Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios 2011

Holborn: Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London, WC1N 2NP
25-27 November

Deptford: 18-22 Creekside, London, SE8 3DZ
2-4 December

It's the time of year for mulled wine, mince pies and Christmas shopping! And the makers at Cockpit are preparing to welcome you in from the cold for this year's Christmas Open Studios.
Uou'll find me at both sites this year...with a few new things including postcards of the birds and some brand new prints.

Vogue calls us ''... London's most exciting creative talent'', come and se for yourself! 

Competition

I have 4 tickets to give away, each entitling 2 people to enter for free to either site. To enter the competition please email me at abigail@abigail-brown.co.uk, entitling your email 'xmas'. I'll pick the winners at random on Monday.

Ghosts of Gone Birds exhibition, London

The wonderful exhibition 'Ghosts of Gone Birds' is now being put up, ready to open on November 2nd. I just finished my piece...the Lesser Akialoa who disappeared from Hawaii in the 40's.
I've grown quite attached to this little fellow and feel so sad that he's no longer to be found.

The idea behind the show is to bring to our attention the crisis facing so many species of bird by bringing to life the ones we have already lost.
The artist, musicians and writers all involved in this great project, have each chosen a bird from a list of extinct species to represent in their medium.

The exhibition will showcase all these works alongside a second section which looks at the birds who are facing a rapid decline... hoping that we can draw enough attention to it and prevent the same from happening to them.

Cery Levy (filmmaker/producer and writer best known for the Gorillaz film Bananaz) and Chris Aldhous are the visionaries behind the whole project and have brought together so many wonderful people; Sir Peter Blake, Jamie Hewlett, Keith Newstead , Ralph Steadman, Margaret Atwood, Rob Ryan, Polly Morgan, Matt Sewell, Le Gun, Jon Burgerman, Oliver Jeffers, Angie Lewin, Claire Brewster, Emily Sutton...on and on...

Ghosts of Gone Birds
Rochelle School
Arnold Circus
London
E2 7ES 

New illustration blog

Waaay back in 2003 I graduated from a degree in Surface Decoration and Printed Textiles. Whilst the majority of my work now is in craft, I can still be found making many a doodle as a freelance illustrator and designer. I've worked for all kinds of fields from children's books to children's wear, fashion to interior textile print design, and greetings cards to stationery.

Over the years I have worked for Mothercare, Marks and Spencer, Adams, Mamas & Papas, Usborne Publishing, John Lewis, Hotch Potch Publishing and Zutano to name a few.

I've just created a new blog to showcase my print and illustration work and you can find it all here.

Enjoy!!

Decor8

Origin was a great week for meeting all kinds of wonderful people whose work I admire greatly. One of these people was Holly Becker, creator of the beautiful blog Decor8.

Holly bought a couple of pieces from me and I was delighted to see they made it onto the blog.
Thank you Holly!! You have such great taste so it's quite an honour and it was really lovely to meet you.

New things...

My latest creations have just been added to the webshop...come take a peek....

There are some beautiful, bright, exotic birds to add to the collection, along with some equally lovely British varieties, including the lapwing, heron and plover.

Hmmm...what next?!