# Lifeforms Art

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## Posts

- [Scarlet Malachite Beetle Conservation Update](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/scarlet-malachite-beetle-conservation-update/): Hope through co-operation Can beetle conservation make the world feel a little better? At the present time it’s not always easy to feel good about the world but hopefully this will help. Last year, Forestry England told us they might have found a site for a trial introduction of scarlet malachite beetles. We have a good working relationship with Forestry England, mainly on ladybird spider conservation, but also any other species that may need our help. But it took presence of mind for one of their officers to wonder if a restored grassland they were visiting for other reasons, might [&hellip;]
- [The Shrill Carder Bee](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/connect-with-nature/the-shrill-carder-bee/): The Shrill Carder Bee&nbsp;(Bombus sylvarum) In 1912 Frederick Sladen, in his delightful book, The Humble Bee, describes the shrill carder bee as&nbsp;“widely distributed in England and Ireland and common in a good many places but… rare in Scotland.”&nbsp; He doesn’t mention Wales. In 1932 in a fabulous little pocket book on bees, wasps and ants, Edward Step describes the shrill carder bee as&nbsp;“common in England and Ireland but very less so in Scotland.”&nbsp;He too, fails to mention Wales. Sadly, through the following years of the 20th century this pretty insect became scarcer and scarcer. Today it is one of our rarest [&hellip;]
- [Great British Sharks part 2](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/great-british-sharks-part-2/): And so to the sharks that enter the waters of the British Isles… Whilst most spend their time well offshore and are rare or irregular visitors, it excites me that there are more than 30 shark species who live or venture into our waters. The Great British Sharks! In popular culture, worldwide, shark diversity tends to be completely over-shadowed by the now both famous and infamous great white shark which has never been positively identified in British waters to date. The closest great white record appears to be from the Bay of Biscay in the 1970s. However, our seal populations [&hellip;]
- [Great British Sharks - part one](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/great-british-sharks-part-one/): Are we surrounded by sharks? Sharks in our consciousness If you live inland and especially in the British Isles, you probably have little reason to think about sharks. That doesn’t mean you don’t think about them, just that you don’t have to. I read a statistic from the 1980s&nbsp;&nbsp;saying that, at any one time, there are several thousand people floating in the ocean, estranged from the boat they set out in. Whilst most bathers don’t need to think about sharks either, further out to sea they float up to the top of the agenda. Especially in tropical waters. Either way, [&hellip;]
- [The Conservation of the Scarlet Malachite Beetle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/scarlet-malachite-beetle-conservation/): What we have discovered about scarlet malachite beetles and the consequences for the conservation of the species We&#8217;ve had the pleasure of working on the scarlet malachite beetle conservation project for many years. Their species is in decline in the UK. We&#8217;re attempting to reduce that decline. Here are some of our findings. Thatch Courtship Trees Light To the death Prehistoric habitat Mowing meadows Life cycle Larvae Hopeless to hopeful Supporting Beetle Conservation The scarlet malachite beetle conservation project currently has no funding. We can not abandon species which need our help. We are not a charity we created Lifeforms [&hellip;]
- [A close up look at spider faces](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/spider-faces/): Spider Face Off So how did an obsession with spider faces begin? When I was 14, my arachnophobic Mum came home from work one late October evening and handed me (the arachnophilic little monster she’d created) a book that she’d spotted in the library. Hallowe’en was approaching, we shared a love of it. Perhaps she called me Ian because it appears every time I meet someone… “Hallo Ian”.&nbsp; The world of spiders The book might have arrived from a witch’s cave; it had a very arty picture of an orb-web on the cover and was called, The World of Spiders. [&hellip;]
- [Seahorse and Seagrass](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/seahorse-and-seagrass/): Celebrating Nature The weekend before last we were lucky enough to have a stall at the National Botanical Garden of Wales, as part of the Celebrate Nature event organised by the For the Love of Nature team &#8211; what a fabulous bunch of people. It was an amazing event supporting mental health charities, bringing together so many like minded people to celebrate nature. Project Seagrass We met so many amazing people at the event, too many to mention here. But one of the highlights was meeting the people of Project Seagrass. Please go and check them and their amazing work [&hellip;]
- [Swarm Season](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/swarms-season/): The Joy of Bees Honey bee swarms can occur anytime from mid-spring, through the summer. From my experience, they peak in July and quickly reduce as the month fades, with August swarms quite rare. I’ve always been fascinated by bees and started beekeeping when I was 16. My mentor was my first boss and he kept his bees in the grounds of our spectacular workplace, Wollaton Hall in Nottingham.  Bee Sayings His two bee sayings were… “a swarm in May’s worth a load of hay. A swarm in June’s worth a silver spoon but a swarm in July isn’t worth [&hellip;]
- [Dolphin ID](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/dolphin-id/): Porpoisfully looking at Dol-Fins&nbsp; When we’re lucky enough to see dolphins (or unidentified cetaceans), it’s not always easy to tell which species they are. Sometimes they leap clear or poke their heads out of the water but, more often than not, all we see is a dorsal fin and a bit of back with no head showing for long enough and no classic display of tail as they dive for the deep. Are dorsal fin and a bit of back enough to identify a species? Well, they may be. To get my head around it, I started drawing fins and [&hellip;]
- [A Not So Brief Introduction to the Scarlet Malachite Beetle Project](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/scarlet-malachite/): A Study in Scarlet Introduction – Breakthroughs&nbsp; We had some breakthroughs in 2021 and 22. Slowly but surely through managing and monitoring our little scarlet malachite beetle nursery cottages, we accumulated enough confidence to have another go at captive breeding, really just to find out what the larvae (beetle grubs) eat. Are they specialists on bees or some unusual species whose decline or rarity has caused a crash for our beetle? Or are their needs fairly simple and simply not met by how we humans run the countryside these days. Last year we finally bred some beetles. We had larvae; [&hellip;]
- [The Lady Bird Spider](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/the-lady-bird-spider/): It’s all about the Ladybird Spider for us at the moment. Last month we conducted another ladybird spider translocation on the Dorset heaths. Today we launch our newest book, Lacey the Ladybird Spider along with our Ladybird spider T-Shirts. This Easter, our ladybird spiders will be on CBBC’s Deadly Predators starring Steve Backshall… he gave me a T shirt to prove he was here; Ben drew his caricature which Steve took away.&nbsp;You may wonder what we have to do with the ladybird spider &#8211; here&#8217;s just a little bit about it&#8230; What have Lifeforms got to do with Ladybird Spiders?&nbsp; [&hellip;]
- [Cephalopods](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/cephalopods/): Head-foot, ink-jet brainy suckers – The Cephalopods of the British Isles Many people don’t have a clue what a cephalopod is. Even if their Greek and Latin is good the translation to ‘head-foot’ isn’t writhing with firm answers. But almost all people know what octopus and squid are and most have at least heard of cuttlefish even if they associate them with budgies. You could be forgiven for thinking that the trees in Australia amongst which the diminutive parrot, the budgerigar, flies, have cuttle bone growing from them since budgies love them so much! Or, that outside their little shark [&hellip;]
- [Seahorses](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/seahorses/): Seahorse Conservation In the early 1990s I helped found the Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Advisory Group for what was then the Zoo Federation of Britain and Ireland (now BIAZA). I also designed the logo. Among our first project species were seahorses. Not only were they in dire need of conservation attention and awareness, they are such peculiar looking animals, almost magical by their very appearance; mer-horses hinting at a possibility of mermaids and mermen. They seemed a perfect flagship and figurehead for aquatic conservation. Many zoos and aquaria breed rare seahorses now and have helped diminish collection from the wild. [&hellip;]
- [Conservation](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/conservation/): We really are conservationists&nbsp; Every product we send out is accompanied by a card thanking the buyer for supporting ‘our conservation projects&#8217;. What does this mean? Can artists, fashion brands or stationary suppliers actually help threatened species, or is it ‘Greenwash’?  A lot of businesses offset their damage to Earth’s environment by supporting charities, planting trees etc. Some clean up their act in order to retain or gain green consumers as customers. We’ve come into this shop-front world from the other side. As conservationists who’ve become product suppliers. Here’s a brief review of our hands-on conservation work.&nbsp; Barberry carpet moth&nbsp;Pareulype [&hellip;]
- [Whale Encounters Big and small](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/whale/): The whale is the most astonishing animal the world has ever known. It does not merely inspire superlatives – it is a living superlative.&nbsp; Jacques Cousteau, 1986&nbsp; Meeting a Minke Whale In late December 2015 a Minke Whale washed ashore at Ynyslas where the River Dyfi meets the sea. Information came filtering in through social media and we thought we’d take the rare opportunity to have a look. It was dark when we got to the beach and a fine drizzle came and went, softening, most of the time into a thin mist composed of droplets that swirled in the [&hellip;]
- [Castaways and the Columbus Crab](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/castaways-and-the-columbus-crab/): Stormy weather lures me outside&nbsp; I do love the summer but I really, really love the winter storms. &nbsp;Finding something as exotic as a columbus crab is a rare treat. Beachcombing in the dark with the wind howling and the waves crashing is exhilarating enough. But the chances of finding something increase it. The excitement of approaching that unfamiliar object, at first just a smudge in the torchlight, is about as exciting as it gets for me. It may not be for everyone. I was showing taxidermic tendencies from the age of 7 and have, if anything, got worse, but [&hellip;]
- [Edward O Wilson](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/extinction-awareness/edward-o-wilson/): Preserving Our Biosphere &#8211; A Tribute to Edward O Wilson I had the new experience yesterday evening of reading a book by someone I thought was alive that same morning but had found, during the day, that they’d died. Reading on, it was unsettling, upsetting, and made their urgent plea all the more urgent. As they are not fighting anymore, they are among the relics and ruins of the fight to preserve our biosphere.&nbsp; A Bright Light Just occasionally, a person comes along who shines brightly amongst humanity. Darwin, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali are fairly [&hellip;]
- [Winter Wonderland](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/connect-with-nature/winter-wonderland/): Signs of Spring As the juggernaut of Christmas goes rumbling past, many people start talking about signs of spring. Now, you may not agree with me about this but I say HOLD-ON…. STOP&nbsp;&nbsp;FOR A MOMENT.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s take some time to appreciate winter. Whilst I live with the seasons and love the spring time, I like to make the most of the winter too. If I had to favour any season, it would probably be the winter. From a naturalist’s point of view – the only view I have – and especially for a young naturalist, these long nights make the night [&hellip;]
- [The 12 Deer of Christmas](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/christmas/deer/): A celebration of Deer at Christmas time In Britain&nbsp; Red (Cervus elaphus) &#8211; With tall spiky antlers, Britain&#8217;s largest native wild mammal. Adults never spotty.  Fallow (Dama dama) &#8211; With broad flattened antlers, introduced to Britain by the Roman&#8217;s or Normans. True wild fallow deer are rare in their native Turkey. Often spotty with a black and white M on their bottoms.  Roe (Capreolus capreolus) &#8211; With short spiky antlers with very knobbly bases, Our smallest native deer. The original Bambi story was about a roe deer but the Disney film was not. Never spotty, no visible tail. Sika (Cervus nippon)&#8211; With antlers like red deer but body and size a [&hellip;]
- [Festive Evergreens](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/festive-evergreens/): ‘Christian’ Plants that reconnect us with our pagan ancestors&nbsp; A celebration of festive evergreens. To most people reading this, it&#8217;s the run up to Christmas, a time of merriment and celebration. Along with dutiful communications, fear of offence and panic shopping.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here in north west Europe, religions have tied in with early seasonal traditions. We live now in a blend of different traditions which have one foot in nature and the other in religion. I&#8217;m most interested in the first foot. But also in how nature has influenced religion and religious practices, which have supplanted or infused activities which were [&hellip;]
- [The last true penguin](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/extinction-awareness/the-last-true-penguin/): A winter’s tale – the last true penguin?&nbsp; December 1852, sailing home for Christmas, a highly respected ornithologist spotted what he believed to be a penguin off the coast of Newfoundland. The lone bird is widely believed to be the last sighting of the last true penguin.&nbsp; Was it or wasn’t it?&nbsp; Was it a penguin? Did he really see it and, if he did, was it really the last one? Hopefully, you are thinking, “No, no and no” so that this isn’t wasted on you. The answers are, in my opinion: yes and no, maybe and maybe but possibly [&hellip;]
- [A Children's Book & COP26](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/a-childrens-book-cop26/): Reading and saving the planet How can a child, snuggled in bed being read to from our Reindeer Book, or any of our other books for that matter, possibly have anything to do with COP26 and the fate of the planet and life on Earth? Maybe I oversimplify things. I find politics mind-bogglingly complicated and jargon filled when all we all need is warmth, shelter, food and protection from physical harm and illness.&nbsp; I’m no environmental scientist, social engineer or politician but maybe my point of view will help others see what things like COP26 looks like to a jobbing [&hellip;]
- [Reindeer](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/inspiring-new-naturalists/reindeer/): Can Santa’s Reindeer save the Titanic world; the world as we knew it?– We think so&nbsp; “History makes little sense without prehistory, and prehistory makes little sense without biology. Knowledge of prehistory and biology is increasing rapidly, bringing into focus how humanity originated and why a species like our own exists on this planet.”&nbsp; Edward O. Wilson, The Meaning of Human Existence&nbsp; I know, and have known for a long time, that the living world needs more naturalists to help it survive. That’s enough to have driven me to write. But I’m driven further by an urgency brought to us [&hellip;]
