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Examples of Winged Insects of the British Isles

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‘Examples of Winged Insects of the British Isles’, 2017.

Digital illustration using handmade papercuts.

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CADDISFLY | Trichoptera There are nearly 200 species of Caddisfly or ‘sedge flies’ within the UK, and they are found in wetlands and freshwater environments such as ponds and rivers. They are aquatic as larvae, and are well known for creating shelters or cases by secreting silk and surrounding themselves with fragments of leaves, stones and sand. Riverflies such as caddisflies are the foundation of freshwater ecosystems, playing a vital role in the food chain of the aquatic environment, being a source of food for fish and birds. The adults resemble small brown moths, although they tuck their wings in when stationary. They are known as the ‘canary of the rivers’ as their population is quickly impacted by water pollution and changes in water quality.

Little paper bumble bee 🐝

Paper insects made recently for the wedding of some friends ✂️

I’m excited I can now share this lovely commission I made recently - a present for someone who works in a botanical gardens. If you’d like to commision an original papercut please get in touch! I have created papercuts to fit all sorts of budgets and I have arranged for work to be shipped to people across the country :)

I’ve been working a lot on essential-yet-boring things recently like building a new website and writing lots of applications for funding. I am so ready to get to my desk and make something new...but when uploading pictures to my portfolio I found this guy and he made me smile 😊

Tiny papercut dragonfly.

CRUSTACEANS AND ECHINODERMS | 1. Common or edible sea urchin, Echinus esculentus 2. Hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus 3. Shore crab or European green crab, Carcinus maenas 4. Common prawn, Palaemon serratus 5. Sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum - Plate from ‘Tiny Voyages Of Discovery’, 2018.

2018 was all about waterlife, moths and antiquarian books...all my favourite things 🙂

Coming soon, my first printed book! I’m so excited about seeing this come together and it has been a true labour of love. ‘Tiny Voyages Of Discovery’ illustrates lesser known wildlife from a beck in my town out to the Irish Sea. It also includes an essay about my research process and explorers the theme of women in the early 19th century who used their art as a way of being able to engage with science and the natural world.

#inktober day...something.... Back to drawing one of my favourites, the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish.

Inktober has fallen to the wayside due to the everyday getting in the way and deadline panic setting in. Here’s a portrait of my life right now...

Day three and four, since I’ve worked to the point where the two cross over tonight. A curious collection of cephalopods including a Common Cuttlefish, a Curled Octopus, juvenille forms of each, a Common Octopus and a cuttle bone. I’m off to bed and tackling crabs and lobsters tomorrow (not literally!)

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