Emma Block

Biography

Pick Me Up Contemporary Graphic Art Fair 2012: Illustrator Emma Block Reviews

This year's Contemporary Graphic Art Fair Pick Me Up as seen from an up and coming illustrator's point of view. Amelia's Magazine contributor Emma Block reviews her fave picks.

Illustration by David Sparshott. Each year the relatively new addition to the art and design calendar that is Pick Me Up seems to find it’s feet a little more and […]

An interview with illustrator Emma Block, as featured in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration

The beautiful collages of Emma Block have been wowing Amelia's Magazine readers since 2010, and since appearing in ACOFI she has embarked on numerous other exciting projects. Read on...

Carlotta Gherzi A/W 2011 by Emma Block. I’ve been working with Emma Block since 2010, when her beautiful work first started to appear in Amelia’s Magazine. Since graduating this summer […]

Tea and Cake, illustrated by Emma Block: Book Review

Amelia's Magazine and ACOFI contributor Emma Block has illustrated an entire book! Tea & Cake is a beautiful aspirational recipe book that would make the perfect Christmas gift.

Amelia’s Magazine contributor Emma Block has been on fire this year – before she even graduated from her illustration degree she began designing a book for Hardie Grant Books, called […]

Paint it! Make it! Party for Japan – an illustrated report by Emma Block

Illustration Rally holds their first ever event. Cakes are eaten, beautiful things are made and money is raised for Japan. All illustrations by Emma Block.

Illustration by Emma Block. In the wake of the tsunami that hit Japan in March, the online community rushed to find a way to help. Illustration Rally, run by Natsuki […]

London Fashion Week A/W 2011 Catwalk Review: Bora Aksu (by Jemma)

The designer shows his AW11 collection at Somerset House and tackles celebrity scrums for Twiggy, Marina and the Diamonds and Nicola Roberts on Friday 18th February.

Bora Aksu by Lisa Stannard Bora was the hot ticket on Saturday night and it was typical that all the big fashion editors were otherwise engaged, ok so they were […]

Climate camp – emmas little journey.

Climate camp, Kingsnorth power station , 6th and7th of August

I will admit that upon arrival to climate camp I was scared. Amelia had warned us about the police being a pain, but I thought, Im certainly not here to […]

Free Range Graduate Shows 2012: Middlesex University Illustration Ba Hons Review

Wonderful presentation and loads of great talent at the Middlesex University illustration graduate show.

I was absolutely blown away by the quality of work on display from Middlesex University illustration students this year: many students had worked in 3D and their stands included decorated […]

Pick Me Up 2012 Special: An interview with fashion illustrator Jason Brooks

We caught up with Fashion Illustration legend Jason Brooks at this year's Pick Me Up at Somerset House. As well as being utterly delightful he had some great words of advice for all those aspiring fashion illustrators out there.

As a self-proclaimed lover of illustrating and in particular illustrating fashion, I eagerly made my way to this year’s Pick Me Up Contemporary Graphic Art Fair at Somerset House. Pick […]

Shelter Up My Street Art Auction: Our House, an Amelia’s Magazine Collaboration

I collaborated with Amelia's Magazine illustrators Lesley Barnes, Emma Block, Yelena Bryksenkova, Natsuki Otani, Antonia Parker and Thereza Rowe to create a special piece of artwork to raise money for Shelter. To be auctioned tonight!

Our House, a collaborative artwork by Amelia’s Magazine created in aid of the Up My Street campaign by Shelter. A few years ago I held an open brief to put […]

Vintage Tea Party, by Angel Adoree: Book Review

A cook book with a difference: Vintage Tea Party guides the reader through the whole process of putting on an old school tea party, with style tips galore amongst the recipes, and lots of wonderful illustrations.

Time for one final book review before Christmas. Tea and Cake, enjoyed in all their fashionable old style glory have never been more popular – I suppose it’s a retaliation […]

London Fashion Week S/S 2012 Interview: Carlotta Gherzi

Carlotta Gherzi enchanted the audience with her S/S 2012 collection Triassic Glamour at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Friday 16th September 2011. I had the chance to ask her a few questions after the show. We spoke about her inspiration, working process and plans for the future.

Carlotta Gherzi S/S 2012 by Emma Block Carlotta Gherzi for Sado was one of the first catwalk shows I ever attended, and I was enchanted from the start. Carlotta Gherzi S/S […]

London Fashion Week S/S 2012 Catwalk Review: Elisa Palomino

Elisa Palomino captivated the audience with her, 'A Fairy Dance' collection for S/S 2012 at Vauxhall Fashion Scout, on Tuesday 20th September. The show was a spectacle of splendour and other worldliness: read my review and then take a peek at my post-show interview with the designer.