- [Inspired by an Octopus](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/inspired-by-an-octopus/): Creating Octagopus!&nbsp; This is the tale of Octagopus and how the image inspired by an octopus, came to be.  Octagopus is probably our most popular image after Curly. I may have to enter a sort of whimsy-world to describe her in an entertaining way. So here we go…  She was waiting in my head to be drawn; but she was waiting a long long time. This is a short story of how she got there and how she got out onto the paper.  The Undersea World Among my favourite experiences of early childhood was sitting on a parent’s lap and [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/echinoderms/): An introduction to echinoderms and their weird and wonderful lives. Have you ever lost touch with a relative? It’s a rhetorical question really because you and I are related but our ancestors lost touch hundreds or even thousands of years ago. It is, in biological terms, meant to happen, we are made both to disperse and stay put in equal-ish numbers to ensure our survival.&nbsp;&nbsp; Protostomes are them and Deuterostomes R us&nbsp;&nbsp; About 600 million years ago, we, the Deuterstomes, parted company with the ancestors of worms, insects, spiders, lobsters and snails. It may have been a simple mutation within [&hellip;]
- [Reconstructing the Steller's Sea Cow](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/reconstructing-the-stellers-sea-cow/): A brief story of the Steller&#8217;s Sea Cow&nbsp; The world of the Steller&#8217;s sea cow is something we only know from the written descriptions of a castaway. A Scientist on an expedition Our hero, and part-villain, Georg Steller was a German scientist on a Russian&nbsp;&nbsp;expedition to the western coast of north America. They would be the first westerners to this part of the Americas. Explorers from the east coast were still far far away.&nbsp; The two ships which sailed from the Kamchatka Peninsula were named after saints. One named Peter and the other named Paul. They became separated in the [&hellip;]
- [A Celebration Of Seal Pup Season](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/a-celebration-of-seal-pup-season/): Spotting A Seal Pup &#8211; A Treat Like Christmas We’ve blogged about seals before but it seems there is always a bit more to say and seal pupping season comes round each year just like Christmas with snowy white seal pup and shingle swells.  Earlier this year too we had the treat of Wally the Walrus turning up in south Pembrokeshire so the seal and sealion family deserves some attention and now seems like the most appropriate time.  In Praise of Pinnipeds The seal and sealion families along with the walruses are truly amazing. Altogether they are called pinnipeds by [&hellip;]
- [Wonderful Wasps](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/wonderful-wasps/): Don&#8217;t let wasps ruin the end of your summer Summery weather makes us want to be outdoors but, as the season progresses some of us are pestered or terrorised by little black and yellow beings who seem intent on spoiling our fun. It is all a misunderstanding though, wasps are our allies and they are telling us something about our health.&nbsp; 10 facts about wasps in Britain&nbsp; Wonderful wasps&nbsp; Wasps don’t bite us or suck our blood but they do catch and eat the insects that do bite us. Despite our fear of them, wasps are reluctant to sting and [&hellip;]
- [The Amazing Stickleback](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/the-amazing-stickleback/): It may be a tiddler, but the stickleback is Britain and Europe’s smallest and most widespread inland fish. They can live in cold, warm, fresh and salt water. Sticklebacks are real survivors and lie, or swim, at the very source of studies into animal behaviour and sentience. 10 Stickleback facts&nbsp; The three spined stickleback is actually the second smallest fish at up to 8cm long. The 10 (or nine; but it actually has anything from 7 to 12 spines) spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) is slightly smaller and more lightly built.  The 15 spined stickleback (Spinachia spinachia) lives entirely in the sea. [&hellip;]
- [Conservation of the Ladybird Spider](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/conservation-of-the-ladybird-spider/): Chocoholics and arachnophiles unite!&nbsp; How hot chocolate may help save a spider. An update on the conservation of the ladybird spider project. I&#8217;ve just realised that I haven&#8217;t given you a full run down on the Ladybird spider conservation project. I&#8217;ll get that written and to you in the next few days. You can take a look at their appearance on Spring watch here. But for now let me tell you what we&#8217;re up to right now, creating containers, to use as translocation vessels. We use these vessels to house a few spiders who overwinter with us in Wales. They [&hellip;]
- [Nettles, Docks And Thistle -The 'Holey' Trinity](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/nettles-docks-and-thistle-the-holey-trinity/): The Wildlife Garden This plea to anyone and everyone to make their garden wildlife friendly rides on the back of my usual mantra about extinction. It rarely happens in big obvious and rapid catastrophes. It happens all around us, so slowly that we get used to it. First a species disappears from a garden, a field or a valley, then from a parish, then a county, then a region. It might be at this stage that we realise that the species has become scarcer, not just locally but everywhere. But maybe not. By this time, there are too few populations [&hellip;]
- [The Wild Corner](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/the-wild-corner/): THE WILD CORNER&nbsp; It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent upon each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species Why the wild corner?&nbsp; Do you ever feel that you cannot help wildlife or the environment, or that you don’t know how or don’t have [&hellip;]
- [Conservation News](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/conservation-news/): Updates on our conservation projects First the bad news&nbsp; Not really conservation news, but in 2020 we had two cars die in Dorset. One mission was delivering Barberry plants to Butterfly Conservation. The other was to survey ladybird spider sites and deliver the plants that hadn’t quite made it before. For us this is one of the biggest challenges for conservation work; maintaining vehicles that can do the work with meager funds, everything else is easy.&nbsp; Ladybird Spider&nbsp;Eresus sandaliatus&nbsp; Having established the 17th&nbsp;population in 2020 on Forestry England land, we used the spiders collected in 2020 to augment a couple [&hellip;]
- [The Kraken Awakes](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/kraken/): Wide Eyed Squids and Squid Kids &#8211; In search of the Kraken Cephalopods (octopuses, cuttlefish, squid and nautiluses) are our most popular images at Lifeforms. In response to the popularity we decided to take it a little further.&nbsp; I can claim no great expertise on the subject but a lifelong fascination does help prevent me from leaving the subject alone. My books about the subject give no list of species from UK waters. I found the vagueness of what I might actually find here, on a beach, frustrating. It is a clear sign that I am struggling when I find myself [&hellip;]
- [Encounters with Cephalopods](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/childhood-encounters-with-nature/encounters-with-cephalopods/): Encounters with Cephalopods &#8211; Squid&nbsp; The World’s oceans still hold many mysteries and secrets. For all our exploration, technology and science, the seas around the British Isles are no less beguiling than any around the World.&nbsp; As a child, I remember looking out at the sea. Most often it was murky and choppy, and I&#8217;d wonder, with wonder, what wonders lay beneath. I was able to see fish, snails, starfish and crabs in rock-pools, fishermen’s crates or washed up on the sand, on brief holidays to the coast. I even saw seals and porpoises, all telling tales of what that [&hellip;]
- [Escape to the Garden](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/escape-to-the-garden/): Earth Day 2021 “God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, avalanches and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.”  John Muir (Scottish Naturalist and USA and international conservation icon)  Preamble – escape to the garden&nbsp; According to the Bible, God was a gardener and he allowed us to live in his garden. I’m digging close to the carefully mown borders of contentiousness here, but I suspect that John Muir, quoted above, would probably have been closer to agnostic or even aetheist today though it is probably still a heresy to corrupt his [&hellip;]
- [Art to Save the Planet](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/art-to-save-the-planet/): Adorning our homes with nature Art to save the planet is a bit of a big ask. But never has our environment faced greater threats than it does today. We all need to take responsibility and play our part. Our approach here at Lifeforms is both hands on Conservation and raising awareness of our fellow creatures. Nothing speaks more clearly than art. Wearable Art We launched with T-shirts, our aim to get the pictures out onto the streets. We&#8217;ve added notebooks to make the art portable and storybooks to connect with younger generations. There will be more T-shirts, as we [&hellip;]
- [Frogs and Toads](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/frogs-and-toads/): Celebrating Frog Day! Frogs and toads (anurans) are widely considered to be the world’s most threatened and rapidly declining group of animals. The statistics are horrifying; the cause is us.&nbsp; Save the Frogs Anyone wondering what we can do or if anyone is doing anything should consider this carefully. Whilst conservationists are fighting hard to conserve species worldwide, the shiva side of humanity is working ever-harder to destroy it and the future of the World’s wildlife rests entirely in our hands, not governments who come and go and not conservationists, both of whom can only help but not succeed without [&hellip;]
- [Recognising corvids](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/corvid-id/): How to tell a crow from a jackdaw! The corvids have much to crow about when it comes to intelligence having outsmarted primates in some tests. There are 8 species (sort-of) resident in the UK. Raven Carrion Crow Hooded Crow Rook Chough Jackdaw Magpie Jay Although some, like the magpie are much easier to distinguish from the others, sometimes you can find yourself looking at a corvid and wondering which one it is. Below, I&#8217;ve tried to give the identifying feature just ahead of the name so you have something to look out for.&nbsp; Raven The huge&nbsp;raven&nbsp;(Corvus corax) is largest [&hellip;]
- [A Valentines Day Special](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/a-valentines-day-special/): A Valentines Day look at how romance is alive and well in the animal Kingdom. Cephalopod Courtship and Amorous Arachnids Not only is it fun to say, but cephalopod courtship is fascinating and bears similarities to the activities of amorous arachnids. Both normally employ modified appendages, we can even call them arms, to perform the act. We romantic humans tend to think of ourselves, or our fellow vertebrates as being the complex ones with beautiful displays and behavioural nuances. But, the more I learn about invertebrates, the more I feel that we are late comers to a stage where it [&hellip;]
- [Charles Darwin Day](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/charles-darwin-day/): Happy Birthday Mr Darwin Today &#8211; 12th February is Darwin Day. This marks the birthday of and celebrates the discoveries of Naturalist Charles Darwin, born in 1809. Charles Darwin We love Charles Darwin here at Lifeforms. Like us he was interested in all life and was not a specialist in any field. He sailed on the HMS Beagle in 1831, not as the official naturalist or scientific officer. But as a gentleman companion for the Captain. When he set out he disagreed with the transmutation theories of people like Jean Baptiste Lamarcke. But what he saw on the 5 year [&hellip;]
- [Taking a look at garden birds](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/taking-a-look-at-garden-birds/): Nature on your doorstep As everything is a little topsy turvy right now and we&#8217;re all confined to our homes once again. We thought it would be fun to take a look at the nature on our doorstep. Where better to start than garden birds? We can all look out of our window and spy the birds going about their business. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve noticed how much more active they&#8217;ve become since the winter solstice, as the days are beginning to get longer. Garden Birds through the kitchen window We recently placed some bird feeders outside our kitchen window, we&#8217;re [&hellip;]
- [Encounters with a Fox](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/encounters-with-a-fox/): Fox News I tend to remain silent about most subjects, but when nature is mentioned I light up!  Christmas conversations for example, can pass me by, feasting, presents, shopping mayhem, even Santa, but mention reindeer and I’m away.  The Sentimental Naturalist As we are contributing to the extravaganza that is the Crafty Fox this weekend, I, as a pathological naturalist, hooked onto the foxy bit and it gets very sentimental for me. I left school at 16 to work in a museum. The museum, Wollaton Hall,  was a hub of natural history awareness, education and conservation. Members of the public arrived [&hellip;]
- [Talking Turkey](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/talking-turkey/): All you ever need to know about Turkeys and much more! A Tale of Two Turkeys&nbsp; It just so happens that I find myself working on two separate blogs about two separate birds with little, and yet also, somehow a lot, in common. Both found themselves on the stage that is human history but one was a flop – a turkey in the Broadway sense (although I admire it greatly) &#8211; and the other was a great success. The latter, however, lives on almost entirely for human use and persecution, whilst the flop had the dignity of flopping in freedom. [&hellip;]
- [On Thin Ice](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/on-thin-ice/on-thin-ice/): Arctic Wildlife in the festive season Sing along with Bing&#8230; If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, then there’s no better start I know&nbsp; Than to raise awareness… for Arctic Wildlife… in&#8230; their dwindling world of snow&nbsp; [And if you’re worried about global warming, with no ice and rising seas&nbsp; You might find solace… to start a conflab… by wearing our organic Ts&nbsp;] Christmas Christmas was an amazing time for me as a child. Magic happened only rarely through the year, if and when one of us lost a tooth; but at Christmas time it was pretty much guaranteed, albeit [&hellip;]
- [Flying Mammals - ho ho ho](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/bats-flying-mammals-ho-ho-ho/): Bats Arrr, (I utter the sound affectionately) bats. Bats, bats, bats.&nbsp; I don’t pretend to understand bats and have no ambition to fathom out their World, their Umwelt.&nbsp; But (or perhaps ‘bat’ in the Queen’s English), I have loved and been fascinated by bats for almost as long as I can remember. I say almost because I can just remember discovering them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Around about my 4th&nbsp;or 5th&nbsp;Christmas, my obsession with animals already well-recognised, I received, from that well known night-flying mammal Santa Claus, a book.&nbsp; Animal Encyclopedia The book was the Hamlyn Children’s Animal World Encyclopaedia in Colour. I hugged [&hellip;]
- [Fast Fashion Alternative](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/fast-fashion-alternative/): More art than fashion We started Lifeforms Art as an extension of our conservation work. We were looking for a way to spread the word about how amazing nature is and how we can all play a part in conservation. Initially, we looked at making 3 dimensional models/sculptures, like the ones Ian used to make for zoos and museums (have you seen the dodo at Chester zoo or the elephant at Dudley zoo?) But we thought 2d art was more accessible to everyone. Then we had a lightbulb moment &#8211; T-shirts! What better way is there to show your love [&hellip;]
- [T-shirts to Celebrate Seal Pupping Season](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/t-shirts-to-celebrate-seal-pupping-season/): It&#8217;s Seal pupping Season Seal pupping season is starting now and, to celebrate the event and to raise awareness, we’re releasing a new T-shirt JUST FOR NOW. Hey, if people in the tropics can roll plastic snow out onto their lawns for Christmas, then we can do this.&nbsp;The T-shirts will be available during seal pupping season only. The Power of Cute By any measure, human or seal, seal pups are cute. Their big glassy eyes plead for our pity and understanding and their snowy white fur glows on the beach making them look like swaddled babies washed ashore. Wait a [&hellip;]
