Not much will drag me out to West London, but one that definitely will is the promise of transport nerdery. This Saturday (after spending the morning viewing the Cheapside Hoard with Kathryn – phew, culture all over) we trundled way over to Acton Town to visit the London Transport Museum Depot‘s open day. Emerging from…
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New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn
Keep readingPretty late in posting about this – took so many photos there that it was a bit of a task editing them! We visited the New York Transit Museum on our last day in town, a roasting hot day where we took the ferry down to Brooklyn Bridge, walked some of the riverside promenade (sadly…
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New! Wonder Cat and Printing Office posters
Keep readingNew in my Etsy shop, updated designs of my Wonder Cat and Printing Office posters. You can pick up Wonder Cat here and Printing Office here.
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Retro library posters
Keep readingI’m so smitten with this Flickr set of 1960s library posters, unearthed by a school librarian. They’re inspiring me to make some more book-themed prints!
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Printed Wonders ephemera
Keep readingWhen I went to my gocco class, there were all these glass cases of Xtina’s brill thrifted ephemera collection in the lobby. I thought they deserved their own post.. Share this entry with this shortURL: http://whatkatiedo.es/printephemera
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Ephemera scans
Keep readingThought I’d share these scans of some of the vintage ephemera I’ve picked up from various markets recently. More in my growing Ephemera Flickr set, and if you fancy picking up some of your own, the next London Ephemera Society fair is rolling into town this Sunday, June 19th, in Bloomsbury. A cute book of…
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Ephemera finds
Keep readingSome of my lovely recent ephemera finds including bird and floral colour book plates, musical score covers, amusing advertisements and gorgeous pastel-hued maps… A few of them, and more bits and pieces, are up for sale on my Etsy shop, head over for a look! Share this entry with this shortURL: http://whatkatiedo.es/etsyephemera
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From the Ephemera Fair
Keep readingA good haul from Sunday’s Ephemera Society Fair: Not the best photo sorry, but our star buys were the 1920s Ray Cycles poster that looks bang up-to-date (reminds me of Telegramme’s work) and the handsome pigeon portraits. The ‘Ken Kat’ sweet potato crate label will be framed up in our kitchen. I scanned some bits…