Kim Tillyer - witchmountain

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Artist, illustrator and part time bookseller at Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere. Author of Beginner's Guide to #Cyanotype - Search Press 2024 witchmountain.co.uk

Martin Parr photograph of a brown sofa , Signs of the Times 1992
Photograph by Martin Parr from Signs of the Times 1992. Image shows a saggy brown sofa with bright cushions and a white lace edged antimacassar
Flaming marshmallow on a stick in front of a moody, misty lake with Canadian canoe.
A book lies on the grass in dappled sunlight under some paper bunting. Beginners Guide To Cyanotype has a blue and white cover made up of a patchwork of cyanotype prints
A blue and white cyanotype cardboard cake with white flowers and a silver candle sits in sun dappled woodland under some miniature cyanotype bunting
A pile of books on a garden table including Judith Rosema, Plant and Ink Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse and proof copies of Lally Macbeth, The Lost Folk and Jenn Ashworth, The Parallel Path
Proof copy of Lally Macbeth's book The Lost Folk, standing on the bookshop desk
The author Tom Palmer signing copies of his book, Angel of Grasmere inside Sam Read Bookseller, bookshop.
Poster, in black , yellow and grey, for the Great Print 10 exhibition at Rheged, Penrith which opens on April 4th. The imager is of a raven in a crown with a speech bubble saying " I am exhibiting"
Author Zoe Lea standing in the sunshine in front of the bookshop window, holding her novel
The author AD Bergin and his dog outside the bookshop holding a copy of his book
5 shelves of books about creativity, from photography to paper making
Black and white photograph of a girl drawing in a garden
Poster for a print exhibition March 19 - May 17. Image is a print of Cumbrian fells and Lake in shades of green and grey by Glenn Tomkinson
3 images of blue and white cyanotype greetings cards. 1.a bear finding a fallen star, 2. a girl hugging a polar bear and 3. a dove with hand embroidered olive branch
A patchwork of blue and white cyanotype prints on fabric including an image of a Lapwing
A book, "Cry When the Baby Cries" by Becky Barnicoat, stands in the desk at Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere
A cardboard box in the foreground has "Afternoon Tea with Prosecco" scribbled on it in marker pen
Two books, Nature Imprinted and Beginner's Guide to Cyanotype, standing on a wall in the Lake District, with a white cottage and winter trees in the background
Handwritten envelope with a painting of a post box
Tiny baby newt on the kitchen floor
Studio table where a cyanotype print is being developed with a UV light. The shelves behind show print samples, jars of feathers and fabric swatches
Watercolour by William Tillyer. Reflections on the Esk 2019. Blues and greens with simplified bridge defined by a curving blue shadow
Desk top with a vintage copy of Ruth Sawyer's Roller Skates, a cinnamon bun and a yellow mug with coffee
A windowsill with small 3 dimensional painting of a woodland scene with silhouetted cottage in the distance.
A bookshelf with tiny miniature bookshop lit from the inside with its door slightly ajar.
A small picnic by a winter lake in a mountain landscape
Sam Read's in Grasmere viewed from the outside at night, windows lit and fairy lights hanging from the eaves like icicles
Collage of printed leaves and cyanotype mushroom drawing, in shades of blue and black, sprinkled with red stitches.
Enormous roll of brown paper on a studio table
Short video of frosty Lake District landscape taken through a bus window)
A cyanotype print of a fox with plants including a dandelion clock. Parts of the image are hand embroidered
Two button badges from the Rose Hip Collectors Club in the 1960s
Books about art including Beginners Guide to Cyanotype, on a bookshop table display
Cat running joyfully across a field before stopping near a large tree.
North Yorkshire landscape. A grey pony looking over a gate with a sign which reads "We are being made homeless by SnilesworhTrust."
Books on a shelf including Who Owns England? By Guy Shrubsole
Cyanotype artwork of a leaping hare with cross stitched flowers
Blue and white Cyanotype fabric and necklace
Cyanotype print in gold frame in grey and gold interior
Woman in bookshop holding a pile of books
Toad in a bookshop
hand holding a small card with a print of a moonlit pond with frog
Pink and blue sunset with plant silhouette