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Nerd Nite London @nerdnitelondon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Enormous thanks to this week's #NerdNite speakers @lydiathornley.bsky.social , Nazma and @vickihird.bsky.social and everyone who welcomed and supported our new host/ boss.

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Head to my Nerd Nite London talk tomorrow to join me in a voyage of nerdery on the printer’s fist (pointing hand) via wood type, Elizabethan farming and dogs @nerdnitelondon.bsky.social

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Nerd Nite London @nerdnitelondon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We're delighted to have #NerdNite regular @lydiathornley.bsky.social back next week to talk about the surprisingly long history of the pointing hand symbol

Road sign featuring pointing hand symbols. Src: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpmarks/47910188181/ License CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I’m the latest artist up at The Trampery on the Gantry, a creative workspace in London’s Olympic Park, with a show of textile pieces, drawings and prints. Open to Gantry members and guests. #eastlondonart #illustrator #mixedmedia #sketcher #e15

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Proud to be in such good company at Light and Dark, the new exhibition at St Margaret’s House Bethnal Green with my tiny mixed media sketch of a buttercup showing off in the shade #mixedmedia #illustrator #botanicalart #eastlondonart #e2 #bethnalgreen

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Just out: tea break, the latest episode of Studio Snack, a podcast with @studionarcis.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/7Igvphn...

Timelapse of an illustration of a tea break alarm, with photos of teaspoons for hands

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Excellent delivery from @sarahmccartney.bsky.social today: I love it!!!

A sweatshirt with images of French and cookery related items against an oatmeal background…

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Sarah McCartney @sarahmccartney.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

At the Vianne launch event with @joannechocolat.bsky.social and @lydiathornley.bsky.social The perfume is officially launched today too.

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just out, the latest episode of Studio Snack, a food podcast about design. This month, we have local sweets history, symbol nerdery, creative experiments and a guest designer open.spotify.com/episode/1Pht...

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

On the studio blog, a gantry of sketchbooks thornley.co.uk/blog

Sketchbooks made for live sketching at the Trampery on the Gantry, handmade from waste paper swatches to reflect its colourful architecture

A handfull of handmade sketchbooks in the shapes of the Gantry’s studios

A spread of live sketching at the. Immunity breakfast of the Gantry workspace, showing a workspace member sketching me and the breakfast bar

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I’ve run masterclasses on getting over a creative block. One of my top tips is going for a walk. But I’ve never mentioned doing the housework… New on the studio blog: hoovering ideas thornley.co.uk/blog/design-...

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Hoovering ideas I’ve run masterclasses on getting over a creative block. One of my top tips is going for a walk

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Less is more, the latest episode of Studio Snack, a collaborative podcast with designer Narcis Sauleda open.spotify.com/episode/65d7...

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hew Locke, What Have We Here, at the British Museum: back-stories, responses, onlooking figures - full of things to think about

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

From the week’s wanders, three London exhibition recommendations: Liz Atkin at the Gallery Café, Drawn to Blue at the Courtauld (26th last day so hot foot it over there to catch it) and Annie Johns at Ken Art Space

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Checking in on the plants through drawing: hydrangea blueing from the base, spider plant host to an actual spider; supermarket geranium giving it a bit of bonsai

Watercolour sketch of a spider plant hosting an actual spider

Watercolour sketch of a geranium, curvy stems, leaves like miniature tree canopy, foreground leaves tinged with pink

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Sketches from art wanderings at the vast London Art Fair and the small and wonderfully informative Drawn to Blue at the Courtauld

Sketch of Birds Eye view over the London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre, huge arc of ceiling over the stands

Gallery goers looking at drawings on blue paper, a couple chatting animatedly

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Lydia Thornley @lydiathornley.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

New here on Bluesky, it seems fitting to introduce myself with a new sketchbook. I’m never without one, made from waste, for visual notes

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