- [For the Love of Octopus](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/for-the-love-of-octopus/): Octopus I have always considered octopuses to be a bit of a rarity on the seashore and hoped but never expected, to find one. About 4 years ago after a storm I found my first British Octopus dead on our local beach and then, about a year later, another one still just alive.   The following year I was luckier still and saw an octopus arrive, very much alive, on the beach in a wave! It was clearly struggling in the surf and since then we have found many more. There have been reports, especially from Wales, of this happening elsewhere [&hellip;]
- [Gardens, Meadows and Bees](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/gardens-meadows-and-bees/): Bees and meadows First the problem I like upbeat stories and solutions more than problems, so I hope you will bear with me through the small downs of this opinion to an up that might help you help save the world’s wildlife. We recently met family in St Davids for a socially distanced walk. The walk which took us westwards along the beautiful coastline to Porth Clyne and then back to Caerfai via St Non’s well and up the road back into St Davids. It&#8217;s a beautiful walk that we know well and usually great for wildlife. We got off [&hellip;]
- [Bumbling on Towards Saving a Beetle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/bumbling-on-towards-saving-a-beetle/): Bumbling on towards saving the Scarlet Malachite Beetle  Or… How can a T-shirt with a bee picture on it help save a rare beetle?&nbsp; Our Bumblebee T-shirt depicts possibly our most iconic pollinator and one of the World’s best loved insects. As such it is an ambassador for many lesser known and often un-loved pollinators. Our T-shirts are made with the intention to get people talking about nature and, in this case, insects and pollen. Conservation The profits from this particular design will go into conservation work for an almost unknown pollinator. The scarlet malachite beetle (Malachius aeneus) which we have [&hellip;]
- [World Environment Day](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/world-environment-day/): World Environment Day Today 5th June 2020 is World Environment Day. The world seems quite an unsettled place at the moment. Environmental issues seem to have taken a back seat. As a family, we made the decision many years ago to avoid flying. Taking a plane to a destination just to fulfil a desire to &#8216;see&#8217; that place, doesn&#8217;t feel like a good enough reason. I wrote a poem about unnecessary flying a while ago. In the current situation with aircraft being grounded due to the corona virus, I have revisited the poem. Today felt like a good day to [&hellip;]
- [Colour An Octopus](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/colour-an-octopus/): Colour an Octopus Would you like to colour an octopus? As you know we&#8217;re a little cephalopod mad here and we thought we&#8217;d share the love with a free colouring sheet and a bit of a competition. Click on the link below to download a free colouring sheet of curly our curled octopus logo. Go crazy colouring her in and then share your pictures on instagram, tagging us in @lifeformsart. There will be prizes. We can&#8217;t wait to see your beautiful work. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
- [World Bee Day](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/extinction-awareness/world-bee-day/): World Bee Day Today, 20th May 2020, is world Bee Day, so it feels like a good day to talk about bees and other pollinators. Flowers and Fruit Most of us like flowers in some way or other and most of us like fruit in some form or other too. Most of the fruits and nuts we eat come from flowers. Many fruits were probably developed by plants to attract us or animals like us; frugivores. Most frugivores are used by the plants to spread and fertilize seeds with our poo. It’s funny to think that plants cannot see or [&hellip;]
- [A Garden Safari](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/a-garden-safari/): Garden Safari We know at the moment things are difficult for so many people. We&#8217;re in a situation none of us has ever experienced before, and let&#8217;s face it, it all feels weird! Because of the lockdown we&#8217;re missing the beach, but that&#8217;s seems like such a minuscule sacrifice compared to what so many others are facing. We&#8217;re here sitting in our sunny garden, wondering if there&#8217;s any tiny part we can play to make things feel the smallest bit better. Home School Many people have been thrust into the wonderful world of home school. We just want to say [&hellip;]
- [The Glutinous Snail Updates](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/the-glutinous-snail-updates/): Glutinous Snail Updates How it all began Like school boys with marbles my old friend Pat Wisniewski and I would discuss, with excitement the possibility of establishing a conservation breeding project for the extremely rare glutinous snail; Europe’s rarest freshwater snail. Considered extinct in Germany, Austria and Poland as well as in England; restricted, in Britain, to a single water body in Wales, the glutinous snail’s existence hangs on a glutinous thread. Having worked together on Kerry Spotted Slugs (Geomalacus maculosus) and Mud Snails (Omphiscola glabra) we thought we might be able to do similar work with glutinous snails. Sadly [&hellip;]
- [Don’t let the Seahorse go the way of the Dodo](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/extinction-awareness/dont-let-the-seahorse-go-the-way-of-the-dodo/): Introduction To Neil Garrick Maidment It is an honour to introduce our latest guest blogger, Neil Garrick-Maidment &#8211; Executive Director of the Seahorse Trust. I have worked occasionally with Neil since the mid-2000s and knew of him long before then as a Dr. Dolittle of seahorses, although it was success with other species that led him into this work. Neil has worked tirelessly and effectively to discover more about seahorses and to raise awareness about the wholesale destruction of their vulnerable world, as well as empowering people to actually do something to help halt their decline. It was Neil’s work [&hellip;]
- [Organic Cotton and Sustainable Fashion](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/organic-cotton-and-sustainable-fashion/): Sustainable Fashion With New York fashion week starting this week and London Fashion week coming up, sustainability in the fashion industry is a hot topic. There is also much, deserved, condemnation of fast fashion and the throw away culture that seems prevalent at the moment. We don&#8217;t really consider ourselves as a fashion brand. Our T-shirts are a way of spreading the message about how amazing the creatures who share our planet are. But we are eco-conscious and our T-shirts are made from 100% certified organic cotton. So we thought we&#8217;d take some time to explain why. Cotton vs synthetic [&hellip;]
- [Encounters with Owls](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/encounters-with-owls/): Encounters with Owls January for me is quite exciting for old favourites. The cold frosty air really gets the tawny owls hooting at night and because the nights are long they can be heard by children before bedtime or not so early in the morning. The frost especially seems to get them going and cold still air seems to help their voices carry  further and to echo, spooklily and mystically, I love it. It starts in the autumn really but intensifies as the males set up territories and defend them, mostly with noise. The classic owl sound Hoo-hu-hu-hooooo comes from [&hellip;]
- [Saving the Planet One Tiny Action at a Time](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/saving-the-planet-one-tiny-action-at-a-time/): Tiny Actions. A Blog Post By Ben Hughes Introduction Hello, I’m Ben, you may know me from one of our Instagram pictures, (I’m the one with the big dark curly hair&#8230;) I’ve been wanting to write a blog for a while now. Many have been started but they are either incomplete or I’m not happy enough with them. I’ve struggled with what to write about. I’ve written blogs about what I’ve seen in the woods or on the beach on a particular day, trips away, drawing and all sorts. But I feel I don’t know enough about what I’m talking [&hellip;]
- [Children are Our Future](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/inspiring-new-naturalists/children-are-our-future/): We believe that children are our future Let&#8217;s start with a quote from that 70&#8217;s George Benson classic &#8211; The Greatest Love of All (written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed in 1977, revived by Whitney Houston in 1985 for all you music buffs!) &nbsp; I believe that children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children laughter remind us how we used to be. &nbsp; Well if that song isn&#8217;t stuck in your head [&hellip;]
- [Finding A Porpoise in Life](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/finding-a-porpoise-in-life/): Finding a porpoise in life We&#8217;re very excited to have a guest blog written by Holly Dunn, Project Officer, at Sea Trust in Pembrokeshire. Holly is running an amazing photo ID project for harbour porpoises and she&#8217;s telling us all about it. Sea Trust Sea Trust is a non-profit community interest company established in 2003, working to better understand and help protect local marine wildlife, and to raise awareness in the local community. Sea Trust focuses much of its research on marine mammals, conducting land, ferry and small boat surveys. Much of this work has taken place at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, where [&hellip;]
- [Inspiring New Naturalists](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/inspiring-new-naturalists/inspiring-new-naturalists/): Inspiring New Naturalists Can we inspire a new generation of naturalists, conservationists, environmentalists with art? Money making has never really been my thing. I quickly identified as a child that I wanted to work with nature and preferably in conservation; spreading the message about what I care about. FAQs popped up after the “What do you want to do when you grow up question.” How will you make any money at that? Isn’t it a difficult line of business to get into? What qualifications will you need? As a fairly financially dis-interested, un-academic, introvert, stubborn to a fault about his [&hellip;]
- [A Conservation Project for the Glutinous Snail](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/a-conservation-project-for-the-glutinous-snail/): Myxas moments… We&#8217;ve had some incredibly rewarding times surveying the glutinous snail at its only known site in the UK. Anyone reading this might wonder how that could possibly be! How can you have a great day looking for snails? Well… this particular snail is considered to be Europe’s rarest freshwater mollusc. We are working under licence from Natural Resources Wales, to investigate the life cycle of the glutinous snail. To do this we&#8217;ve placed a series of artificial refuges at key positions in the lake to observe the snail’s behaviour. This project was initially funded by Natural Resources Wales and [&hellip;]
- [Organic Cotton T-shirts and more](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/organic-cotton-t-shirts/): Lifeforms Art We&#8217;ve just released a new curled octopus T-shirt. The curled octopus organic cotton t-shirts have become our best sellers by far and we love all the positive feedback we get about them. We&#8217;re beyond excited to know that our octopus t-shirts are being worn around the world. In Australia, America, Spain, UK, Germany, Denmark and other countries too. To mark the release of the our third version of the Curled octopus T-shirt, we thought we&#8217;d tell you a little more about our brand name, our logo and why we came to put art on t-shirts in the first [&hellip;]
- [The Amazing Lion's Mane Jellyfish](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/the-amazing-lions-mane-jellyfish/): Encountering the Lion&#8217;s Mane Jellyfish We were recently lucky enough to spend a wonderful week in a beautiful quiet spot on the Isle of Skye. From our window we were incredibly fortunate to see Minke whale, sea eagles, otters, common seal and grey seal &#8211; bliss! One of our favourite encounters was with the beautiful lion&#8217;s mane jellyfish. The Lion Most people, in Britain at least, are in awe at the beauty of the mighty lion. Beautiful indeed, but a voracious predator with an undisputed record of man-eating. Bizarrely, to us at least, the equally beautiful lion’s mane jellyfish, sometimes [&hellip;]
- [Encounters with Seal Pups](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/encounters-with-seal-pups/): It&#8217;s the time of year for seal pups It’s all go for grey seals at the moment. The pupping season is drawing to a close but the seal pups are in a race against time to become sea-borne and fat before winter cold and storms can over-run their beaches or their strength. At the same time, females returning to the sea are mated by bulls who guard and compete over beaches. Neither bulls or cows feed at this time of year and rapidly lose weight. Grey seals seem a little clumsy to us but they can dive beyond depths of [&hellip;]
- [The Leatherback Turtle and Plastic Pollution](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/plastic-pollution/the-leatherback-turtle-and-plastic-pollution/): The Leatherback Turtle and Plastic Pollution Introducing Ruth the Luth &#8211; A story book to colour. Our first Story Book. We&#8217;ve just released  the first of our new Children&#8217;s T-shirts, the barrel jellyfish and the leatherback turtle. To accompany them we&#8217;ve created Ruth the Luth a story book to colour. It&#8217;s a story about how small actions can make a difference to our planet and the creatures who share it with us. Our aim is to empower children to know that they can make a difference, in what can sometimes seem a world filled with negative news. Also we aim to give [&hellip;]
- [The Land of the Hermit Crab: Exploring Skomer’s Sea Floor](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/the-land-of-the-hermit-crab-exploring-skomers-sea-floor/): Hermit Crabs Here at Lifeforms Art we have a passion for hermit crabs and their amazing nomadic life. We were delighted to be contacted by Zoology Graduate Melanie Baker who has been studying the habitat of hermit crabs around Skomer Island. She has very kindly written a blog for us about her research. The Land of the Hermit Crab: Exploring Skomer’s Sea Floor By Melanie Baker Skomer Marine Conservation Zone Close to the end of the Pembrokeshire peninsula, in SW Wales, lies the Skomer Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). Known for its wildlife, this small region of the UK is famous [&hellip;]
- [Microplastics are eaten by creatures of the deep!](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/plastic-pollution/microplastics-are-eaten-by-creatures-of-the-deep/): &nbsp; We are delighted to have a guest blog by Marine Plastic Scientist Winnie Courtene-Jones. She tells us about her research into how micro plastics are reaching even the deep seas. Our latest T-shirt, the brittle star was created to help raise awareness of how echinoderms are being affected by plastics. Microplastics are eaten by the creatures of the deep! By Winnie Courtene-Jones, Marine plastic scientist and doctoral research student. Plastics are a versatile and hard-wearing material that we encounter numerous times in our day-to-day lives. Up to 8 million tons of plastics enter our oceans each year. Due to [&hellip;]
- [Call him Ishmael ....... A tribute to Orcas](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/celebrating-nature/call-him-ishmael-a-tribute-to-orcas/): Call him Ishmael… Just as our killer whale rises from the ocean, I have divided this article, loosely, into: sinking, rising emerging and zenithing to metaphorically explore a relationship with Orcinus orca. I grew up knowing them as killer whales, I liked that they were killers, and I tend to call them that. Many people now prefer to call them orcas but, for an animal that has been found with 13 porpoises and parts of 14 seals in a single individual, that kills and eats whales bigger than itself as well as ponies and dogs off pack ice and that [&hellip;]
- [Curly The Curled Octopus](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/curly-the-curled-octopus/): Curly The Curled Octopus How Curly became our logo We have just produced a new batch of t-shirts, in response to comments from customers, featuring curly the curled octopus. In effect we have launched the lifeforms brand as a brand; not what we expected to do. Our aspirations were much more unassuming – an environmental message using art. Our popular logo is now available on a T-shirt. A 100% organic cotton Fair Wear certified T-shirt of course! We call our logo ‘Curly the Octopus’. She came to be when I found a dead octopus after a storm. Tales of a Taxidermist! [&hellip;]
