Kate Slater Illustration

I stumbled across this old blog and thought perhaps I should mention that for the last few years I've been blogging over on my website: www.kateslaterillustration.com/blog - it would be lovely t...

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Finally, at the grand age of seven-and-twenty, I am the very proud owner of a Blue Peter badge! A couple of weeks ago, on my birthday in fact, I was heading into the Peak District for a celebrat...

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I spent the last week of June working high up amongst the rafters of a 14th century chapel on a tiny island in the North Sea, attempting to suspend hundreds of life-size seabird cutouts from t...

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In two weeks time I’ll be transporting my flock of six-hundred-and-something birds to the Farne Islands and in under three the exhibition will be open to the public! If you haven’t been t...

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I've generally been blogging over here on Wordpress lately, but this is truly brilliant news, so I thought I'd blog twice... I have some really exciting news which I can finally tell you ALL a...

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I made this Henry VIII illustration after reading Wolf Hall and becoming completely absorbed by all things Tudor, so to celebrate the brilliant Hilary Mantel  becoming the first woman AND th...

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On Saturday 10th of November I’ll be participating in two panel discussions at Zero 2 Illo LIVE , the inaugural (one might say most eminent) conference for UK illustrators. It has been m...

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I've added lots of new products to my Notonthehighstreet and Etsy shops! Please visit and let me know what you think - any feedback would be greatly appreciated. All the beautiful photos ...

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Here are my latest illustrations for the RSPB's Wild Times magazine. This time, a lovely story about a rather chilly wren (this is the illustration for Jan/Feb 2013, hence the wintry look...

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One thousand people now like my Facebook page (well, I think technically one of them might be me, so make that 999, but that is neither here nor there). To celebrate this startling fact, you c...

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I have all sorts of blogging plans, but never seem to get round to actually writing them! Here's a quick round up of the last week or so. Firstly, there's a sale on at the moment in my Notonthe...

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I'll be running a series of workshops for children aged 7+ at The Book Barge in Staffordshire this summer! Here is a highly informative poster, packed with essential details and a rabbit for goo...

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Back from a week in beautiful Wales (near Barmouth, which, according to the tourist information office, is known as the Gibraltar of the north). It did rain quite a lot, but we had one beautiful ...

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I'm exhibiting at the Jam Factory in Oxford this summer! From the 25th July - 20th August, it will be my very first solo show which is exciting and also slightly/very nerve-wracking! I'll be...

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ABC London is published today! You can now see quite a few of the illustrations from the book on my website here . And the winner of my ABC London give-away is.... Ten and Sixpence - congratu...

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ABC London will be published a week today on the 7th June by Frances Lincoln! Written by James Dunn and illustrated by some loon with a pair of scissors and a glue-stick, it has already had a...

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I've been making lanterns. The one with the horse was for a present, the flowery one an experiment in seeing how quickly I could work once I knew what I was aiming for. The answer is: not very qu...

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It's still a bit of a work in progress, but yesterday was my mum's birthday and I made this for her. I'm not sure about the creamy-beigey background of this version of the print - cream is...

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Just to let you know that my website is down at the moment, I seem to have neglected to renew something or other from the ancient days of 2008! I'm hoping to get everything up and running post-ha...

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Hooray! ABC LONDON IS HERE. I actually did a forward roll of excitement when I first had an email about this book from Frances Lincoln (this was back in the days when I lived and worked in ...

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Apart from having a job that I LOVE, one of the best things about being a self-employed illustrator is the possibility of taking sudden and unexpected holidays.* On a sunny-Sunday-afternoon sort ...

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Yes indeed, all cards in my etsy shop are 3 for 2 until Sunday! Have a lovely weekend.

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Last week we had four whole days away in Budapest. It's such a beautiful, fascinating city, I urge you to visit! It has absolutely everything you could want: magical spires and domes, mosaic-til...

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I posted my cover illustration for Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun (pub. Simon & Schuster, July 2012) quite a while ago, but haven't been able to share the accompanying black and white interior i...

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A few weeks ago I learnt that two of my illustrations, one from ABC London and the Eva of the Farm book cover have been selected for the Association of Illustrators ' Images exhibition and annu...

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