Elisa Palomino S/S 2012 by Amber Cassidy Having had the chance to see the behind the scenes activities for the Elisa Palomino show, I am super excited and eager for […]

London Fashion Week S/S 2012: Catwalk Review: Jasper Garvida

Jasper Garvida, a designer known for creating strong yet luxuriously feminine fashion unveiled a monochromatic Spring/Summer collection with a dash of heavy-duty sparkle on the penultimate day of London Fashion Week at the Bloomsbury Hotel.

Jasper Garvida SS 2012 illustrated by Emma Block Some may think that having previewed this Spring/Summer 2012 collection in my recent London Fashion Week interview with Jasper Garvida would have […]

London Fashion Week S/S 2012 Catwalk Review: Carlotta Gherzi for Sado

Carlotta Gherzi takes us on a tour through the beautiful world of Triassic Glamour on Friday 16th September 2011 for Fashion Scout at Freemasons Hall.

Carlotta Gherzi S/S 2012 by Faye West Upon arriving at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout venue, I was informed by a harassed-looking security guard that the show was running an hour […]

London Fashion Week S/S 2012 Presentation Review: Teatum Jones

You can't help but get all emotional when designers get a presentation right in this miserable financial climate. Teatum Jones did just that: putting on a great show at the RSA on Friday 16th September 2011.

Teatum Jones S/S 2012 by Faye West On Friday afternoon I took myself up the Strand to the RSA‘s grand London venue, a little past the Savoy. It’s a bloody […]

New Designers 2011 Part Two: Illustration Graduate Show Review 1

Lovely work from graduating illustrators at the 2011 New Designers show. Standouts included Bex Bourne, Meryn Cobbin and Laura Weeks.

Yet more lovely work from ACOFI illustrator Emma Block. There was so much to see at New Designers part two (back in July) so in this blog I will concentrate […]

The ACOFI Book Tour closes at Tatty Devine in Brick Lane

On Tuesday 7th June I held the very last date on the ACOFI book tour at Tatty Devine's Brick Lane shop. It was a super busy and wonderful night, a chance for all sorts of creatives to meet and get inspired. With a little biscuit decorating help from Biscuiteers.

Okay, I admit it, it’s taken me over three weeks to get around to writing about my final date on the ACOFI Book Tour… but it was all part of […]

Middlesex University: Ba Hons Illustration Graduate Show 2011 Review

Lovely work from Amelia's Magazine contributors Emma Block and Stacie Swift, plus newbies Claire Francis, Samantha Griffiths and Gemma Travis.

Illustration by Emma Block. I had a quick scout through the Middlesex University Illustration degree show and discovered a few wonderful illustrators, two of whom will be well known to […]

London Fashion Week A/W 2011 Catwalk Review: Carlotta Gherzi for Sado

Carlotta Gherzi treats us to ‘Frozen Flora’, a beautiful collection of tailored dressed, leather jackets, wool coats and ball gowns. Illustrations by Emma Block and Natasha Thompson.

Illustration by Emma Block When I asked a friend for London Fashion Week advice, I was told that I would need a pair of sensible shoes and a pair of […]

London Fashion Week A/W 2011, Catwalk Review: Bernard Chandran (by Helen)

Super bright colours, peplum mania and stunning feathers by the Malaysian designer; shown in Northumberland House on Sunday.

Bernard Chandran LFW A/W 2011, illustration by Emma Block I’d call the day: ‘mizzley’. This is a term I robbed from the Cornish, as it so aptly describes the mix […]

The Enchanted Forest at Foyles

Thu 29th November 2012 – Fri 7th December 2012

The Gallery at Foyles, Third Floor, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Art

Drawn to Joy: ACOFI book signing at Joy Brick Lane with Amelia Gregory

Thu 6th December 2012, 06:00pm – 08:30pm

Joy the Store, 143-145 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SB

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Fashion

Curiouser and Curiouser illustration exhibition

Thu 24th January 2013, 11:30am – Wed 30th January 2013, 06:30pm

Curious Duke Gallery, Whitecross Street London, EC1Y 8QP

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Art

Drawn Chorus Illustration Collective: The Greatest Show on Earth

Wed 18th September 2013, 09:00am – Mon 23rd September 2013, 04:30pm

The Gallery on the Corner, 155 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 4BU

Written by Abigail Moulder

Category: Art

Seminar: Insider's Guide to a Career in Illustration

Wed 26th March 2014 – Tue 15th April 2014

Different venues in London

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Art

100 Cats: An Exhibition of Feline Themed Illustration

Thu 11th September 2014, 12:00pm – Sun 14th September 2014, 06:00pm

A-Side B-Side Gallery, Hackney Downs Studios, Amhurst Terrace, London E8 2BT

Written by Amelia Gregory

Category: Art