- [Cards, cards and more cards!](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/environmental-awareness/christmas-cards-cards-and-more-cards/): Cards, cards and more cards We&#8217;re heading towards that &#8216;most wonderful time of the year&#8217; when our hearts are filled with thoughts of loved ones. The time when we ponder sending Christmas cards far and wide. This year we&#8217;ve launched our new range of cards as Voyager and Boomerang cards. The back of each card explains that they are re-sendable. The idea is that they go back and forth between recipients for many years, the purpose being that we cut our emissions but still maintain the tradition of a written message. One card can become a memento of love and [&hellip;]
- [My Grandfather, The Cavemen and Me!](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/art/why-we-sell-our-art-on-t-shirts/): Why we sell our Art on T-shirts? Art on T-shirts is the best way we can think of to raise awareness of the Natural World. We at Lifeforms are conservationists to the core. Whilst extinction is a natural phenomenon over millions of years, extinctions caused by human activity are a very different matter. Taken at its coldest level, every species is a unique piece of heritage, like a castle, a mountain or a work of art that can and should be preserved for our children, grand-children and beyond. Most of us know that living beings are much more than just [&hellip;]
- [Distant Meetings with Seals](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/encounters-with-nature/distant-meetings-with-seals/): Distant meetings with Seals Grey Seal Pups I saw my first seal pup of the year a couple of weeks ago  (29th August). I spotted it from the cliffs near Strumble Head. Their autumn breeding season has begun! The following day there were two more, calling mournfully to their mums. We live near the sea and see seals almost every week through the year, but never tire of them. The white pups are one of the cutest creatures on Earth but their situation is a serious one. Grey seal mums desert their pups if stressed! This can include seeing people approach the [&hellip;]
- [Leatherback Turtle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/extinction/leatherback-turtle/): Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) The leatherback turtle is also known as the leathery turtle or Luth. It is one of the most threatened species to be found in British waters. Can you see leatherback turtles off the British coast? Although it cannot breed on our chilly beaches, the leatherback turtle migrates thousands of miles to our food rich sea to fatten up.  These turtles are increasingly spending time around the coast of Britain. This is because of the warming water temperatures and the large numbers of jellyfish they prey on. Measuring over 2 metres long as an adult the leatherback is [&hellip;]
- [Lifeforms Art and the Conservation of the Scarlet Malachite Beetle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/the-conservation-of-the-scarlet-malachite-beetle/): The Scarlet Malachite Beetle What Is The Scarlet Malachite Beetle? Flighty and small with red and metallic green colouring, the scarlet malachite beetle is one of Britain&#8217;s rarest and most threatened insects. It is about 1cm long and visits flowers and grass heads from late April to July. Opening its delicate red wing-cases, it unfurls its long gossamer wings and lifts off gently whilst rapidly accelerating to speeds beyond its apparent ability. It flies easily but usually for short distances close to the flower tops. Scarlet Malachite Beetle Behaviour Approaching this beetle is a treat in shy behaviour, a language [&hellip;]
- [Crabs - a childhood memory.](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/childhood-encounters-with-nature/crabs-a-childhood-memory/): Crabs and crabbing I finally got round to drawing crabs lately. Hunting crabs is a big part of what made me and to see a crab even now, whatever species, brings a buzz of excitement deep inside that takes me back to my childhood. I don’t remember all the details but the feeling is a familiar old friend… the result of a satisfactory contact with other species! When you&#8217;ve read his you&#8217;ll understand why I had to have a crab t-shirt! Childhood Memories We used to holiday most years at Filey in Yorkshire. At some point very early on, around [&hellip;]
- [Steller's Sea Cow - A story of Extinction](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-projects/stellers-sea-cow-a-story-of-extinction/): It’s too late for the Steller’s Sea Cow… I guess that’s its message. Whilst many people, most of them sailors, saw, hunted and tasted Steller’s sea cow, it bears the name Steller simply because Georg Wilhelm Steller was the only person to describe the animal and its ecology scientifically. Related to the much smaller tropical manatees and dugong’s, their giant polar relative was extinct within 30 years of its scientific discovery. Such A terrible shame and it was more rapid than the demise of the much more publicised dodo or the great auk. Was it a wasted existence or does [&hellip;]
- [Fashion Revolution Week](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/fair-wear/fashion-revolution-week/): Fashion Revolution Week This week 23rd &#8211; 29th April 2018 is fashion revolution week. The 24th April marked the 5th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed and injured thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh. The factories there made clothes for many high street stores. This terrible disaster started the fashion revolution, which calls to make the fashion industry safer, fairer and more transparent. The fashion revolution movement asks us to ask &#8216;Who made my clothes?&#8217; and is asking brands to come forward and answer that question. We should all ask that question about what we wear, we must [&hellip;]
- [Freshwater Habitats Trust](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/freshwater-habitats-trust/): Freshwater Habitats Trust This year is the 30th anniversary of Freshwater Habitats Trust and we are honoured to have been asked to produce a range of products to celebrate it. We’ve borrowed the ‘30’ from 30th and are giving 30% of profits from sales of our dragonfly range to Freshwater Habitats Trust. We chose a dragonfly for all the reasons below and because it&#8217;s Freshwater Habitats Trust’s logo. Having worked with Freshwater Habitats Trust for over 20 years on various projects, we&#8217;re always  impressed with their work and their objectives. While it is on your mind, if you haven’t done [&hellip;]
- [Stars of Autumnwatch!](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/autumnwatch-stars/): Conservation in action This week, our babies will perform on Autumnwatch! In 1995 I was asked by English Nature, now Natural England, to create an ‘insurance population’ of Tadpole Shrimps (Triops cancriformis) as part of the Species Recovery Programme. The shrimps were only found in one UK pond. A single pollution incident could have had a catastrophic effect on the population. So, I collected mud from the pond and shared it amongst colleagues. I scraped the mud from my boots into an old plastic chocolate box and from this mud (after drying and wetting) emerged a spectacular little shrimp! The [&hellip;]
- [Conservation in Action](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/conservation-in-action/conservation-in-action/): Lifeforms Conservation We&#8217;d like to give you a brief introduction to the conservation projects that Lifeforms have been involved with in the past and those we&#8217;re working on at the moment. We&#8217;ve been directly involved in the conservation of threatened species for over 20 years. We&#8217;ve worked with species such as;  distinguished jumping spiders, fairy shrimps, great crested newts, hazel pot beetles, pond mud snails, tadpole shrimps, tansy beetles and others. Every project we&#8217;re involved with is different. Our main focus is to find out how each species behave and what it is they need to survive. We work with [&hellip;]

## Pages

- [Wholesale](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/wholesale/): If you&#8217;re interested in stocking our products we&#8217;d love to hear from you. Please email Kerry &#8211; kerry@lifeformsart.co.uk and she&#8217;ll get back to you asap. Thanks 🙂
- [British Moths Matter](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/british-moths-matter/): Thank you for voting for the British Moths Matter T-shirt Use the code moths10 to get 10% off your next order. The code is valid until August 31st so you can wait to see if your T-shirt choice goes to print.
- [Free Jellyfish info pack](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/free-jellyfish-info-pack/)
- [Free Colouring Pages](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/free-colouring-pages/): Free colouring pages and resources to download. Click on the links below each picture to download the free colouring pages.. Some are one page colouring sheets, others are PDF&#8217;s with fun facts and information about the featured creatures. These would make great mindfulness colouring pages and fab home education resources. Keep checking back as we&#8217;re adding to them all the time! Bats and spiders O&#8217;s &amp; X&#8217;s A game of bats and spiders o&#8217;s &amp; x&#8217;s with a gravestone board to play on too. Click to download the pages colour and cut out your players, then battle it out between [&hellip;]
- [Turkey Colouring Sheets](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/turkey-colouring-sheets/): Celebrating Turkeys To celebrate the release of our new Christmas Turkey products here are some Turkey colouring sheets to download. Just click on the picture to download it. We&#8217;d love to see your turkeys. Let&#8217;s celebrate the magnificent turkey. Turkeys are for life not just for Christmas! Ian has written a spectacular turkey blog that we&#8217;ll share with you in the next few days!
- [Crafty Fox Colouring Sheets](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/crafty-fox-colouring-sheets/): To celebrate our very first online market with the lovely Crafty fox market here are some crafty foxes for you to download. Just click on each one to download it.
- [Pumpkin Colouring Sheets](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/pumpkin-colouring-sheets/): Free Pumpkin colouring sheets created for us by Blenny Imaginarium Click on the images to download the pumpkins and turnip. We&#8217;d love to see what you create! Happy Halloween!
- [Welcome to Lifeforms Art](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/welcome-to-lifeforms-art/): Take a look around, we hope you find something you love!
- [Eco-conscious Brand](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/eco-conscious-brand/): Lifeforms Art Lifeforms Art is an independent, eco-conscious brand specialising in capturing nature in art and sharing it. Our aim is to celebrate the amazing creatures we share this beautiful planet with. We hand draw all of our artwork. We want our products to share the message that Nature is amazing, and that we are all responsible for the future of our planet and it&#8217;s inhabitants It&#8217;s massively important to us that our products are produced as ethically and sustainably as possible. T-shirts and Sweatshirts The aim of sharing the art on T-shirts is to educate, empower, raise awareness and [&hellip;]
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- [Home](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/): Gorgeous Goods for Wildlife Lovers View Collection Art to wear and share &#8211; inspired by nature Latest Products Shop By Category T-shirts Hoodies Sweatshirts For Children Stationery For Your Walls  Hi we&#8217;re the Hughes family from beautiful Ceredigion in west Wales. We&#8217;re conservationists and artists creating art to wear and share, to raise awareness for conservation, to support our ongoing hands-on invertebrate conservation and to support other conservation bodies. We&#8217;re inspired every day by the amazing nature around us and would love to share that with you. Nature Art For Conservation Hi we&#8217;re the Hughes family from beautiful Ceredigion in west [&hellip;]
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- [About Lifeforms Art](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/our-story/): Lifeforms Art Hello! We’re Lifeforms Art &#8211; AKA the Hughes family, Ian, Kerry, Jake, George and Ben from beautiful Ceredigion, West Wales. We&#8217;re total nature nerds, passionate about sharing our love for nature through art and story telling. Lifeforms Art is a project we began in 2017 to create unique products for our fellow wildlife lovers. Helping to support our underfunded fieldwork conservation projects in the process. Our mission is to create beautiful pieces of art, for you to wear and share with others. To celebrate the amazing creatures we share this glorious planet with. To start conversations about wildlife, [&hellip;]

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- [Polar Bear Paw Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/polar-bear-paw-sweatshirt/): Polar Bear Paw Sweatshirt Polar Bear Paw sweatshirt, a winter special available for a limited time. In a beautiful soft, stone washed finish, the sweatshirt is 100% organic cotton. The Sweatshirt The Polar Bear Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton, this means there are no polyester microfibres heading out to sea with your wash. The organic cotton is hand-picked and grown without the use of harmful chemicals, ensuring healthy soil and farmer well-being . The sweatshirt is brushed 3ply and very cosy. It&#8217;s in an extra soft stone washed finish in your choice of black or white. [&hellip;]
- [Brittle Star Hoodie - Stonewashed](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/brittle-star-hoodie-stonewashed/): Brittle Star Hoodie The Brittle Star Hoodie, 100% organic cotton hoodie in a stonewashed finish making it incredibly soft and really comfortable to wear. With original art of the beautiful sand brittle star. About the image The sand brittle star Ophiura ophiura  is a member of the class Ophiuroidea which is the largest group of echinoderms. We chose this incredible ‘other worldly” creature to help raise awareness of how echinoderms are being affected by microplastics. Marine plastic scientist and doctoral research student Winnie Courtene-Jones, wrote a blog for us back in 2019 about her research into how micro plastics are [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/echinoderms-sweatshirt/): Echinoderms Sweatshirt Echinoderms sweatshirt, a beautiful soft, stonewash finish 100% organic cotton sweatshirt. With six exquisite echinoderms hand screen printed with planet friendly ink. For starfish lovers The Sweatshirt The Echinoderms Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton, meaning there are no polyester microfibres heading out to sea with your wash. The organic cotton is hand-picked and grown without the use of harmful chemicals, ensuring healthy soil and farmer well-being . The sweatshirt is brushed 3ply and very cosy. It&#8217;s in an extra soft stone washed finish in a burgundy colour, with the echinoderms  hand screen printed in [&hellip;]
- [Portuguese Man O' War Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/portuguese-man-o-war-sweatshirt/): Portuguese Man O&#8217; war Sweatshirt The Portuguese man o&#8217; war sweatshirt, 100% super soft organic cotton sweatshirt hand screen printed with original art of this other worldly creature About the image Portuguese man o&#8217; war are fascinating creatures. Related to jellyfish, they are a floating colony of specialised polyps, each group of polyps carrying out a particular function. The uppermost polyp is the gas filled chamber which can be seen floating on the surface of the ocean. The artwork on the sweatshirt is printed with the float as a left chest pocket image and the tentacles floating away below. Your [&hellip;]
- [Sharks Jaws Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sharks-jaws-sweatshirt/): Sharks Jaws Sweatshirt Sharks Jaws sweatshirt, a beautiful stonewash finish 100% organic cotton sweatshirt  . Original line drawings of the jaws of 16 of the sharks that can be found in British waters. For shark lovers. So many of these amazing sharks are classified as vulnerable or endangered by the IUCN. You can read more in the Great British Sharks blog! Let’s spread the word about how amazing sharks are – Save our sharks! The Sweatshirt The Sharks Jaws Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. This means there are no polyester microfibres heading out to sea with [&hellip;]
