Jenny Capon
@jennycapondraws.bsky.social
Illustrator & graphic recorder based in Edinburgh. Listening, distilling & drawing to make complex information accessible with visuals. #visualthinking
Also here for cats, maps, birds & kids books, poetry, nature, the sea.
www.jennycapondraws.com
Also here for cats, maps, birds & kids books, poetry, nature, the sea.
www.jennycapondraws.com
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Jenny Capon
@jennycapondraws.bsky.social
· Jun 24
It was a huge privilege to create 8 visual notes capturing insights from The Presiding Officers @parliament.scot 25th anniversary regional visits to hear from communities across Scotland last year.
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
"We are starting from a place of entanglement"
I recently revisted these conversations illustrated at the Sefari Gateway ideas hub in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 2023. A session full of gems of wisdom about collaborating towards shared environmental aims in the context of a complex social system.
I recently revisted these conversations illustrated at the Sefari Gateway ideas hub in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 2023. A session full of gems of wisdom about collaborating towards shared environmental aims in the context of a complex social system.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"We are starting from a place of entanglement"
I recently revisted these conversations illustrated at the Sefari Gateway ideas hub in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 2023. A session full of gems of wisdom about collaborating towards shared environmental aims in the context of a complex social system.
I recently revisted these conversations illustrated at the Sefari Gateway ideas hub in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 2023. A session full of gems of wisdom about collaborating towards shared environmental aims in the context of a complex social system.
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It was a huge privilege to create 8 visual notes capturing insights from The Presiding Officers @parliament.scot 25th anniversary regional visits to hear from communities across Scotland last year.
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
June 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It was a huge privilege to create 8 visual notes capturing insights from The Presiding Officers @parliament.scot 25th anniversary regional visits to hear from communities across Scotland last year.
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
They will be up in the public area of the parliament over the summer, do go in and see them!
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Last week we were delighted to collaborate with the Ripple on an exhibition at @scotparl.bsky.social titled ‘The Ripple Project: Manifesting the Future of Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny’ ✨
We are honoured to be exhibiting our co-created artworks with the Ripple Project at the Scottish Parliament this week!
#CreativeMethods #AcademicSky #CreativeResearch #Community
#CreativeMethods #AcademicSky #CreativeResearch #Community
June 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Last week we were delighted to collaborate with the Ripple on an exhibition at @scotparl.bsky.social titled ‘The Ripple Project: Manifesting the Future of Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny’ ✨
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UK Illustrators, pls share: The AOI (Association of Illustrators) is conducting a survey on AI and copyright to hopefully fight back against the ridiculous decision by the UK govt to plow ahead regardless.
You don't have to be an AOI member to have your say! www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...
You don't have to be an AOI member to have your say! www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...
AI and Copyright Consultation Survey for Illustrators
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January 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
UK Illustrators, pls share: The AOI (Association of Illustrators) is conducting a survey on AI and copyright to hopefully fight back against the ridiculous decision by the UK govt to plow ahead regardless.
You don't have to be an AOI member to have your say! www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...
You don't have to be an AOI member to have your say! www.surveymonkey.com/r/ai_consult...
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Happy #WinterSolstice! The days in the north will get longer from here on in 🥳
⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the winter solstice: 9:21am (UK) 21st Dec. This is when the Earth's North Pole is the most tilted away from the Sun during its yearly journey around it. Welcome the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere🤗🧪🔭
📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
December 21, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Happy #WinterSolstice! The days in the north will get longer from here on in 🥳
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Orwell wrote: So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information....
December 21, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Orwell wrote: So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information....
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The ‘climate change and mental ill health’ event held in @uofglasgow.bsky.social last week has a fascinating graphic summary by @jennycapondraws.bsky.social. 40 invited delegates made this a brilliant start to abmuch needed national conversation! @drcenz.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 8:10 PM
The ‘climate change and mental ill health’ event held in @uofglasgow.bsky.social last week has a fascinating graphic summary by @jennycapondraws.bsky.social. 40 invited delegates made this a brilliant start to abmuch needed national conversation! @drcenz.bsky.social
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Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
December 11, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Googling Stuff: Then v Now.
