Lightmeter Beetle

Dan and I have a steadily growing vintage camera collection, and today I've been using it as a starting point to create mysterious camera-beetle hybrids. This one is the result of a liason between a Leningrad lightmeter and a Lubitel.

Soon after drawing this, a real beetle appeared on my toe, and I made a film about his life which you can watch here: http://vimeo.com/24259311

Post-cinema, rainy streets, having deep discussions in Franks Bar with Dan and Danuta.

WeAdmire

The lovely people at WeAdmire have turned some of my illustrations into t-shirts!

(featured: Elizabeth Taylor, Morrissey, Nikola Tesla and Pathé Tuschinski)

WeAdmire are a t-shirt publishing company based in Shoreditch, London. They use a printing process whereby dyes are embedded in the t-shirts with heat and pressure, meaning that the design won't fade or crack/peel. They print the designs at between 300 - 800dpi, so they are nice and clear too.


They have a website full of unique and very intriguing t-shirts, and you can also find them on Facebook and on Twitter too.


The address of their shop is: 13-15 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3EJ, England

We end up around the mountain that I climb to lose you

I am building a set for a new commission

Here's a little scrap I found from nearly 5 years ago, when I first began to use a mapping pen:

Berney Arms

(click to enlarge)

Me and my friend Danuta recently visited Berney Arms, a mysterious and beautiful land with no roads, accessed only by infrequent trains (by request) or by bike or on foot, and therefore a very quiet, serene place, punctuated by the sounds of lapwings, redshanks and yellow wagtails, the sight of the tallest windmill in Norfolk, , and a lovely "brown" pub serving local ales and yummy Stowford Press cider (the Norfolk Broads looks very similar to the countryside in southern Amsterdam). I've made a map of Berney Arms, inspired by our being trapped there after missing the last train home and having to walk the 5 miles to Great Yarmouth.

I now have a Facebook Page: Emma Ridgway Illustration

Art Against Knives Portrait

http://www.artagainstknives.com/

When Churchill was advised to cut funding for the arts to divert money to the war effort, he replied:

"then what are we fighting for?"

(I wish the current UK government felt the same)

Art against knives

I'm currently working on a portrait project for Art Against Knives, a charity which sets out to "reduce the root causes of knife crime through youth-led arts initiatives that provide an alternative to violent gang culture":

Lady Gaga

a competition entry for V Magazine)