- [Seahorse Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/seahorse-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): Seahorse Long Sleeve T-shirt The Seahorse Long Sleeve T-shirt, to support the Seahorse Trust. There are two seahorse species native to Britain, and this T-shirt features the magnificent long snouted or spiny seahorse. The T-shirts are made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. They&#8217;re vegan certified. Hand printed with water based inks to keep the softness. The Art The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian of the female spiny seahorse. &nbsp; The Seahorse Trust 10% of profits from seahorse products go to the Seahorse Trust The Seahorse Trust was set up [&hellip;]
- [Dragonfly Long Sleeve T-Shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/dragonfly-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): Dragonfly T-shirt. The Dragonfly  Long Sleeve T-shirt is 100% super soft and comfortable organic cotton. The long sleeve T-shirts are perfect for cooler weather or for sun protection in the Summer. The cuffed sleeves add to the durability of the T-shirt  The Dragonfly Art The beautiful Emperor dragonfly adorns this T-shirt that celebrates the work of the Freshwater Habitats Trust. Freshwater Habitats Trust is one of the UK’s principle research and conservation charities. Working for the protection and recovery of our most endangered freshwater species and their vulnerable habitats. They work in partnership to develop and deliver practical advice to [&hellip;]
- [Resting Octopus Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/resting-octopus-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): Resting Octopus T-shirt The Beautiful Resting Octopus available on a long sleeve T-shirt.  The T-shirts are really soft organic cotton with comfortable cuffed sleeves. The resting octopus is our best seller and she looks equally beautiful printed in white. The Art The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. This image was inspired by another octopus rescue near New Quay. The curled octopus had been washed up in a storm and was a little worse for wear. We placed her carefully in a sheltered rock pool, and after a few moments of [&hellip;]
- [Spider Faces Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/spider-faces-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): Spider Faces Long Sleeve T-shirt The spider faces T-shirt with a spectacular 38 spider faces representing all of the spider families in the UK, now available as a long sleeve option! Designed and printed by the Hughes Family in our Ceredigion basement. We hand print each of our beautifully soft organic cotton T-shirts using traditional methods and eco-friendly water based inks. The Artwork This T-shirt has been a labour of love for Ian, he worked on the design for over a year. The idea started with the book  &#8216;The World Of Spiders&#8217; by W. S Bristowe. All of the British [&hellip;]
- [British Owl Faces Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-owl-faces-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): Owl Faces Long Sleeve T-shirt The super soft Long Sleeve Owl Faces T-shirt features line drawings of the six owls found in the UK.  The T-shirt is 100% organic cotton, and are really comfortable to wear. The cosy cuffed sleeves give add to the durability About the owls image The owl faces were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. They are drawn to scale and include Tawny owl Short-eared owl Snowy owl Long-eared owl Little owl Barn owl We&#8217;ll send you a leaflet telling you exactly who is who on your owl faces T-shirt, with a bit of [&hellip;]
- [Children's Octopus Hoodie](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-octopus-hoodie/): Children&#8217;s Octopus Hoodie The Octopus Hoodie for young nature lovers. Curly the octopus had to be the first to be printed on our new range of children&#8217;s hoodies. The hoodies are amazingly soft and comfortable brushed 100% organic cotton. The image is the beautiful curled octopus. About the image Curly, the curled octopus  was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. She was nspired by experiences with living curled octopuses (Eledone cirrhosa) on our local beaches in New Quay. We have had the joy of rescuing some of these beautiful creatures after they&#8217;ve been washed up in storms. She [&hellip;]
- [Children's Sharks Jaws Hoodie](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-sharks-jaws-hoodie/): Children&#8217;s Sharks Jaws T-shirt The Sharks Jaws Hoodie for young shark lovers. The original art is printed onto an incredibly soft and comfortable brushed organic cotton hoodie. It&#8217;s a brilliant way for children to learn more about sharks found in British waters. The image is printed on the back of the hoodie, with the front left blank. About the image The line drawing of the 16 sharks were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. Lots of these sharks are classified as vulnerable or endangered. Young eco-warriors need to know! The jaws are all shown nose to the sky, [&hellip;]
- [Woodland Nature Discovery Book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/woodland-nature-discovery-book/): Woodland Nature Discovery Book The woodland nature discovery book, is the story of poor Yorick the mouse and his unfortunate encounter with Macduff the owl. The book is called &#8216;Scenes that Play Out in the Woods&#8217; and is an introduction the goings on in the woods. Although not a happy tale for the mouse it&#8217;s a fun way to learn about food chains! The book is divided into two parts. The first written in rhyme is the story of our friend Yorick the mouse and how one day he disappears and we later discover an owl pellet. The second part [&hellip;]
- [Children's Woodland Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-woodland-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Woodland Gift Set The Woodland Gift Set makes the perfect gift for young woodland explorers. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Owls T-shirt, info Leaflet and The Woodland Life Nature Discovery Book. The set is an introduction to both woodland life and British owls. The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The British Owls T-shirt in the gift set is available in four sizes 5-6 Years 7-8 Years 9-10 Years 11-12 Years Childrens-T-shirt-sizes [&hellip;]
- [Children's Sharks Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-sharks-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Sharks Gift Set The Sharks Gift Set is the perfect gift for young shark lovers and children fascinated by life under the sea. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Sharks Jaws T-shirt, info Leaflet and Sharks Colouring Book.  This set will give your young nature lover lots of info about the sharks that come into British waters. The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The Jaws T-shirt in the gift set is available [&hellip;]
- [Children's Seahorse Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-seahorse-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Seahorse Gift Set The Seahorse Gift Set, a set for young nature lovers, supporting the Seahorse Trust. The Gift Set The gift set includes the Seahorse T-shirt, info Leaflet and Sebastian the Seahorse Nature Discovery Book. Who doesn&#8217;t love a seahorse? This set is a great introduction to seahorses and gives young seahorse lovers lots of fun facts. The T-shirt The Seahorse T-shirts are 100% super soft organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The Octopus T-shirt in the gift set [&hellip;]
- [Children's Octopus Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-octopus-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Octopus Gift Set The Octopus Gift Set, a book and T-shirt set for young octopus lovers. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Octopus T-shirt, info Leaflet and Curly the Octopus Nature Discovery Book. Octopus are such fascinating creatures to learn about, with their eight arms, numerous suckers and their beak! The book  helps young nature lovers discover more about octopus, then they can wear their T-shirt with pride! The T-shirt The curled octopus T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by [&hellip;]
- [Children's Gulls & Buoys Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-gulls-buoys-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Gulls &amp; Buoys Gift Set The Gulls &amp; Buoys Gift Set makes such a fun gift for young nature lovers to discover birds that usually get called seagulls. The Gift Set The set includes the Gulls &amp; Buoys T-shirt and Nature Discovery Book and info Leaflet. The set is a brilliant way to find out about gulls. The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The Gulls &amp; Buoys T-shirt in the gift set is available [&hellip;]
- [Children's Birds Of The Coast Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-birds-of-the-coast-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Birds Of The Coast Gift Set The Birds of the Coast Gift Set is a lovely gift for young nature lovers, as a reminder of their seaside holiday. The Gift Set The set includes the Puffin T-shirt, info Leaflet and Birds of the Coast Nature Discovery Book. The set is a brilliant way to find out about the birds at the coast and wear the iconic puffin. The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The [&hellip;]
- [Children's Ladybird Spider Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-ladybird-spider-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Ladybird Spider Gift Set The Ladybird Spider Gift Set makes the perfect gift for young nature lovers and children interested in conservation. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Ladybird Spider T-shirt, info Leaflet and Lacey the Ladybird Spider Nature Discovery Book. The Ladybird Spider was once only found on one site in the UK and was perilously close to extinction here. Thanks to an amazing conservation project, which we are delighted to have been a part of, the spider is now in a much safer position, found on at least 15 sites. This set is a celebration [&hellip;]
- [Children's Turtle Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-turtle-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Turtle Gift Set The Turtle Gift Set makes the perfect gift for young wildlife warriors and children fascinated by life under the sea. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Leatherback Turtle T-shirt, info Leaflet and The Turtle Nature Discovery Book. The Leatherback turtle starts its life on a far away beach hatching from an egg no bigger than a ping pong ball. Then makes its way across the oceans, sometimes entering British waters. The life of the turtle can be perilous, this set will give your young nature lover lots of info about the life of the [&hellip;]
- [Children's Barrel Jellyfish Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-barrel-jellyfish-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Barrel Jellyfish Gift Set The Barrel Jellyfish Gift Set makes the perfect gift for young jellyfish lovers and children fascinated by life under the sea. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Barrel Jellyfish T-shirt, info Leaflet and Nelly The Jellyfish Nature Discovery Book. The Barrel Jellyfish is often only seen washed up on beaches in a gelatinous “splat”. This set will give your young nature lover lots of info about these other worldly creatures. And hopefully reduce their fear of these magnificent jellyfish The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to [&hellip;]
- [Children's Sharks Jaws T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-sharks-jaws-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Sharks Jaws T-shirt The Sharks Jaws  T-shirt is a fun hand screen-printed T-shirt for young shark lovers. The original art is printed onto a lovely soft and comfortable organic cotton T-shirt. Its aim to help children to learn more about sharks found in British waters. About the image The line drawing of the 16 sharks were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. Lots of these sharks are classified as vulnerable or endangered. Little eco-warriors need to know! The jaws are all shown nose to the sky, showing the difference between the different species and include Basking shark [&hellip;]
- [Children's Owls T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-owls-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Owls T-shirt The Owls T-shirt, a beautifully soft organic cotton T-shirt for young nature lovers. It&#8217;s a brilliant way for children to learn more about owls found in Britain. About the image The owl images were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The T-shirt features owls that may be found in the UK. The owls featured are Tawny owl Long-eared owl Snowy owl Short-eared owl Barn owl Little owl This children’s owl shirt comes with a free info leaflet all about the owls on the T-shirt.  Empowering young nature lovers with knowledge about their favourite creatures. The [&hellip;]
- [Olly the Oystercatcher & Friends](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/birds-of-the-coast-nature-discovery-book/): Olly the Oystercatcher and Friends Meet Olly the Oystercatcher and his bird friends in this Birds of the Coast nature discovery book  to colour. This fun book introduces young nature lovers to puffins, oystercatchers, curlews and lots of other birds that can be found around the coast. Introduced by Olly the oystercatcher this nature book is full of  lovely bird illustrations to colour. This Kids book makes discovering nature facts lots of fun. Written in two parts, the first half of the book introduces each bird with a rhyme- I&#8217;m Olly the Oystercatcher &#8220;pipeep -pipeep&#8221; I poke in the ground with my [&hellip;]
- [Super Nettle T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/super-nettle-t-shirt/): Super Nettle T-shirt The Super Nettle T-shirt released on Earth Day to celebrate the much maligned and so important nettle! T-shirts are 100% organic cotton, super soft and lovely to wear. You can spread the message about how important nettles are while you&#8217;re wearing it. About the nettle image The super nettle idea has been brewing for some time, the image is a hand drawn nettle leaf with the S cut-out reminiscent of that famous super hero. You can read all about how important nettles are to our native invertebrates in Ian&#8217;s blog. We would have far less butterflies and [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/echinoderms-t-shirt/): Echinoderms T-shirt The Echinoderms T-shirt for sea-life lovers, starfish lovers and beachcombers! This beautifully soft organic cotton T-shirt  features original art of six gorgeous echinoderms.  Hand printed to order using planet friendly water based inks. About the echinoderm images The echinoderms were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. They include Spiny Starfish Sand Star Common Starfish Sand Brittlestar Cushion Star Green Sea Urchin You&#8217;ll receive a free info leaflet with your T-shirt full of information about the creatures. The T-shirt The T-shirts are made from 100% organic cotton in a beautifully soft stone washed finish. They&#8217;re vegan certified. Printed [&hellip;]
- [Barrel Jellyfish Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/barrel-jellyfish-sweatshirt/): Barrel Jellyfish Sweatshirt Barrel Jellyfish sweatshirt, super soft and cosy stonewash finish sweatshirt, 100% organic cotton . A celebration of the beautiful jellyfish and their exquisite swimming style! The perfect sweatshirt for jellyfish lovers and sea swimmers. The Sweatshirt The Barrel Jellyfish Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. This means there are no polyester microfibres heading out to sea with your wash. The Sweatshirt is brushed 3ply and very cosy. It&#8217;s in an extra soft stone washed denim blue, with the swimming jellyfish hand screen printed in white, planet friendly, water based inks. The Artwork The artwork was hand drawn [&hellip;]
- [Lobster Fine Art Print](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/lobster-fine-art-print/): Lobster Fine Art Print The Lobster Fine Art Print is an A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) giclée print. So often shown red &#8211; their cooked colour, this watercolour shows the lobster in his fine blue natural glory. The Image There were so many lobsters washed up during the storms of the winter of 2024 -25, we rescued many, placing them back in rock pools. This giclée print is reproduced from Ian&#8217;s original pen, ink and watercolour drawing and is perfect for your kitchen or sea themed bathroom. Frame not included. The prints are from original artworks by Ian Hughes. The Details [&hellip;]
