The Hirsuite Hippopotomus and the Dip Pen Inked Poster

I've been having fun working on a poster for my show, Roost Arcanum.

I was debating whether to have a hairy riverhorse (it just seems funnier) when I discovered (from Andrew) the word 'hirsuite', meaning hairy. It's such a fabulous word, I couldn't resist having a hirsuite riverhorse, so hirsuite he will be.

Talking of hairyness, I had the (very possibly) crazy idea to ink my poster with as large a dollop of Edward Gorey influence as I could muster. I read that he used Gillotts crow quill and I managed to find some vintage ones and bought some (yummy) iron gall ink from Meticulous inks. I had some ancient (still stinky) scented turquoise and purple inks and have spent the past few days trying to get the hang of crow quilling. Tricky...but I must be getting there...it's become fun!