New website

www.hannahesimpson.com

New and updated website, have a look!

Glorious light

My first pop up book

Civilisation

 As humans we began with fire and fear and violence and built our cities up around it. But the fire hasn't gone, it is only covered up, and it is there at the heart of things if you look closely enough.

'Civilisation' is a ten page pop up book that I made in second year. 

Leighton House

Drawings from the brilliant Leighton House Museum 

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum/aboutthemuseum.aspx

Editorial

               

Columbia Road community draw

                                                      

Help us draw Columbia Road!

A few weeks ago Phoebe and I ran a 'Big Draw Project' at the Sundial Centre, a fantastic community centre in Tower Hamlets. We asked visitors and local residents to help us draw Columbia Road, which is one street away from the centre. We heard brilliant tales, some true, some tall. Pictured is Gloria, a local and member of the community centre who gave us some wonderful local history: she nipped home and brought us back a photograph of her great aunt infront of Mrs Collins' haberdashery. Drawing is a marvellous way of showing and sharing history and experience: those who don't want to draw can still participate by prompting others (we drew in the haberdashery on Gloria's instruction) or by talking about the pictures. Check out that magnificent toy shop, filled with toys drawn by various children!

Thanks to everyone at the Sundial Centre - especially Ellen Halstead who got us involved - here is their website http://www.peabody.org.uk/living/community-centres/sundial-centre.aspx 

Embrace functional clothing

Two pages from my travel guide to Cumbria.

Back to school

Hello third year! On the first week back I have been designing and making prototype costumes. They are for a film I want to make about the city, told through the dance of its buildings.