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About me
I started painting illustrated letters and sticking them to cork mats as gifts to friends' newborns, whilst waiting for my own to arrive. Many years later, on return from our children's primary school years spent in France, I decided to continue and illustrate the whole alphabet. Letters A - Z were drawn, designed, screen printed and exhibited in the Oxford Printmakers' studio in 2012 (see photo) .
Why illustrate an alphabet? Returning from heady days on the continent, it was to remind me of our wonderful British landscape , fauna and flora, where I had roamed freely and wildly as a child on the west coast of Scotland: chasing oystercatchers on sandy beaches; sailing on blustery lochs; skiing on the rocky slopes of Glen Coe; a rather large lobster I met on my plate aged six .French notes have crept in, unavoidably, as they should as this is a tapestry of my life's most enjoyable visual delights.
Some letters have a choice of illustrations, through requests or my own whim. The placemat designs are fixed. But anything I can print is open to variation and personalisation. Email me at info@fromsal.co.uk
What influenced me? Discovering the Duc du Berry's 15th Century manuscript, Les Très Riches Heures, letters embellished with jewel coloured animals and flowers, whilst studying french and art history at Edinburgh University, many moons ago. This is my version of that age-old art and I trust that, like a good fairytale, crafted to appeal to all ages, my illustrated Alphabet will bring pleasure to both children and adults.
Sal Ashmore
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