Johanna Basford grew up on a fish farm in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland without iPhones, iPads or even TV and computer games. But she think she is “lucky” to have avoided the digital age. Instead of ...
Billed as ‘an inky treasure hunt and colouring book’, it contains 96 pages of illustrations by Basford – awaiting completion by the reader. Pot plants From the greenhouse to the lilypond via all sorts ...
Johanna Basford's intricate hand-drawn coloring books for adults have sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide. Courtesy of Johanna Basford/Laurence King Adulthood seems to be having a regressive ...
In March the world’s largest pencil manufacturer, Faber Castell, announced a struggle to keep up with increased global demand in the wake of the craze. These days buzz words like “therapeutic”, ...
For my 23rd birthday last week, I didn’t ask clothes or jewelry: I asked for a coloring book. Turns out I’m not the only (technically) adult who’s yearning for some nostalgic meditation: Johanna ...
The craze for “adult” colouring-in books has reached Hornsby. One shop can’t get enough of the book that started the trend, and has a waiting list, with people asking for it daily. Not since Fifty ...
Billed as ‘an inky treasure hunt and colouring book’, it contains 96 pages of illustrations by Basford – awaiting completion by the reader. Pot plants From the greenhouse to the lilypond via all sorts ...