- [British Sharks Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-sharks-gift-set/): British Sharks Gift Set The British Sharks Gift Set, the perfect gift for the shark lover in your life. The set includes the Sharks T-shirt, the Sharks Poster, and a shark info leaflet, with info about all of the sharks on the T-shirt. The Poster The A3 poster is from Ians watercolour field sketch style drawings of the sharks that you&#8217;re most likely to find in British waters. The posters are 190gsm and printed on recycled natural paper. You can choose the labelled or unlabelled sharks poster as part of the gift set, The T-shirt The sharks T-shirt features line [&hellip;]
- [British Bats Hoodie - Stonewashed](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-bats-hoodie/): British Bats Hoodie The British Bats Hoodie features line drawings of 12 of the bats to be found in the UK.  The  100% organic cotton hoodie is in a stonewashed finish making it incredibly soft and really comfortable to wear. About the bats image The bats were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The bats are drawn to scale and include Whiskered Bat Daubenton&#8217;s Bat Barbastelle Bat Pipistrelle Lesser Horseshoe Bats and lots more We&#8217;ll even send you a leaflet telling you exactly who is who on your bat hoodie. This bat hoodie is perfect for bat lovers [&hellip;]
- [British Owl Faces Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-owl-faces-sweatshirt/): Owl Faces Sweatshirt The Owl Faces Sweatshirt features line drawings of the six owls found in the UK.  The Owl sweatshirt is super cosy 100% organic cotton, it&#8217;s soft and very comfortable to wear. About the owls image The owl faces were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. They are drawn to scale and include Tawny owl Short-eared owl Snowy owl Long-eared owl Little owl Barn owl We&#8217;ll even send you a leaflet telling you exactly who is who on your owl faces sweatshirt. The Sweatshirt The Sweatshirts are made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton, so no [&hellip;]
- [Owl Faces Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/owl-faces-poster/): Owl Faces Poster Owl Faces poster &#8211; owl art, the faces of six beautiful owls. The A3 poster is from Ians pen and ink drawings and features the six owls you&#8217;re most likely to encounter in Britain. The Owls on the poster are Tawny Owl Snowy Owl Little Owl Short-eared Owl Barn Owl Long-eared Owl This poster is  labelled with hand written names, so you know who is who on the poster. The British owls are all hand drawn to scale, the snowy owl has just made it on there as a British species! This poster makes the perfect gift [&hellip;]
- [British Owl Faces Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-owl-faces-gift-set/): Owl Faces Gift Set The Owl Faces Gift Set, the perfect gift for the owl lover in your life. The set includes the owl faces T-shirt and poster and an owl info leaflet. All sent to you in a box. The Poster The A3 poster is from Ians pen and ink drawings of these beautiful birds &#8211; the six owls most likely to be seen in Britain. The posters are 170gsm and printed on recycled natural paper. The T-shirt The owl faces T-shirt features the pen and ink drawings of the owl faces, drawn to scale.  The T-shirt is 100% [&hellip;]
- [British Bats Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-bats-gift-set/): British Bats Gift Set The British Bats Gift Set, the perfect gift for the bat lover in your life. The set includes the Bats T-shirt, the Bats Poster, and a bats info leaflet. The Poster The A3 poster is from Ians watercolour field sketch style drawings of these beautiful flying mammals and features the fifteen bats that you&#8217;re most likely to see in Britain. The posters are 170gsm and printed on recycled natural paper. The T-shirt The bats T-shirt features line drawings of 12 of the bats to be found in the UK, drawn to scale.  The T-shirt is 100% [&hellip;]
- [British Owl Faces T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/owl-faces-t-shirt/): Owl Faces T-shirt The Owl Faces T-shirt features line drawings of the six owls found in the UK.  The T-shirt is 100% organic cotton, it&#8217;s very soft soft and comfortable to wear. About the owls image The owl faces were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. They are drawn to scale and include Tawny owl Short-eared owl Snowy owl Long-eared owl Little owl Barn owl We&#8217;ll even send you a leaflet telling you exactly who is who on your owl faces T-shirt. The T-shirt The T-shirts are made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. They&#8217;re vegan certified. Printed [&hellip;]
- [Horned Octopus Tote Bag](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/horned-octopus-tote-bag/): Horned Octopus Tote Bag The Horned Octopus Tote Bag because octopus are amazing! The horned octopus bag features original art of the beautiful horned or curled octopus. The octopus most likely to be found in British waters. The Tote bag is organic cotton &#8216;in conversion&#8217;, which means that the cotton farmer is moving to organic practice, but has not yet received organic certification. We&#8217;ve been looking for organic cotton bags to print on and we&#8217;re really pleased to have found these.The bags are classic tote bag size 42 x 38 cm with a long 67cm shoulder strap making them easy [&hellip;]
- [Owl Faces Tote Bag](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/owl-faces-tote-bag/): Owl Faces Tote Bag Owl Faces Tote Bag for owl lovers! The owl faces bag features line drawings of  the 6 British owl faces. The Tote bag is organic cotton &#8216;in conversion&#8217;, which means that the cotton farmer is moving to organic practice but has not yet received organic certification. We&#8217;ve been looking for organic cotton bags to print on and we&#8217;re really pleased to have found these.The bags are classic tote bag size 42 x 38 cm with a long 67cm shoulder strap making them easy to carry. Your Owl Faces Tote Bag  is in a dusky blue colour, [&hellip;]
- [Sharks Tote Bag](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sharks-tote-bag/): Sharks Tote Bag Sharks Tote Bag hand printed with 10 of the sharks to be found in British waters! The shark bag features line drawings of 10 British sharks.  The Tote bag is organic cotton &#8216;in conversion&#8217;, which means that the cotton farmer is moving to organic practice but has not yet received organic certification. We&#8217;ve been looking for organic cotton bags to print on and we&#8217;re really pleased to have found these.The bags are classic tote bag size 42 x 38 cm with a long 67cm shoulder strap making them easy to carry. Your shark bag for life will [&hellip;]
- [Spider Faces Tote Bag](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/spider-faces-tote-bag/): Spider Faces Tote Bag Spider Faces Tote Bag for spider lovers! The spider faces bag features line drawings of 38 spider faces representing all of the spider families in the UK. The Tote bag is organic cotton &#8216;in conversion&#8217;, which means that the cotton farmer is moving to organic practice but has not yet received organic certification. We&#8217;ve been looking for organic cotton bags to print on and we&#8217;re really pleased to have found these.The bags are classic tote bag size 42 x 38 cm with a long 67cm shoulder strap making them easy to carry. Your Spider Faces Tote Bag [&hellip;]
- [Bats Tote Bag](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/bats-tote-bag/): Bats Tote Bag Bats Tote Bag for all the bat lovers who would rather carry the image than wear it! The bat bag features line drawings of 12 of the bats to be found in the UK.  The Tote bag is organic cotton &#8216;in conversion&#8217;, which means that the cotton farmer is moving to organic practice but has not yet received organic certification. We&#8217;ve been looking for organic cotton bags to print on and we&#8217;re really pleased to have found these.The bags are classic tote bag size 42 x 38 cm with a long 67cm shoulder strap making them easy [&hellip;]
- [Sharks Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sharks-poster/): Sharks Poster Sharks poster &#8211; shark art, sixteen beautiful sharks all drawn to scale. The A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features most of the sharks to be found in British waters. The Sharks on the poster are Blue shark Black-mouthed dogfish Common hammerhead Tope Greenland shark Lesser spotted dogfish Short-fin mako shark Porbeagle Nursehound Common smooth hound Smalltooth sand tiger shark Spurdog Stellate or starry smooth hound Thresher shark Velvet belly Angel shark This poster is just the art, no ID labels, if you’d prefer a labelled one, so you know who is who [&hellip;]
- [Sharks Poster - Labelled](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sharks-poster-labelled/): Sharks Poster – Labelled The Labelled Sharks poster for shark lovers. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features the sharks to be found in British waters. The Sharks on the poster are Blue shark Black-mouthed dogfish Common hammerhead Tope Greenland shark Lesser spotted dogfish Short-fin mako shark Porbeagle Nursehound Common smooth hound Smalltooth sand tiger shark Spurdog Stellate or starry smooth hound Thresher shark Velvet belly Angel shark They’re all labelled so it’s easy to know who is who, if you’d prefer an unlabelled one with just the art, you can find that here. [&hellip;]
- [Bats Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/bats-poster/): Bats Poster Bats poster, featuring all the British Bats. (The three pipistrelle bats are represented as one!) This A3 poster is from Ians watercolour field sketch style drawings of these beautiful flying mammals and features the following bats &#8211; Greater Horseshoe Bat Barbastelle Bat Whiskered Bat Lesser Horseshoe Bat Brown Long-eared Bat Brandts Bat Pipistrelle Bat Daubenton&#8217;s Bat Grey Long-eared Bat Natterer&#8217;s Bat Serotine Bat Leisler&#8217;s Bat Bechstein&#8217;s Bat Noctule Bat Greater Mouse Eared Bat That&#8217;s a lot of bats. They are all drawn to scale and all labelled so you know who is who in the bat world. If [&hellip;]
- [Bats Poster - Front and Back](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/bats-poster-front-and-back/): Bats Poster &#8211; Front and Back The Bats poster, for bat obsessives (like Ian!) everywhere, with images of both the front and backs of all your favourite British Bats. This A3 poster is from Ians watercolour field sketch style drawings and features the following bats &#8211; Greater Horseshoe Bat Barbastelle Bat Whiskered Bat Lesser Horseshoe Bat Brown Long-eared Bat Brandts Bat Pipistrelle Bat Daubenton&#8217;s Bat Grey Long-eared Bat Natterer&#8217;s Bat Serotine Bat Leisler&#8217;s Bat Bechstein&#8217;s Bat Noctule Bat Greater Mouse Eared Bat That&#8217;s a lot of bats. They are all drawn to scale and all labelled so you know who [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/echinoderms-poster/): Echinoderms Poster The Echinoderms poster, a really beautiful way to celebrate starfish. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features four beauties. Featured on the poster are Sand Brittle Star (Ophiura ophiura) Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialisl) Common Starfish (Asterias rubens) Sandstar (Astropecten irregularsis) This poster is just the art with no labels, if you&#8217;d like to know who is who, you might like the labelled echinoderms poster. This poster would make the perfect gift for any naturalist, starfish lover, sea life lover, beachcomber and rock poolers of all ages. The details Printed on uncoated,  recycled [&hellip;]
- [Cetaceans Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/cetaceans-poster/): Cetaceans Poster The Cetaceans poster for dolphin lovers. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features the cetaceans that you’re most likely to see around the British Coast. Featured on the poster are Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutes) Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) This poster is just the art of the cetaceans if you’d prefer an labelled one so you know who is who, you can find that here. These are the cetaceans we see most here [&hellip;]
- [Cetaceans Poster - Labelled](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/cetaceans-poster-labelled/): Cetaceans Poster – Labelled The Labelled Cetaceans poster is a lovely way to add nature to your walls, perfect for dolphin lovers. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features the cetaceans that you’re most likely to see around the British Coast. The Cetaceans on the poster are Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutes) Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) They’re all labelled so it’s easy to know who is who, if you’d prefer an unlabelled one with just [&hellip;]
- [Endangered Moths Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/endangered-moths-poster/): Endangered Moths Poster The Endangered Moths poster, for moth lovers, invertebrate lovers and anyone interested in the conservation of the &#8216;little guys! This A3 poster is from Ians watercolour field sketch style drawings and features the following moths, caterpillars and their food plants &#8211; Barberry Carpet Moth Pareulype berberata (Denis &amp; Schiffermüller, 1775) Family Geometridae. Reddish Buff Moth Acosmetia caliginosa (Hübner, 1813) Essex Emerald Thetidia smaragdariamaritima (Fabricius, 1787) EXTINCT These three beautiful moths were part of a conservation project Ian was involved with, working with BIAZA. Thanks to the project the future of the Barberry Carpet Moth is much more secure and we are still [&hellip;]
- [Veined Squid Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/veined-squid-poster/): Veined Squid Poster The Veined Squid poster, pen and ink art for nature lovers. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink drawings and features the Veined Squid Loligo forbesii (Steenstrup, 1856) – an example of a ‘long-finned squid’ Drawn from a specimen found at Llanina point, near New Quay in Ceredigion. The Veined squid gets its name from the wavy patterns on the sides of its mantle. We think the Wavy squid would be a much nicer name! This  squid is one of the UK’s largest cephalopods growing up to nearly a metre long, in total length. Like other squid [&hellip;]
- [Sagittal Squid Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sagittal-squid-poster/): Sagittal Squid Poster The Sagittal Squid poster, pen and ink art of the arrow squid on a poster. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink drawings and features the Sagittal, Arrow or European Flying Squid Todarodes sagittatus (Lamarck, 1798) – an example of a ‘short-finned squid’ Drawn from a specimen found in the surf at Filey Brigg, Yorkshire. Shown dorsal, ventral and with the grasping tentacles extended. These tentacles are usually tucked out of sight and only extended when grasping for prey. This species makes long migrations around the ocean entering coastal waters to breed in vast aggregations. They spend [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms Poster - Labelled](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/echinoderms-poster-labelled/): Echinoderms Poster &#8211; Labelled The Labelled Echinoderms poster, to fill your walls with the beauty of nature. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features four exquisite echinoderms. The Echinoderms on the poster are Sand Brittle Star (Ophiura ophiura) Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialisl) Common Starfish (Asterias rubens) Sandstar (Astropecten irregularsis) They’re all labelled so it’s easy to know who is who! If you&#8217;d like just the art without the names you can find that here. This poster would make the perfect gift for any naturalist, starfish lover, sea life lover, beachcomber and rock poolers of [&hellip;]
- [Cephalopods Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/cephalopods-poster/): Cephalopods Poster The Cephalopods poster, perfect to brighten nature lovers walls. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour drawings and features four cephalopods most likely to be found around the British Coast. The Cephalopods on the poster are Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officials) Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) Lesser Flying Squid (Todaropsis eblanae) Little Atlantic Cuttle (Sepiola atlantica) They’re all labelled so it’s easy to know who is who! This poster would make the perfect gift for any budding young naturalist, cephalopod lover, sea life lover,  and anyone with a fascination for My Octopus Teacher. The details Printed on uncoated, [&hellip;]
