Jenni Spangler

@jennispangler.bsky.social

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Author on purpose. Illustrator by accident.

Recording of older man singing ‘sally in the garden, sifting cinders, lifted up her skirts and farted like a man. The sound of her parp broke sixteen winders and the ??? Went bang bang bang’
A woman leaves a voice message asking the recipient to let them know if they can make it on Tuesday night and saying the helicopter is in hand (she hopes)
Voice recorded conversation of two men. One says that Dave Allen sends his apologies. The other complains that Dave has been ringing him too early in the morning. Seven am. No, actually it was ten. Still too bloody early
Old voice recorder with the voice of a youngish man saying ‘I’ve had an idea for a short story, titled ‘day dreamer’ ‘
Old tape recorder plays voice of an older man, speaking passionately: it is now time to forget the negative, and act positively
Old mini cassette recorder : a boy with a northern English accent says ‘could you say something? Could you? Go on!’
Depressing alleyway with rusty railings and barred windows. Stained concrete wall with graffiti of a chubby and cheeky looking crocodile and the word ‘hope’
Handwritten text says: about crocodiles If you leave old food lying around and don’t sweep up your crumbs, you will soon be visited by ants and mice looking for nice things to eat. In the same way, hotels which serve continental breakfasts eventually attract crocodiles. They especially like danish pastries, which is why there are so many crocodiles in Denmark. Drawing shows cheeky crocodile and a scaly arm reaching for a basket of pastries
Doodleish response - sketchbook spread showing a man walking beneath a street light in the rain
Sketchbook doodles of some of the bits and bobs I keep on my desk - charging wires, pen nibs, hair ties and various pins and clips
Doodleish song lyrics, with apologies to oasis for the misquote
Sketchbook page of doodled bottles and jars containing fish, mushrooms, skulls, cacti and the moon
Sketchbook page with envelopes addressed to various literary characters - Sherlock Holmes, Estella havisham, Jay Gatsby, Jim Hawkins, Elizabeth Bennett, arrietty Clock and little pig number 3
A sketchbook page with a gothic version of an ABC chart - A is for arsenic, B is for betrayal, and so on!
Childhood favorite books - Tiger Pig, The Jolly Postman and Gobbolino included
“Grid journal” style sketchbook page - views and details from Spode Works
Sketchbook spread divided into 11 rectangular boxes. Each one shows a small detail or view of Spode Works, which is where my studio is. It’s a 250 year old pottery factory, partly in ruins, and it’s gorgeous
The same little doodled creature again, waving and saying ‘hello friend’.
Chris’s gallery of characters
Chris’ instructions for making lots of different simple and fun faces
Chalkboard style doodle of a big-eyed character looking up at the words “Let’s make some art. Don’t worry, it’s easy”
A selection of weird, ugly and generally unpleasant cats, featuring Long Norman, Charlie Ukulele, Nosebleed, Tripe, and everyone’s favourite feline, Perpendicular Tony
Doodles page reads; every year over one hundred and fifteen million tonnes of blank paper is produced. That’s the weight of 1000 humpback whales or (if it helps you picture it) 197897 Russell-Hobbes 2 slice toasters EVERY DAY.the annual volume is over ninety six million cubic meters or 6.4 trillion tablespoons- and it JUST KEEPS COMING. Join us in the battle against the blank page. Take up your pen and do your bit to conquer the relentless swarm of empty paper - one notebook, scrapbook and sketchbook at a time! Down with empty pages!
Instructions on how to keep a mortal human alive, for the benefit of eternal beings. Includes good advice about keeping the blood on the inside of the body, and storing your human in well ventilated areas
Hand drawn newspaper page with whimsical advertisements including ‘Infinite monkeys typing services’ ‘wild goose adventure holidays’ and ‘second hand coffin emporium’