Carson ellis

Carson Ellis, illustrator // “We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain.” ― Colin Meloy, Wildwood

Carson Ellis has a compelling story to tell in more ways than one. She's been a "hot dog vendor in California, a chairlift operator in Vermont, and an artist's model in Montana." Nowadays she's happy to be an illustrator based in Oregon, and what an illustrator she is! Carson received the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators in 2010, and has also provided artworks for not just two, or three, but FOUR New York Times bestsellers. So, it seems we have quite some talent here and this…

Home, is the long awaited first solo title by Carson Ellis, the American illustrator and co-creator of the Wildwood books. It’s a subject that’s close to her heart – writing on th…

Carson Ellis is an illustrator living in Portland, Oregon.

Carson Ellis

“My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don’t say, ‘My heart is broken.’ We say, ‘Are there any cookies?’ ”

The singer, banjoist, and mandolinist Mick Moloney came up in the Dublin folk scene of the nineteen-sixties, then moved to Philadelphia, earning a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. He also founded the Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, based at N.Y.U. With the fiddler Athena Tergis, the klezmer singer Tamar Korn, the Filipino vocalist Grace Nono, and plenty of help from the local community of musicians and scholars, he’ll be presiding over four…

The video about hand-lettering that I have been promising

A morning dive into Carson Ellis' tumblr reminds me why she is one of our most favorite illustrators: We are so proud to have her work as part of the Sublime Stitching Artist Series! Carson Ellis - Embroidery Patterns

It's World Book Day tomorrow and following on from my last post on the fabulous John Rylands Library it seemed like a good time to take a look at our new favourite book here - Carson Ellis's Home. The fabulous book takes us on a journey through the many different types of homes from houses in the country, flats in the city, homes on buses, boats and even a shoe. At the end we find the artist herself in her studio looking at the objects which inspired the book. The illustrations are beautiful…