New Screen Prints

These ladies have a passion for plants:

These are limited edition, two colour, handmade screen prints on 270gsm Mohawk Superfine White Eggshell acid free paper.

Phew, that's a mouthful!

If you'd like to buy a print I've started selling some via Big Cartel:

https://sandrahowgate.bigcartel.com

If you're a printmaker and are looking for a good quality paper, Mohawk Superfine is really excellent, and G.F. Smith supply it in the UK.

Graphic recording in Vienna, Toulouse and London

So I've had the joy of doing a little bit more travelling for work and also just staying local.

Most recently I went to work for Scribing Magic for a company based in Toulouse, what a beautiful 'rose' City! Prior to that the good people at Erste Bank needed graphic recording for a conference in Vienna, and before that I had a really interesting afternoon recording a discussion at the Goldsmiths' Centre in London.

The only hitch is I can't show you any pictures as it's all covered by non-disclosure agreements!

So instead of traveller's photos, here is a recent screen print by me as well as the images drying in the racks. This one is called 'Suzanne' in reference to Leonard Cohen's song.

Hoi Züri! Hello Zurich!

I was back in Zurich for more graphic recording work earlier this week.

The work is confidential, but Zurich is a beautiful place, so this is a pictorial ode to my mother's native city.

Group work Graphic Recording

It's not always solitary! Had the pleasure to work as part of a group, up in Manchester with the lovely people from Involve:

http://involve.co.uk/

We were working for an organisation in the process of a huge culture shift, and here we are doing some prep together.

It's easier to think of change as the new business-as-usual when you work as a graphic recorder, as we're often brought in to facilitate in times of flux. 

Wellcome Trust, Visual Minutes, Barbican, London

Had a really interesting afternoon on Wednesday, documenting two panel discussions for the Wellcome Trust's 'Engaging Science' conference at the Barbican.

From farting fish to psychopaths in every day life, they covered a lot of ground!

For more info on the Wellcome Trust:

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Our-vision/index.htm

Its public face is the Wellcome Collection, making science accessible to all, an amazing collection of curiosities originally collected by Henry Wellcome, and so much more!

http://wellcomecollection.org/

Visual minutes at the Department of Business Industry and Skills, London

Had a lovely two days earlier this week drawing out the diversity of civil servant staff members at the Department of B.I.S. in Victoria Street, London.

Some unusual stories came out, backflipping cocktail shakers, a lady who's specialty subject was the sheep of Yorkshire, musicians, sailors, singers, martial artists, even a running poet.

There were numerous tales of exotic former commutes, my favourite was the person who had to sail down the amazon as part of her daily trip in to work..

Many thanks to artist Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen for getting me involved!

Visual minutes in Zurich and London

It's been a busy week, firstly visiting Zurich for work, capturing a day's marketing strategy for an international e-commerce company, watched over in the Hauptbahnhof by Niki de St Phalle's blue Guardian Angel:

and drinking in the Swiss silence:

The next day, back in London I visually minuted at the Southbank Centre's "WOW" festival.

WOW stands for 'Women of the World, it's been running for 5 years and is now going global, with partnerships including New York, Iceland and Ethiopia.

It was a really inspiring day kicked off with Jude Kelly and Miriam Gonzalez-Durantez (Nick Clegg's wife) talking about mentoring for girls and skilfully facilitated by Isisara Bey.