The Sleeping Beauty Theatre Book - In Stock

Miki is a little young for the target audience, 
but she enjoyed playing with the theatre book and changing the sets around.

  
Aimed at 6 years +
Available Online.

Some inspiration

... for a new commission

Alice in Wonderland Exhibition at The British Library

To celebrate the opening of the exhibition on 20th November, The British Library are hosting a special late night event, in which one of my over-sized book-sculptures will be on display. 
Although tickets for the event have all sold, I think the exhibition alone will be worth a visit, with original manuscripts, and hand-drawn illustrations by Mervyn Peake, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali among others, on view. 

original manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stunning editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others. - See more at: http://www.bl.uk/events/alice-in-wonderland-exhibition#sthash.9hf3ZHwx.dpuf

riginal manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stunning editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others. - See more at: http://www.bl.uk/events/alice-in-wonderland-exhibition#sthash.9hf3ZHwx.dpuf

riginal manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stunning editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others. - See more at: http://www.bl.uk/events/alice-in-wonderland-exhibition#sthash.9hf3ZHwx.dpuf

riginal manuscript with hand-drawn illustrations, alongside stunning editions by Mervyn Peake, Ralph Steadman, Leonard Weisgard, Arthur Rackham, Salvador Dali and others. - See more at: http://www.bl.uk/events/alice-in-wonderland-exhibition#sthash.9hf3ZHwx.dpuf

 

 

http://www.bl.uk/events/late-at-the-library-fairy-tales-and-wonderlands

Down on the Sussex Coast

 

 I celebrated my birthday at the weekend, down on the Sussex Coast.

 We stayed in a stylish Georgian house

 

 an old fairy-tale cottage in the old town

 

fishing boats on the beach 

 

views from the cliffs

New Exercise Books featuring Twelve Dancing Princesses

Available from online shop £4.50

The Twelve Dancing Princesses printed front and back cover
80 pages, ruled and blank; softback

Size: 150mm (w) x 210mm (h)

Sleeping Beauty Theatre Book Released Monday

  Review from Selvedge Magazine
For online review, visit 'Bookish Thoughts'
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5wb7cAmg7E

Order Online:  
http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/online-store/#!/Sleeping-Beauty-Theatre-Book-AVAILABLE-TO-PRE-ORDER-RELEASE-DATE-26-OCTOBER-2015/p/54402198/category=4038032

Workshop at Ryedale Book Festival

Last weekend I was in Malton, Ryedale at The Ryedale Book Festival, where I gave a talk and workshop. 
The previous workshop I did a week before was aimed at kids, this time it was the adult's turn. 
The concept was the same, cutting out illustrations from old books with a scalpel and layering them to create a new 3-dimensional pictorial box, which would tell a different story. 
The illustrations selected led their final outcome. 
Here's what was achieved in 2 hours! 

 

 

Last Chance to See!

LAST CHANCE TO SEE 
SELL-OUT EXHIBITION
'DWELLING'

at

 Long and Ryle Gallery, Pimlico, London

 

  Closes 9th October, 2015

Cheltenham Literature Festival Workshop

I had a lovely day at The Cheltenham Literature Festival yesterday, 

where I led a workshop for 8-12 year olds. 

 I took a bundle of discarded picture books with me, and asked the kids to cut out illustrations from different books to create a new imagined scene, in the form of a three-dimensional box-framed collage. 

They stuck their cut-out images on to layers of acetate, which were then stacked one on top of  another, with foam board spacers in between, and glued into a box frame.

It proved to be a simple, but effective idea.

Here are some photos of some of the work they produced in just 2 hours! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Thank you, and well done to everyone who took part in the workshop.