The Goose is Getting Fat

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Christmas is coming, and Christmas means cards. My designs are intricate and colourful, inspired by history, literature and nature, full of hidden jokes and stories. All are lovingly designed and many are hand-painted: they're for making people feel special. If you usually buy charity cards, I warmly encourage you to donate to your favourite charity when buying cards: as a guideline, charities usually receive 10% or less of the price of a 'charity card'. You can also browse and buy from the great range of Christmas cards in my Etsy shop, or you can commission your own Christmas card design. Please also 'like' my page on facebook, or sign up for email updates below to keep in touch.

 Eleanor M Harris

I'm an illustrator and historian living and working in Edinburgh, City of Literature. I make books, maps, cards, pictures. My inspirations are the history, literature and nature of Scotland and beyond. My tools are watercolour, calligraphy, fiction, research, a little netbook and a bicycle.

If you'd like to ask me a question or make a comment or just say hello, I'd love to hear from you at eleanor@eleanormharris.co.uk

Illustration

The links on the left show examples of my work, but there's lots more for you to explore. You can read articles about my illustration on my blog and buy my products in my folksy and etsy shops. Please sign up on facebook or email below to be kept in touch:

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History

I am working on a PhD on the Edinburgh New Town, which you can find out a bit more about on the marmionmouse page of my website. I am developing a mailing list of people who would be interested to receive occasional emails about talks or publications connected with this research. If you would like to be included on it, please email me at eleanor@eleanormharris.co.uk

Forthcoming event: I am giving a talk on my research on 17 October 2011 at 7pm in St John's Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh: all welcome.

For history chat I use twitter. Here are my latest updates, which may or may not be relevant! If you're interested in history come and say hello: