hunter gatherer social scientist

The Cat Whisperer.

time to talk

My talk at the Apple Store, London is on Monday. Be there or... well, don't be there...

winner(s)

--- Wow, 200 blog comments! That True Love Pug necklace sure is popular... I'm happy to announce that the winner is - Šárka Černá ... but with so many entries, I decided to send a mystery prize to 3 additional participants. They are -  Jasmina Trudl, charliedarling and Jilliebeanie --- I'll be contacting y'all soon --- Thanks to everyone who entered ---

a true love giveaway

It's been a while since I've had a giveaway on here ... So let's have one, shall we?
/// Leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning this fine "True Love" pug necklace * ... Winner will be picked at random next Thursday. ///

* Exclusively available from The Distinguished, Plymouth and my shop

naïve, or just bad?

I read this article yesterday and it really annoyed me. Not so much because it implies that Ben Shahn was a bad artist : "Shahn couldn't (or chose not to) draw very well. At all." ... because I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with half a creative brain that Shahn's drawings are in fact, quite amazing and no less so for being non-representational (I mean, Picasso's cat/dove etc. sketches aren't exactly in a realistic style, but everybody loves those). What really annoyed me was the opening paragraph;

Made by White... and Gemma

I collaborated with the lovely ladies at Made by White to make these beautiful wooden brooches, available in my shop and online at madebywhite.com --- In other news, I am engaged! My name will soon be the almost-impossible-to-pronounce Gemma Correll Zinonos... and yes, Mr Pickles will be wearing a tux for the occassion ...