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All images hand drawn using dip pen and ink, book bound by hand :)

All images hand drawn using dip pen and ink, book bound by hand :)

All images hand drawn using dip pen and ink, book bound by hand :)

All images hand drawn using dip pen and ink, book bound by hand :)

Illustrated by hand using traditional dip pen drawings, the text was typewritten on my Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter and the book is entirely hand bound.

It's about Amadora, a lonely witch, who creates a daughter from clay, blood and a tooth from her own jaw, a child meant to stay by her side forever. But Adelaide grows into someone very different, and must decide who she wants to become.

Amadora + Adelaide was illustrated by hand using traditional dip pen drawings, the text was typewritten on my Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter and the book is entirely hand bound.

This year I'm reading classics with gothic elements and illustrating each one. This month was Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend. How lovely is this penguin edition.

This is Lolly with Vinegar, the kitten.

Have you read the book? What did you think of it?

Next month choosing between:

- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

- Rebecca

- We Have Always Lived in the Castle