Nightingales
The following is an extract from a a bi-weekly newsletter that I wrote for a Values Based Financial Advisor in January 2021. This client...
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harrystigner
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Breaking news biodiversity report
It was such a privilege to work on this 'Breaking News' story, introducing visitors to highlights from Kew's world leading State of the...
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harrystigner
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Waxwing and nightingale
For this week's bird doodle I was still preoccupied with waxwings, and whilst it's much too early to hear a nightingale heralding the...
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harrystigner
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Waxwing winters
I chose a waxwing as my latest card design to accompany my 'A is for Apples' Fox's Alphabet as they're apparently partial to apples and...
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harrystigner
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Travel the World at Kew
I thoroughly enjoyed working on Travel the World at Kew last summer, a mid-pandemic celebration of the fact that, in spite of travel...
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harrystigner
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
A new year
To fill the pages of an empty lockdown diary, I've begun colouring one of the loveliest distractions that punctuates my days at the...
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harrystigner
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
An introduction to botanical art
This extremely rewarding commission for Kew and Wakehurst involved me interviewing a variety of talented botanical artists and developing...
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harrystigner
- Jan 9, 2021
- 1 min
Writing interpretation for the Gruffalo at Kew
I thoroughly enjoyed writing interpretation for a Gruffalo exhibition at Kew this Autumn (originally scheduled for Spring 2020 but...
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harrystigner
- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
Progressing the Pollination Story
Roots is an educational editorial published by the BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International) I was very happy to write for them...
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harrystigner
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
One flower at a time…
I used to feel overwhelmed with anxiety about environmental issues, until I began beekeeping. When you consider that a single honeybee...
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harrystigner
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min
Spiny lobsters
The Good Fish Guide recommends that America and Mexico provide the most sustainably sourced lobsters. In fact all the lobsters on their...
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harrystigner
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Botanical art workshops
I’ve really enjoyed developing this paint-by-numbers group participation activity for the RBG Kew and Wakehurst Science festivals. The...
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harrystigner
- May 17, 2019
- 1 min
An Irish wedding
Shamrocks, Bells of Ireland and clover decorated the wedding stationery for a very spectacular Irish wedding this year. I worked on a few...
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harrystigner
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Omega Threes
Happily, some tea-towels I’ve had printed with the same design have completely sold out! Jewel modelling my Omega3 tea towels at Cheese...
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harrystigner
- Mar 18, 2019
- 1 min
Script editing a heroine
I was thrilled to script-edit this beautiful Marianne North animation. Together with Margaret Mae, North is one of my all time heroines....
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harrystigner
- Jan 7, 2019
- 1 min
Tales and Trails
I’ve really enjoyed collaborating with my curator friend and colleague, Jack Smurthwaite, and writing a family trail to guide visitors...
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harrystigner
- Aug 8, 2018
- 1 min
Kew’s kitchen gardens
I really enjoyed working with Helena Dove, Kew’s Kitchen Gardener, to tell the stories of her beautiful crops. From crop rotation and...
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harrystigner
- Jul 23, 2017
- 1 min
Telling the story
Communicating the value of a sustainable livelihoods project like Project Renitantely is a complex challenge. The need for structured...
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harrystigner
- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
Sustainable traditions
I’ve been asked to illustrate a scientific paper about how a fleet of sail-boat oyster fishers in Falmouth could have provided a solution...
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harrystigner
- Dec 13, 2016
- 1 min
A tale of two lobsters
Illustrations of two of Madagascar’s hallucinogenically beautiful lobsters, Panulirus ornatus and Panulirus longipes, for an article...
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