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We Do Christmas by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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The Christmas Card from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
Miriam Elia
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We Do Lockdown by Miriam Elia
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In this latest Dung Beetle Books title launching Series 2a from artist Miriam Elia, in ‘We do Lockdown’ Mummy, John and Susan go through an indefinite period of self-isolation during lockdown.
In this solitary time, the children will be forcibly adapted to the ‘new normal’, where a joyless existence is heroically embraced to save humanity. The children will come to have no real-life friends, no education, and conditioned to see their peers as portable germ vessels.
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Published by Dung Beetle Books Ltd on high quality Nautilus paper, October 2020, 46 pages, 116 x 177mm.
Publisher: Dung Beetle Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780992834920
Number of pages: 1
Dimensions: 177 x 116 mm
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Self Destruct Button by Miriam Elia - Mug
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Self-Destruct from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
Our high quality photo mugs are beautiful yet durable and have been tested to 100+ dishwasher cycles. This custom mug comes in all white.
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Death Comfort Bake by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Death Comfort Bake from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Bog Roll Apocalypse by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Bog Roll Apocalypse from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Evening Virtue Signalling by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Evening Virtue Signalling from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Love Thy Neighbour by Miriam Elia - Mug
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Love Thy Neighbour from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
Our high quality photo mugs are beautiful yet durable and have been tested to 100+ dishwasher cycles. This custom mug comes in all white.
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Never Question Science by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Never Question Science from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Keep Your Distance by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Keep Your Distance from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Hazard Tape Chaos by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Hazard Tape Chaos from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Death Comfort Bake by Miriam Elia - Mug
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Death Comfort Bake from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
Our high quality photo mugs are beautiful yet durable and have been tested to 100+ dishwasher cycles. This custom mug comes in all white.
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Despotic Misanthropic Existence by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Despotic Misanthropic Existence from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Keep Your Distance by Miriam Elia - Mug
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Keep Your Distance from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
Our high quality photo mugs are beautiful yet durable and have been tested to 100+ dishwasher cycles. This custom mug comes in all white.
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Playing is Hazardous by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Playing Is Hazardous from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Self Destruct Button by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Self-Destruct Button from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
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Kill Everything - Save Lives by Miriam Elia - Greeting Card
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Kill Everything Save Lives from 'We Do Lockdown' by Miriam Elia (available in the books section of the shop).
These greetings cards are printed on high-quality 330gsm Fedrigoni card.
Miriam Elia
Artist Miriam Elia's 'We do Lockdown’ brings the humour of her bestselling We go to the Gallery to a bleak post-Covid world. Created entirely during lockdown at the height of the global pandemic, Miriam is now ready to flatten the humour curve with this new satirical title.
Mummy, John and Susan adjust to the ‘new normal’, where a joyless existence is heroically embraced to save humanity. The children end up with no real-life friends, no education, and are conditioned to see their peers as portable germ vessels.
Across each page Susan and John, guided by an abundance of love, care and neurosis only Mummy can provide her offspring, depict highly identifiable everyday situations ranging from lemongrass shortages to taped-up no-go-zone children’s playgrounds. Elia’s artworks, created in a colourful and bold watercolour style, depict Mummy teaching her children baking skills and reinterpreting empirical evidence provided by the daily press briefings.
“As an artist, rather than wallowing in my despair, I chose to make light of what might be the most depressing catastrophe that the world has seen for some time."
- Miriam Elia
And more...
Since launching her indie-publishing outfit Dung Beetle Books in 2015 with the seminal work We go the Gallery, Miriam has attracted unprecedented worldwide attention not only for the astute writing, but its exquisite and skilful artwork. This first book in the series went on to receive critical and commercial success, selling over 150,000 UK copies.
The release of the title coincided with copyright law exceptions for parody which were coming into play at that time. As a result, We go to the Gallery marked an important milestone in Elia’s career, catching her in a conceptual copyright storm that catapulted her into a legal and media tussle with a well-known UK publisher. Across five years, We go out, We learn at home and We do Christmas completed Series One Dung Beetle titles. We do Lockdown celebrates a new chapter of Elia’s independent publishing spirit, launching Series Two of the spoof Learning Series.
About Miriam Elia:
Miriam Elia MA RCA (b.1982 London) graduated from Royal College in 2006 and is a multidisciplinary artist and writer working across collage, illustration, print making, short films and live performance. Her diverse work has included illustrated handmade books and prints, as well as producing large-scale installations, collage, prints, drawings, short films and animations. Elia is also commissioned to make works across film, radio, TV and print. She founded Dung Beetle Books in 2015 as a means of giving herself greater creative freedom over her works and published titles include We go to the Gallery (2015), We learn at home (2016) We go out (2016), (Series 1 Reading Scheme titles) and Piggy Goes to University (2018). Her works have been covered or featured in press and magazines such as The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, The Critic and Private Eye.