-----  The Black Country Calendar -----
 
This calendar boasts the Black Country's most iconic and popular landmarks enjoyed and known to all that live (or have lived) locally. It's a collection of my most loved places and a couple of new discoveries. 
 
----- DETAILS -----
 
A4 Wire-o-bound Hanging Calendar.
 
- Matte Laminated pages for easy smooth writing
- 200gsm heavyweight paper throughout
- Dated including the main holidays
- Printed using superior quality vegetable-based inks on sustainably sourced paper
- Pages can be reused by framing the illustrations next year
- Printed double sided to save paper waste
 
January - The Red House Glass Cone
February - Netherton Anchor
March - Walsall Arboretum
April - Himley Hall
May - Delph Locks
June - Priory Park
July - Dudley Zoo
August - Bumble Hole
September - Saltwells Local Nature Reserve
October - Dudley Castle
November - The Black Country Living Museum
December - The Bonded Warehouse
 
(Please note colours may vary due to screen settings)
 
 
 
----- More about the Illustrations -----
 
My Illustration style consists of promarker pens, coloured pencil and ink giving each drawing depth and texture for a realistic story book feel. 
 
 
 
----- Why I chose The Black Country as my subject -----
 
Following the success of last year’s Stourbridge Calendar, I knew I needed to expand the area in which I captured. The older I get, the more I've grown to love the area in which we live, and the lockdown helped me understand how beautiful areas were right on my doorstep. 
 
I'm proud to live and work in the Black Country, full of history that you can still see around us today in our high streets and villages but even more so in the Black Country Living Museum. We have a whole museum dedicated to sharing our history and potentially some of our ancestors’, how fabulous is that!
 
Hand drawn in The Black Country by Stacy Hammond.