Kathryn Rosa Miller
I've always really enjoyed printmaking in every form I've tried it, but not been in a position to pursue it. Some forms need the dedicated set-up and equipment of a studio, and even the more accessible forms need a lot of space. One of the things I looked forward to about buying my own flat - a flat with a separate bedroom and living room, what luxury compared to renting! - was gaining that space.…
I made some more papercut art, once again hoping to create something that is pleasing in itself while also working out a design I might...
Now I've got my flat largely sorted - and now that I'm paying a mortgage - my mind has been on what arty crafty things I might be able to...
I've now more or less finished decorating. There's still some small bits to sort out and some stuff to organise, and definitely scope for...
I haven't updated for a while because changes are so incremental, but thought I'd put up a couple of snapshots. I got me a sofa (it took...
This little project which I started here has progressed quite well. I've spent several happy hours working away on it while finally...
I've had a lovely Christmas break which has felt luxuriously long. As well as working on my flat, I also wanted to try and do something...
I've been working away at the flat when I have the chance, and feel pleased with how it's progressed, but it's not necessarily the kind...
My stuff has been delivered and the great relief is that it's not all green. Visiting the storage unit a few weeks ago I happened across...
Bookshelves were always going to be an important piece of furniture for me, and I knew I didn't want bookcases - at least big ones, as my...
I have found picking wall colours very hard. Being a designer I'm used to thinking about colour - but the scale seems to make all the...
I've bought myself a flat. It's been a long process. I originally started looking late 2019/early 2020 not banking on a pandemic...
It's been a while since I've had a chance to do this sort of thing, but a thought for a cover of a particular books has coincided with some time off. I've mentioned before my love of timeslip fiction and the particular home it finds in adolescent fiction. In fact one of my previous practice cover projects was for another timeslip novel, The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn. If that is a book which has…
I've talked now about Discworld's original hardbacks, and their original paperbacks. To briefly recap, both used the same two...
In the first post in this series I looked at the Discworld books as they appeared in their first hardback publications. Now it's time to...
I have been meaning for a while to do a really thorough dive into the history of editions of the Discworld books - at least in their...
Last weekend I went to the script reading at the BFI of the pilot for Lazarus , the proposed sequel series to Life on Mars and Ashes to...
In a previous post I looked at some of my favourite Discworld covers, the 'Collectors Library'; those clothbound hardbacks illustrated by...
I've been working on a long post (or more likely series of posts) about the design directions of Discworld over the years. In the...
Previously I've looked at the progression of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, through its many editions, firstly in its native UK arket, and then in the US market. Today I'm going to look at some of the history of how the book has appeared in non-English-language versions. First, I think it's worth recapping at the top what books exist in the His Dark Materials publication history and…