- [Coastal Birds Poster](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/coastal-birds-poster/): Coastal Birds Poster The Coastal Birds poster, for bird lovers and coast path walkers. The poster is a great reminder of a trip to the seaside for bird lovers young and old. If you’d like to find out more about the birds, they’re all featured in the Birds of the Coast Nature discovery Book. This A3 poster is from Ians pen, ink and watercolour field sketch style drawings and features the coastal birds that you’re most likely to encounter in Britain. (Gulls not included but keep an eye out for their arrival on a new print soon). The poster shows [&hellip;]
- [Pocket Carder Bee T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/carder-bee-t-shirt/): Pocket Carder Bee T-shirt Introducing the new Carder Bee T-shirt to support the work of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Trust. 10% of profits from these T-shirts will go to their Birds and Bees project. About the project “The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Trust is a charity dedicated to keeping all that is special and unique about the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park landscape here for future generations to enjoy. We care deeply for conservation, community, culture and our coast and want to lead the way in protecting them. In partnership with landowners and farmers, our Birds and the Bees project aims [&hellip;]
- [Bats Colouring Book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/bats-colouring-book/): Bats Colouring Book The bats colouring book features fifteen bats that might be found in Britain. It makes a great spooky treat for bat lovers aof all ages. There are 44 pages full of  bat facts and line drawings of bats for you to colour. Each bat has a description of how to identify them if you&#8217;re lucky enough to encounter them. Detailing how they fly and where you&#8217;re likely to see them. There are pictures of the fronts and backs of the bats too. Included in the bat book are &#8211; Brandt&#8217;s Bat Pipistrelle Bat Grey Long-eared Bat Leisler&#8217;s [&hellip;]
- [Echinoderms Hoodie](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/echinoderms-hoodie/): Echinoderms Hoodie The echinoderms hoodie is an organic cotton hoodie for starfish lovers. Beautifully soft and cosy, with original echinoderm art, hand screen printed to order. The Hoodie The echinoderms hoodie is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. So there&#8217;s no nasty microfibres heading out to sea with your wash!  The Hoodie is a classic, relaxed, unisex, raglan, pullover hoodie, with pouch pockets. It&#8217;s brushed 3ply and it really is so cosy you won&#8217;t want to take it off. It&#8217;s in a sun-faded burgundy colour for relaxed vibes. The echinoderms design is hand screen printed in white planet friendly water based [&hellip;]
- [Shark Jaws Hoodie - Heavyweight](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/shark-jaws-hoodie-heavyweight/): Sharks Jaws Hoodie The sharks jaws hoodie soft and cosy organic cotton hoodie for shark lovers, original art, hand screen printed to order The Hoodie The sharks jaws hoodie is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. Meaning no nasty microfibres will be heading out to sea with your wash!  The Heavyweight (350g) Hoodie is a classic, heavy, unisex, raglan, pullover hoodie, with pouch pockets. It&#8217;s brushed 3ply and it really is so cosy you won&#8217;t want to take it off. It&#8217;s in a dark charcoal colour, with the jaws design hand screen printed in white planet friendly water based inks on [&hellip;]
- [Children's Bats Gift Set](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-bats-gift-set/): Children&#8217;s Bats Gift Set The Children&#8217;s Bats Gift Set makes the perfect gift for young bat lovers and children wanting to discover more about these amazing flying mammals. The Gift Set The boxed set includes the Bat T-shirt, info Leaflet and Bat Colouring Book. Bats are fascinating creatures and are a great way to nurture a love of nature in children The T-shirt The T-shirts are 100% organic cotton (no nasty microfibres heading off to sea) have a GOTS certificate (Global Organic Textile Standard) and are made by a Fair Wear company. The Bats T-shirt in the gift set is [&hellip;]
- [Children's Bats T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-bats-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Bats T-shirt The Bats T-shirt for young nature lovers, is such a fun way for kids to learn about British Bats. About the image The bat images were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The T-shirt features the 12 bats that you&#8217;re likely to encounter in the UK. The bats include Pipistrelle Bat Whiskered Bat Greater Horseshoe Bat and lots more This children’s bat shirt comes with a free info leaflet all about the bats on the T-shirt.  Empowering young nature lovers with knowledge about their favourite creatures. The four page a6 leaflet let&#8217;s them know who&#8217;s who [&hellip;]
- [British Sharks Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-sharks-sweatshirt/): British Sharks Sweatshirt The British Sharks Sweatshirt features line drawings of 10 of the sharks that can be found in British waters. This delightfully soft, 100% organic cotton sweatshirt will definitely be a talking point. The perfect gift for shark lovers. About the sharks picture The sharks were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The sharks featured include Tope Porbeagle Starry Smooth Hound Lesser Spotted Dogfish Blue Shark and lots more Your sweatshirt will come with a free leaflet to help identify the sharks.  You can read more about the featured sharks in the Great British sharks blog [&hellip;]
- [British Bats Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-bats-sweatshirt/): British Bats Sweatshirt British Bats sweatshirt, super cosy organic cotton sweatshirt for bat lovers. The sweatshirt features line drawings of 12 of the bats to be found in the UK. About the bats image The bats were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The bats are drawn to scale and include Bechstein&#8217;s Bat Brown long-eared Bat Natterer&#8217;s Bat and lots more Your bat sweatshirt comes with a free leaflet, to help identify each bat. This Bats Sweatshirt makes a great gift with the bats poster for the bat lover in your life 🙂 The Sweatshirt Sweatshirts are made [&hellip;]
- [Spider Faces Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/spider-faces-sweatshirt/): Spider Faces Sweatshirt Spider faces sweatshirt, 100% super soft and cosy organic cotton sweatshirt. The spider faces sweatshirt is a celebration of spiders, it features 38 faces representing all of the spider families in the UK. The Sweatshirt The Spider Faces Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton, no polyester microfibres. The Sweatshirt is brushed 3ply and very cosy. It&#8217;s in an extra soft stone washed black with the spider  faces hand screen printed in white, planet friendly, water based inks. The Artwork The artwork was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. There are over 660 species [&hellip;]
- [British Bats Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-bats-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): British Bats Long Sleeve T-shirt The British Bats Long Sleeve T-shirt is hand printed to order. Please allow 6 working days for us to hand screen print your t-shirt. The print to order system reduces waste. We&#8217;ll only be printing the T-shirts ordered. These lovely, soft comfortable 100% organic cotton long sleeve t-shirts are perfect extra warmth in the autumn winter and as a cover up in the summer. The Art The art is line drawings of 12 of the bats found in the UK. It includes the pipistrelle bat, noctule bat, lesser horseshoe bat and lots more. Your Bats [&hellip;]
- [British Bats T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-bats-t-shirt/): British Bats T-shirt The British Bats T-shirt features line drawings of 12 of the bats to be found in the UK.  The T-shirt is 100% organic cotton as always, it&#8217;s super soft and comfortable to wear. It will most definitely be a talking point. Bats &#8211; it had to be done, we love a bat and hope you do too. About the bats image The bats were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The bats are drawn to scale and include Daubenton&#8217;s Bat Barbastelle Bat Whiskered Bat and lots more We&#8217;ll even send you a leaflet telling you exactly [&hellip;]
- [British Sharks Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-sharks-long-sleeve-t-shirt/): British Sharks Long Sleeve T-shirt The British Sharks Long Sleeve T-shirt is hand printed to order. Please allow 6 working days for us to hand screen print your t-shirt. The print to order system reduces waste. We&#8217;ll only be printing the T-shirts ordered. Our best selling sharks T-shirt is now available in a long sleeve version so you can be wearing your sharks all year round. These lovely, soft comfortable t-shirts are perfect for your Autumnal days out. The Art The art is line drawings of 10 of the sharks found in British waters and includes the thresher shark, nurse [&hellip;]
- [Children's Dogfish T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-dogfish-t-shirt/): Dogfish T-shirt The Dogfish T-shirt features the greater spotted dogfish, also known as Nursehound and Bull Huss, hand printed on a comfortably soft 100% organic cotton T=shirt. About the Dogfish image The Dogfish  (Scyliorhinus stellaris) was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. It is one of the commonest British coastal sharks. Their egg cases are a common beach combing find, often found washed up on the beaches as mermaids purses. The image shows the dogfish with its egg case. Dogfish egg cases are more elongated than skate and ray egg cases, with twisty curly fronds, that wrap around [&hellip;]
- [British Sharks Jaws T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-sharks-jaws-t-shirt/): British Sharks Jaws T-shirt Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water, here we are with another sharks T-shirt! The British Sharks Jaws T-shirt features line drawings of the jaws of 16 of the sharks that can be found in British waters.  100% organic cotton T-shirt  as always, which is super soft and comfortable to wear. It will most definitely be a talking point. The shark lovers in your life are going to love this T-shirt. So many of these amazing sharks are classified as vulnerable or endangered, you can read more in the Great [&hellip;]
- [Portuguese Man o' War T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/portuguese-man-o-war-t-shirt/): Portuguese Man o&#8217; War T-shirt The Portuguese Man o&#8217; War T-shirt is perfect  for nature lovers. The hand-drawn design shows the intricate beauty of this fascinating marine creature. Hand Screen Printed Each shirt is hand screen printed to order using planet friendly water based inks. The inks sink into the fabric of the T-shirt maintaining its softness. It also means you can iron over the design. Organic Cotton Comfort Comfort meets sustainability with our organic cotton T-shirt. Soft to the touch and eco-friendly, this shirt is perfect for those who care about the environment and their comfort. The breathable fabric [&hellip;]
- [Scarlet Malachite Beetle T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/scarlet-malachite-beetle-t-shirt/): Scarlet Malachite Beetle T-shirt The scarlet malachite beetle T-shirt features this exquisite beetle that we have been working with for many years as it is in serious decline in the UK. If you&#8217;re a beetle fan then you&#8217;re in good company, Charles Darwin was famously a beetler and it&#8217;s been said that&#8230; what we&#8217;ve learned about God is that he has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles!! The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. This image is the male scarlet malachite beetle showing his specially adapted antennae. You can read [&hellip;]
- [Basking Shark T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/basking-shark-t-shirt/): Basking Shark T-shirt The Basking Shark T-shirt for adults! We&#8217;ve had so many requests for an adult version of the glorious basking shark. Here he is on a divinely soft off white organic cotton Tee.  Because he&#8217;s such a big beauty we thought you&#8217;d like to be able to choose between having the design on the front or the back of the T-shirt. If you choose the back, we&#8217;ll add a little &#8216;Lifeforms&#8217; to the front. About the basking shark picture The basking shark is hand drawn using pen and ink and hand printed using water based inks. The basking [&hellip;]
- [Sunfish T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sunfish-t-shirt/): Sunfish T-Shirt Are you a nature enthusiast looking for a way to express your love for the great outdoors? Look no further! Our Sunfish T-Shirt is the perfect addition to your wardrobe. Featuring a beautifully hand-drawn sunfish design, this t-shirt is more than just clothing; it&#8217;s wearable art that celebrates the beauty of nature. Why Choose Organic Cotton? The sunfish T-shirt is 100% organic cotton, it&#8217;s incredibly soft and comfortable. Organic cotton farming uses fewer pesticides, making it a better choice for both you and the environment. Cultivating organic cotton ensures that no harmful chemicals flow into the soil or into adjoining [&hellip;]
- [Hatchling Turtle Toddler T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/hatchling-turtle-toddler-t-shirt/): Hatchling Turtle Toddler T-shirt Hatchling Turtle Toddler T-shirt for budding nature lovers, introducing children to nature at an early age. About the image The hatchling turtle image was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink.  The hatchling leather back turtle is pictured heading out from its nest across the beach to the sea. This lovely soft T-shirt is perfect for little nature lovers starting out on their eco warrior journey. Being 100% organic cotton it&#8217;s ideal for little ones skin. The design is also available for older children &#8211; Children&#8217;s Turtle T-shirt About the T-shirt These lovely comfortable Toddler [&hellip;]
- [Little Wildlife Warrior Toddler T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/little-wildlife-warrior-toddler-t-shirt/): Little Wildlife Warrior Toddler T-shirt Little wildlife warrior toddler T-shirt for budding nature lovers, introducing children to nature at an early age. About the image The  little wildlife warrior text and images were hand drawn by Ben using pen and ink.  The text is a little wibbly wobbly for the wildlife warrior just starting out on their adventures. The images include an acorn and a feather, things that Ben was collecting himself as a tiny nature lover. Also a snail and a starfish, things that he found fascinating as a little one and encouraged his current passion for wildlife. This Toddler [&hellip;]
- [Children's Butterfly Life Cycle T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-butterfly-life-cycle-t-shirt/): Butterfly Life Cycle T-shirt A Butterfly Life Cycle T-shirt for young nature lovers. This super soft 100% organic cotton T-shirt features the Peacock Butterfly from an egg to a caterpillar, through to a chrysalis and into the beautiful butterfly. It&#8217;s a great way for kids to learn about metamorphosis. About the picture This British butterfly, the peacock (Aglais io) was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The black image shows the intricacies of the butterfly’s pattern which is made up of individual scales like the dots of the picture. So much butterfly imagery today is of tropical or [&hellip;]
- [Ladybird Spider Hoodie - Heavyweight](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/ladybird-spider-hoodie/): Ladybird Spider Hoodie &nbsp; The Hoodie The Ladybird Spider hoodie is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton.  The Heavyweight Hoodie is a classic, heavy, unisex, raglan, pullover hoodie, with pouch pockets. It&#8217;s brushed 3ply and it is so cosy you won&#8217;t want to take it off. It&#8217;s in a lovely pistachio green colour reminiscent of the heathland landscape where the spiders live. The spiders are hand screen printed in black planet friendly water based inks. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Spider Art The art work is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. We have worked as part of the [&hellip;]
- [Gulls and Buoys Nature discovery book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/gulls-and-buoys-nature-discovery-book/): Gulls and Buoys Nature discovery book The Gulls and Buoys nature discovery book is a really fun introduction to gulls for young nature lovers. Introduced by Horatio the Herring gull this nature book is full of hand drawn pictures to colour.  It features the gulls and gull like birds you just might encounter at the coast. This nature discovery book to colour is written in rhyme, in a sea shanty style to make nature facts fun and memorable. The aim is for the family to read (and sing!) the book together so everyone remembers these fabulous birds. This book is [&hellip;]
