2020 Advent Calendar [12] – HatchlingMakes

December 12, 2020

Tasha, a.k.a. HatchlingMakes, is a British artist particularly active in supporting wildlife conservation causes. 10% of every order you make from her is donated to a wildlife conservation cause and on her website you can find details on the cause of the month, alongside a history of all the causes she has helped. Instagram here, relevant links here. An artist really worth supporting. The recommended dates for ordering were earlier than December, this year, so you might have issues if you’re just ordering now, but it’s still worth it, even if it arrives late. She’s closing for Christmas in two days: hurry up!

I’m particularly fond of the Happy Howlidays card and the Conservation Crate idea (see the Tiger here), but the tapir sticker sheet is also lovely.

I warned you I would try and do a sort of Advent Calendar recommending you an indipendent artist and illustrator each day till Christmas: I’m not making any promises, let’s see if I can keep this up.

art and fashion

Metafisica / Metafisiche

What a splendid exhibition! I was expecting your regular, run-of-the-mill show at Palazzo Reale, which is usually good enough, but I was surprised at the depth and width of this new endeavour, that spans across the city with multiple initiatives and, even within the show

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books and literature

Isaac Asimov’s “Fantasy” collection

I take issue with this volume, and not because they’re short stories and you’re bound to like some more than the others: they’re all delightful, with very few and negligible exceptions. No, my problem is curatorial: I take issue that instead of grouping all the

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note to self

Comunicazione 101

Cara Trenitalia, Quando ero ragazza, ogni tanto mi capitava di prendere il treno da Milano a Tirano, per raggiungere i miei genitori in vacanza sul lago. È un viaggio verso nord, attraverso la Brianza Felix, che molto presto trasforma la campagna in una collina boscosa

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