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Dr Ella Hawkins

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Dr Ella Hawkins

@EllaMcHawk

Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at @RWCMD. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume, @Ardenpublisher. She/her.

Birmingham, England

Joined July 2011

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Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Dec 29, 2021
2021: a biscuit (cookie) retrospective. 🍪 Thys 🧵 beginneth wyth these illuminated manuscript morsels. All painted by hand and flavoured with orange, cardamom & vanilla. (1/?)
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Feb 23, 2021
If the academia plan doesn't work out I'm taking my material culture interests to the cookie industry.
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
May 29, 2021
I am reliably informed that today is #NationalBiscuitDay. Here is a 🧵 of all the biscuits I've made so far in 2021. First up, my William Morris set. Inspired by an old @V_and_A calendar, everything hand-piped in royal icing. Flavour: cardamom, orange & vanilla.
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Jun 3, 2021
You’ve seen illuminated manuscripts. But what about… illuminated biscuits? 🤔 #MedievalTwitter
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Feb 8, 2023
Biscuits (cookies) inspired by historical book binding tools. 🍪
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Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Nov 29, 2021
Not a collection of mudlarking finds from the foreshore of the Thames. Biscuits. 🍪
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Jul 5, 2021
Now on display: a tasty collection of Ancient Greek pottery sherds, dating from the Archaic Biscuit Period. 🍪
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Nov 1, 2023
Started designing some new business cards. Got distracted by 18th-century trade cards. Made biscuit (cookie) versions of those instead. 🍪
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Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Mar 17, 2022
Beholde thys collection of delycious tiles... 🍪
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
Sep 4, 2021
Paynted by Ella Hawkins and are to be eaten at the ſigne of the Cookie Cutter. 1621.
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
May 29, 2021
Replying to @EllaMcHawk
This one was based on The Phoenix Portrait of Elizabeth I. Royal icing is v. fabulous for embroidery effects. I'm also obsessed with gold details on biscuits. All details piped on and painted with edible metallic/pearlescent powders. (2/?)
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
May 29, 2021
Replying to @EllaMcHawk
These had a gorgeous story behind them. I was asked by a friend to biscuify a patchwork quilt that had been made for her by her mum. Each patch was cut from a dress my friend had worn as a child. Each biscuit recreated a patch on the quilt. (5/?)
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
May 29, 2021
Replying to @EllaMcHawk
Next, things got very Outlander (❤️). This set was an attempt to biscuitize some of @OutlanderCostum's sensational eighteenth-century-inspired costume designs for the show. Hand-painted, piped & airbrushed royal icing details here w/ more of my favourite metallic details. (4/?)
Dr Ella Hawkins
@EllaMcHawk
May 29, 2021
Replying to @EllaMcHawk
I had to take a break from biscuiting to get on with writing. But! After rewatching 'Emma' (2020) *again*, I couldn't resist spending a weekend making a set inspired by the film's glorious, GLORIOUS costumes. (8/?)