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Reader, I googlied him
December 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Reader, I googlied him
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'When designed, managed and staffed with intention (libraries) are spaces where people can come together, bridge differences of race, income and belief, and engage with each other and the community. Great piece by @shamike2009.bsky.social
Can libraries help solve our connection crisis?
A conversation with author and library expert Shamichael Hallman
medium.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:35 AM
'When designed, managed and staffed with intention (libraries) are spaces where people can come together, bridge differences of race, income and belief, and engage with each other and the community. Great piece by @shamike2009.bsky.social
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December 5, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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Scribbling and editing today thinking of all the films about writers I've watched and how none of them eat chips
December 2, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Scribbling and editing today thinking of all the films about writers I've watched and how none of them eat chips
I've been working on a piece from Scotland's community justice organisation Sacro's 2nd conference. This is from their first in 2022, when poet / DJ Byron Vincent talked powerfully about the impact of growing up as a neurodivergent kid in poverty. Stories matter.
Link to his podcasts in alt text.
Link to his podcasts in alt text.
December 3, 2024 at 8:42 AM
I've been working on a piece from Scotland's community justice organisation Sacro's 2nd conference. This is from their first in 2022, when poet / DJ Byron Vincent talked powerfully about the impact of growing up as a neurodivergent kid in poverty. Stories matter.
Link to his podcasts in alt text.
Link to his podcasts in alt text.
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Today’s poem is called ‘How to Avoid Mixing Your Metaphors’.
December 2, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘How to Avoid Mixing Your Metaphors’.
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I read this weeks ago and can't get it out of my head. A must-read (& share) for anyone serious about systems change.
"Complexity approaches generally begin with the assumption that it is not possible to direct a living system along a linear pathway no matter how desirable the potential outcomes."
"Complexity approaches generally begin with the assumption that it is not possible to direct a living system along a linear pathway no matter how desirable the potential outcomes."
Is Systems Thinking the same as Complexity Thinking?
Path Notes #4
wolfwillow.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I read this weeks ago and can't get it out of my head. A must-read (& share) for anyone serious about systems change.
"Complexity approaches generally begin with the assumption that it is not possible to direct a living system along a linear pathway no matter how desirable the potential outcomes."
"Complexity approaches generally begin with the assumption that it is not possible to direct a living system along a linear pathway no matter how desirable the potential outcomes."
Icy bright 🩵❄️🌅
November 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Icy bright 🩵❄️🌅
You distract them, I'll get the chips.
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
You distract them, I'll get the chips.
We need to join up the dots. I'd like to use my skills. I'd like to do more here. We all want to do our bit to save the planet. The thoughts from participants in the Gallant project - a community based collaborative environmental science project in Glasgow. Link to research in alt text.
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
We need to join up the dots. I'd like to use my skills. I'd like to do more here. We all want to do our bit to save the planet. The thoughts from participants in the Gallant project - a community based collaborative environmental science project in Glasgow. Link to research in alt text.
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As Edinburgh shivers under a blanket of sleet and snow, and entirely fails to cope with this well forecasted, seasonal weather event, here's a chilly view of "Holyrood in the Snow" by William Wilson from 1935 from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
November 23, 2024 at 10:46 AM
As Edinburgh shivers under a blanket of sleet and snow, and entirely fails to cope with this well forecasted, seasonal weather event, here's a chilly view of "Holyrood in the Snow" by William Wilson from 1935 from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
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Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Etymology of the day: to be ‘blowing a hoolie’ (or ‘hooley’) was probably inspired by the Orkney word ‘hoolan’, a howling gale, with a touch of the ‘hooley’ that is a very noisy party thrown in.
So many oystercatchers on the beach at Portobello this morning. One of my favourite birds, I love their calls. I definitely feel like we see more of them here at the moment.
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
So many oystercatchers on the beach at Portobello this morning. One of my favourite birds, I love their calls. I definitely feel like we see more of them here at the moment.