a paper back book. All 31 beautifully illustrated dogs from the infamous Dogs of London Map are here, along with their descriptions. If you're not familiar with the map, you can see it here.
32 pages, paperback. 203 mm x 127 mm (closed). Colour cover, black and white inside on uncoated 60gsm white paper
A special colouring and collage book from our Nation of shopkeepers project. The book features 10 drawings from the exhibition, of shops on Peckham's Rye Lane, across 16 pages.
16 Pages. Folded size A4, spread size A3.