- [Jellyfish Hoodie - Heavyweight](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/jellyfish-hoodie-original-art-hand-printed/): Jellyfish Hoodie The Hoodie The Jellyfish Hoodie is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. This means no nasty microfibres heading out to sea with your wash!  The Heavyweight (350g) Hoodie is a classic, heavy, unisex, raglan, pullover hoodie, with pouch pockets. It&#8217;s brushed 3ply and it really is so cosy you won&#8217;t want to take it off. It&#8217;s in a soft ocean blue colour, with the swimming jellyfish design hand screen printed in white planet friendly water based inks on the back and a single barrel jellyfish as a pocket image on the front. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Jellyfish Art The [&hellip;]
- [British Sharks T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/british-sharks-t-shirt/): British Sharks T-shirt The British Sharks T-shirt features line drawings of 10 of the sharks found in British waters. This delightfully soft, 100% organic cotton T-shirt will definitely be a talking point. Shark lovers will love this T-shirt. About the sharks picture The sharks were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. We&#8217;ve had lots of requests for shark T-shirts so we included lots  The sharks featured include Blue Shark Thresher Shark Nursehound Angel Shark Velvet Belly and lots more We&#8217;ll even send you a leafet telling you exactly who is who on the shark T-shirt. You can read [&hellip;]
- [Children's Spider Faces T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-spider-faces-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Spider Faces T-shirt The  Children&#8217;s Spider Faces T-shirt an absolute must for all spider lovers! It also makes the perfect halloween costume you can wear again and again! About the image Does your little nature lover love spiders, then this  T-shirt is for them! This beautifully soft organic cotton T-shirt features original artwork of the faces of all the British spider families. They are weird and wonderful and a real talking point. Young spider lovers will be able to wow their friends with their spider knowledge! Creating the spider faces has been a labour of love for Ian, it [&hellip;]
- [Children's Puffin T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-puffin-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Puffin T-shirt The Children&#8217;s Puffin T-shirt features the glorious puffin, such an iconic bird, on a 100% organic cotton T-shirt. About the picture The British puffin (Fratercula arctica) was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. It&#8217;s inspired by an experience with living puffins at the beautiful Skomer Island nature reserve, off the coast of west Wales. This children’s puffin T-shirt will come with a free info leaflet all about this beauty of a bird, so the young nature lover in your life can learn all about how puffins live and how they feed etc. About the T-shirt [&hellip;]
- [Children's Gulls and Buoys T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-gulls-and-buoys-t-shirt/): Gulls and Buoys T-shirt The Children&#8217;s Gulls and Buoys T-shirt features the gulls and gull like birds you&#8217;re likely to encounter around the British Coast. About the image The Gulls were hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. The aim of the T-shirt is to help youngsters be able to recognise and name the birds they are seeing. It&#8217;s really fun to know a greater black-backed from a lesser black-backed gull! The gulls are all drawn perched atop a buoy, another fun thing to know about when you&#8217;re on your seaside holiday. This children&#8217;s Gulls T-shirt will come with a [&hellip;]
- [Children's Barrel Jellyfish T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-barrel-jellyfish-t-shirt-2/): Barrel Jellyfish T-shirt The Children&#8217;s Barrel Jellyfish  T-shirt features this fabulous jellyfish in swimming pose on a lovely soft 100% organic cotton T-shirt. The jellyfish was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. This children&#8217;s Jellyfish T-shirt comes with a free info leaflet all about the jellyfish, so the young nature lover in your life can learn all about these other worldly creatures. Quite often the only encounters children have with barrel jellyfish is as a sadly deceased &#8216;lump of jelly&#8217; on the beach 🙁 This T-shirt with the info leaflet is a great way for youngsters to learn [&hellip;]
- [Children's Basking Shark T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-basking-shark-t-shirt/): Basking Shark T-shirt The Children&#8217;s Basking Shark T-shirt features this amazing shark, it’s mouth agape, filter feeding, on this fun 100% organic cotton T-shirt. About the basking shark picture The Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) was hand drawn by Ian using pen and ink. Inspired by a  fascination with these beautiful sharks after watching a documentary many years ago.  The Jacques Cousteau film Shark started a then six year old Ian with a lifelong passion for sea life. Did you know that the basking shark is the world’s second biggest fish and the biggest fish in British waters. This children’s Basking [&hellip;]
- [Sharks Colouring Book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/sharks-colouring-book/): Sharks Colouring Book The sharks colouring book features seventeen shark species that might be found in British waters. Perfect for shark lovers of all ages. With 38 pages full of  shark facts and line drawings of sharks for you to colour. Each shark has a description of its colours in the wild so you can colour them accurately or you can go crazy and colour them however you&#8217;d like! Psychedelic sharks here we come!! Discovering sharks Colouring is a great way to relax for both children and adults, this is a great way to learn about sharks too. &nbsp; The shark [&hellip;]
- [Octopus Long Sleeve T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/octagopus-long-sleeve-t-shirt-2/): Octopus Long Sleeve T-shirt The Octopus Long Sleeve T-shirt is hand printed to order. Please allow 6 working days for us to hand screen print your t-shirt. The print to order system reduces waste. We&#8217;ll only be printing the T-shirts ordered. The Art You may already know that we have a bit of an obsession with Octopus here at Lifeforms HQ. This &#8216;octagopus&#8217; image was hand drawn by Ian based on an octopus in a tank at an aquarium. She was pressed against the glass of the tank with all her arms and suckers on show. Ian got all mathematical [&hellip;]
- [Puffin Pocket Notebook](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/puffin-pocket-notebook/): Puffin Pocket Notebook The Puffin Pocket Notebook contains 38 plain pages. The Artwork for this notebook is from an original by Ian. It has been our most requested image, it seems everyone loves a puffin. The image captures the beautiful colours of the beak and the glint in their eye! We delightful humans have reduced breeding puffin colonies to just a few North Atlantic islands. Spread the love for puffin with this gorgeous notebook. On the back cover of the notebook is information about this exquisite bird. These pocket notebooks make the perfect gift for beach lovers and lovers of the [&hellip;]
- [Crabs Colouring Book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/crabs-colouring-book/): Crabs Colouring Book For nature lovers, the crabs colouring book features thirteen of the crabs that you may encounter around the British coast. Each page has a beautiful hand drawn line art image of the crab for you to colour accurately or go wild and create your own crazy crab. There are also lots of facts about each crab too. Mindful moments Colouring is a great way to relax for both children and adults, this is a great way to learn about nature too. The crabs are named  and there is a description of each crab including the colours, so you [&hellip;]
- [Spider Faces T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/spider-faces-t-shirt/): Spider Faces T-shirt The spider faces T-shirt with a spectacular 38 spider faces representing all of the spider families in the UK! Designed and printed by the Hughes Fam in our Ceredigion basement, we hand print each of our beautifully soft organic cotton T-shirts using traditional methods and eco-friendly water based inks. The Artwork This T-shirt has been a labour of love for Ian, he has been working on the design for over a year. The idea started with the book The World Of Spiders by W. S Bristowe, all of the British spiders feature in this amazing book and [&hellip;]
- [Scarlet Malachite Beetle Water Bottle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/scarlet-malachite-beetle-water-bottle/): Scarlet Malachite Beetle Water Bottle For all our fellow beetle lovers, a scarlet malachite beetle water bottle. These stainless steel water bottles are perfect plastic free alternatives, suitable for hot and cold drinks. Great for picnics and everyday use. Where will you take yours? To avoid waste, our bottles are printed to order. The beetle artwork is from an originals by Ian, the two images, front and back are the male and female beetles. You can tell which one is the male from the claspers on his antennae. These water bottles make a perfect gift for nature lovers. We&#8217;ve been [&hellip;]
- [Octopus Water Bottle](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/octopus-water-bottle/): Octopus Water Bottle Another Octopus water bottle featuring the gorgeous Curled Octopus. This time hand drawn in a resting position. These stainless steel water bottles are perfect plastic free alternatives, suitable for hot and cold drinks. Great for picnics and everyday use. Where will you take yours? To avoid waste, our bottles are printed to order. The Octopus artwork is from an original by Ian, based on an octopus spotted in a Rockpool who settled herself into this beautiful position. These water bottles make a perfect gift for nature lovers. The artwork is also available on a t-shirt here &gt;&gt;&gt; [&hellip;]
- [Scarlet Malachite Beetle Fine Art Print](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/scarlet-malachite-beetle-fine-art-print/): Scarlet Malachite Beetle Fine Art Print The Scarlet Malachite Beetle Fine Art print is a celebration of this stunning little beetle, who we have been working to conserve for over 10 years. Profits from this print will help us to continue with the conservation project. The Fine Art Print is printed at size A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) The Image This is the scarlet malachite beetle pair, the male and female side by side. These beautiful beetles are limited to a handful of site in the UK, we have been lucky enough to be part of the conservation project for many [&hellip;]
- [Lacey the Ladybird Spider Nature Discovery Book](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/lacey-the-ladybird-spider-a-nature-discovery-book/): Lacey the Ladybird Spider a nature discovery book Lacey the Ladybird Spider is the tale of this beautiful spider who was close to extinction in the UK before a conservation project began to save them. Nature Discovery The book tells the story of the conservation project and also the life cycle of the spider. The story, written by Ian, is told in rhyme to be memorable for youngsters and is great to read aloud. It&#8217;s really important for youngsters to know that successful conservation projects are actually happening. The news seems full of doom and gloom, but this positive story [&hellip;]
- [Children’s Ladybird Spider T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/childrens-ladybird-spider-t-shirt/): Children&#8217;s Ladybird Spider T-shirt The Children&#8217;s Ladybird Spider T-shirt, a beautiful hand drawn spider, and hand printed perfect for young spider lovers! This child’s organic cotton T-shirt is a comfortable unisex fit, the t-shirts are super soft and comfortable for young skin. You can choose to have the T-shirt in a Natural  or a lovely bright red colour. The children&#8217;s ladybird spider T-shirt is a celebration of a successful conservation programme to save this beautiful spider from extinction in the UK. You can read more about it here &gt;&gt;&gt; There&#8217;s a book available &#8216;Lacey the Ladybird Spider&#8217; to accompany the [&hellip;]
- [Pocket Ladybird Spider T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/pocket-ladybird-spider-t-shirt/): Pocket Ladybird Spider T-shirt Introducing the pocket ladybird spider T-shirt. We&#8217;ve had the joy of working with the ladybird spider as part of a project to save it from extinction in the UK &#8211; it&#8217;s going well. The T-shirt is a celebration of this glorious spider, the project and all the partners involved. The Spider Art The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. The image is the male ladybird spider in all his glory. You can choose to have your  spider printed in black ink onto a natural or red T-shirt, [&hellip;]
- [Ladybird Spider T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/ladybird-spider-t-shirt/): Ladybird Spider T-shirt The Ladybird Spider T-shirt is 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. Available in a choice of two colours, Red Natural The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. This image is an homage to this beautiful spider Eresus sandaliatus. We&#8217;re very proud to say, we have had a part in the conservation of this species in the UK. The ladybird spider was once down to one site in the UK and at serious risk of becoming extinct. A concerted effort of translocation now means that the spiders are safely in 15 (and [&hellip;]
- [Octagopus Octopus T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/octagopus-octopus-t-shirt/): Octagopus Octopus T-shirt The octagopus octopus T-shirt, a celebration of the exquisite curled octopus, displaying her arms and tentacles beautifully. The Octopus Art The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. Inspired by an octopus in an aquarium. She was displaying her arms and suckers against the side of the tank and having a cheeky peek at passersby. The artwork became a bit of a maths exercise creating the geometry and the beauty of this intelligent creature. It&#8217;s also been described as an Octopus mandala. You can read all about the inspiration [&hellip;]
- [Resting Octopus T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/resting-octopus-t-shirt/): Resting Octopus T-shirt The Resting Octopus T-shirt is 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. It&#8217;s official, we are obsessed with octopus, but they are just magnificent aren&#8217;t they? The Art The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. This image was inspired by another octopus rescue near New Quay. The curled octopus had been washed up in a storm and was a little worse for wear. We placed her carefully in a sheltered rock pool, and after a few moments of panic she settled herself into this relaxed position. She arranged her arms [&hellip;]
- [Octagopus Octopus Sweatshirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/octopus-sweatshirt-2/): Octopus Sweatshirt The Octopus sweatshirt as a celebration of the magnificent curled octopus, drawn in all her glory, arms and suckers front and centre! The Sweatshirt will be hand screen printed to order, please allow 6 working days. The print to order system is to avoid waste, we&#8217;ll only be printing the T-shirts and sweatshirts ordered. Your order will be shipped in plastic free packaging. The Sweatshirt The Octagopus Sweatshirt is made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton, no polyester microfibres. The Sweatshirt is brushed 3ply  very cosy and comfortable. It&#8217;s in a denim blue colour, with the octagopus hand screen [&hellip;]
- [Seahorse T-shirt](https://lifeformsart.co.uk/product/seahorse-t-shirt/): Seahorse T-shirt The Seahorse T-shirt, a celebration of this beautiful creature! Did you know there are two seahorse species native to Britain, and this T-shirt features the magnificent long snouted or spiny seahorse The T-shirts are made from 100% beautifully soft organic cotton. They&#8217;re vegan certified. Hand printed with water based inks to keep the softness. The art work for this T-shirt is from an original pen and ink drawing by Ian. Your T-shirt will be hand screen printed to order here in Wales, using planet friendly white water based inks. Please allow up to  a week for delivery. 10% [&hellip;]


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