Posh scarves and bags
I was recently commissioned by Hermes to do some illustrations for one of their upcoming window displays, along with two other illustrators, the brilliant Gemma Correll and Paul Desmond. We were asked to illustrate storyboards focussing on various Hermes products. My two were the ‘Kelly bag’ (made famous by Grace Kelly) and ‘The story of silk’ (all about silk scarves, ties etc.) Here are a few of my images. Hope to post a pic of them in situ soon!
Since my last post I’ve had to make some changes to some of my images for the Women’s clinic – and some of the more humorous bits have had to be taken out... including the T-Rex from the ‘Extinct family lines’ image. The poor old dinosaur really is extinct! Also a couple of other interpretations of egg-sharing, plants and flowers sharing their seeds.
Also as part of this brief (but ended not being used)…..the selfish gene!
The London Women’s clinic
I’ve just been doing some illustrations for a brochure about egg-sharing for the London Women’s clinic. I must admit I didn’t know much about the process of egg-sharing before, but the basic idea is that IVF patients who have a surplus of unused eggs can donate them to help women with fertility problems to have a baby. The process is beneficial to both sharer and receiver, as the receiver pays for the sharer’s treatment.
There are all sorts of issues involved and I thought the subject would be a tricky one to illustrate, but design company Silk Pearce who commissioned the work encouraged me to tackle it with a gentle humour. Here are some of the images I came up with.
…and Bologna
I’ve just got back from the Bologna children’s book fair, which was brilliant and very inspiring, if a little overwhelming – it is absolutely huge! Lots of beautiful books, particularly from the French publishers and some of the Italian, all wonderfully printed and produced. And of course the delicious food and sunshine made it all the more enjoyable!
Jack and the Beanstalk is my latest book for Edizioni Corraini – it’s the traditional story simply illustrated and available in Italian and English. Here are some spreads plus a couple of pics of my books at the Corraini stand.
I also signed some books at the amazing Co-op Ambascatori (not sure of the spelling.. but it was something like that) – a book shop, but also an Italian food emporium, restaurant, and wine bar (with a large selection of beer too)! What more could you want?
You could eat your dinner off it!
The Mushroom Council
Did you know there was a council for Mushrooms?! Well I didn’t until I was asked to illustrate some ads for them. The mushroom plays the sensible, straight talking one in these little scenarios of conversations with other food types. Whilst writing the copy about how wonderfully delicious mushrooms are and how good they are for you, I almost began to have mushroom cravings – very strange as ordinarily I am not that keen on them!
You can see the mushroom council’s website at www.mushroom-uk.com/ designed by Ruby Agency – look out for the funny little wobbling mushrooms when you go to click on something!
