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04.02.2026 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@clairedean.bsky.social
Writer & maker. Short stories, zines, book arts, research. Used to be an academic but retrained as a conservator. Mostly to be found cleaning and repairing old manuscripts, maps & plans in an archive. #BSL sign name, bird π¦ββ¬ πLancashire, North of England
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04.02.2026 13:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gorgeous!! X
01.02.2026 16:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A glass display cabinet holds a selection of paper peepshows with bellows stretched and the metal drum of a zoetrope. Bookshelves are visible through the cabinet.
Peepshows, paper theatres and zoetropes at the Bowes Museum (got to introduce my 19-year-old to some lovely old plastic View-Masters too!)
25.01.2026 19:22 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This looks fantastic, Livi! X
25.01.2026 19:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lepus leaping.
From the Aratea, a 9th-century manuscript on astronomy featuring constellations comprised of words. More here: https://buff.ly/34uIsEa
Ok, with the new book properly underway, I guess I'm going to embrace 'narrative art' as a description for...[waves hand]. www.simongroth.com/marginalia/2...
21.01.2026 10:09 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Windblown charcoal drawing of wave marks in the sand and seaweed-smothered boulders. The beach and grey line of the sea stretch into the distance.
A wet and windy #MorecambeBaySketchClub at Half Moon Bay
12.01.2026 07:16 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0View from train. Sun rising over the Leven estuary. Heysham nuclear power station in the distance. Chapel Island and the ripples of waves are closer.
First commute of 2026 (miraculously there are still trains to Barrow today despite them seemingly going nowhere else!) #MorecambeBay
02.01.2026 08:32 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A pastel drawing of rocks and seaweed on the muddy beach with the sea and the last of the light in the distance
An attempt at drawing the last of the light #Morecambe #Solstice
21.12.2025 17:55 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Haha, brilliant! X
21.12.2025 17:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That's fantastic news! (And don't mind the warring heritage professionals)
19.12.2025 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rain pours and water streams from overflowing guttering onto a ragtag of performers in feathers and billowing plastic beneath the More Music sign.
A luminous puppet with sea like skirts leads the parade through the West End's streets.
Lanterns and windows glowing in the darkness
Lantern parade in the rain #Morecambe
07.12.2025 10:21 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Three barnacles living on yellow plastic netting on a pebbly beach in the sunshine
#MorecambeBay
17.11.2025 10:55 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Black line drawing on white stone paper showing ripples in the sandstone doorway above.
Sketching stone on stone paper at #MorecambeBaySketchClub today
09.11.2025 16:40 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Morecambe beach sand dimpled by the tide. The low winter sun reflected in the slick of saltwater.
Sand patterns
09.11.2025 16:38 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Skeins of blue fabric stretched across a flagged floor. A beam of sunlight pierces the glass roof in a derelict attic space.
In the attic at Salts Mill, Bradford
09.11.2025 16:35 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My new short story colllection The Building Inspector is now available from @nightjarpress.bsky.social on nightjarpress.weebly.com
01.11.2025 09:32 β π 15 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Myriam reading from her book in Saul Hay gallery. A white woman with glasses and great earrings, casual clothes and white trainers.
Myriam smiles as publisher Nick Royle gestures to the contents page of the book. Nick is a white man with grey beard and thick black rimmed glasses.
The red brick gallery from the outside and Myriam can be seen signing copies of her book through the four-paned window.
It was an absolute joy to be at the launch of Myriam Frey's (@dustynewrose.bsky.social 's) first collection, 'The Building Inspector', published by the indomitable @nightjarpress.bsky.social
18.10.2025 09:27 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1A podcast has just been released of my story 'Feather Girls' read by MyAnna Buring: wordtheatre.org/weekly/
12.10.2025 07:51 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0haha, thank you. Can't wait to read and explore the Ephemeral City! π
03.10.2025 14:36 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Claire in hardhat getting rained on with plastic shrouding the shelves behind.
Glad to hear they're letting you WFH! This was me in one of the buildings I work in a fortnight ago π. When I retrained, I didn't realise saving old paper things was going to be so full of adventure!
01.10.2025 16:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very much this (although I don't get sent home, I have to rescue things from the leaky/crumbling bits).
01.10.2025 16:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0View from train window crossing the River Leven estuary in Morecambe Bay. Strata of sand, grey water, grey sky and a window full of raindrops.
October commute
01.10.2025 07:27 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Red brick promenade, railings, bright blue sea in the Walney channel and house in the distance on Walney island under a blue sky with small white scudding clouds.
Barrow looking beautiful on my dinnertime wander yesterday.
26.09.2025 06:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0White and blue pack of 10 embassy regal (empty) and crumpled red coke can.
At my dayjob in an archive today, workmen started bringing me the retro rubbish they found in the loft, including a 1960s fag packet and a 1990s coke can. There was also a 1980s page 3 (not pictured π)
18.09.2025 19:07 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sketchbook with charcoal swirls held just above a pool full of sand, stones, broken shells and seaweed
Gutweed-covered stones rise from a pool with grey sea and sky above.
Drawing the seaweed pools on Hest Bank Wharf at today's #MorecambeBaySketchClub
14.09.2025 14:52 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hope the move goes well! I don't know what to do with myself today!!
12.09.2025 08:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Image of roadworks, no entry sign, the silver humps of the Sage Gateshead building, Newcastle in the distance, all under a stormy sky with rainbow.
Moved my eldest for university yesterday. He's still in the north but right across at the other side π
12.09.2025 08:34 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Beautiful! X
12.09.2025 08:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hello, you're very welcome to use my anti-AI bookplate any time if useful bsky.app/profile/clai... (at some point I'll get round to drawing and printing more bookplates against AI!)
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