The Shared Table

Personal · 2025

Dinners with friends, drawn from above.

The Shared Table is a series of illustrations of meals shared with friends and family, always drawn from above so the table becomes a map of the evening.

The Shared Table illustration (placeholder image)

Challenge

Drawing a meal while also taking part in it.

Approach

A quick photograph of the empty table at the start, then drawings of hands, dishes and conversations added from memory.

Result

The series is ongoing, with a small exhibition planned in Lisbon.


Project details

  • Client — Self-initiated
  • Year — 2025
  • Discipline — Personal
  • Location — London and Lisbon

Credits

  • Illustration — Maya Rosa