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The Eggsellent Egg Movie!

And it really is EGGSELLENT! Made by ten very talented and hard-working children over two days during half term at the fantastic Playfull Toyshop on the Gloucester road in Bristol. Well done everyone!!

Gigglefest 2013

Well, it was short but sweet, but we had lots of fun making “Funny Peelings!”, as part of the Library of Birmingham’s Gigglefest this year! Well done to everyone involved, especially the magical Manda Cadabra for organising it all! Fantastic!! So here’s your animation Gigglers, I hope you enjoy it…

The Big Draw!

I’m really pleased to announce that I’ll be running this year’s Big Draw at the M Shed in Bristol!! Well, not just me, I’m working with the wonderful Rachael Dadd, a much-loved and admired contemporary folk musician. What some people might not know is she’s also an amazing artist – which I did know becauseContinue reading “The Big Draw!”

“The Big Questions in Science”

This was such a fun and interesting project to work on: I was commissioned by Carlton Books to draw 20 illustrations for a popular science book, which is being published today, 12th September. I haven’t been able to put them up until now for copyright etc reasons, but here they are now. The authors wereContinue reading ““The Big Questions in Science””

Shambala Kids Animation 2013

Here’s this year’s corker from the very talented, imaginative and crazy kids of Shambala! Well done everyone, look forward to seeing you all again next year!

“The Creepy Library of Birmingham”!

Well, I don’t know what you’re up to this summer, but I’m going to be delivering 42 half day workshops in Birmingham’s libraries, all based around the theme of “The Creepy Library of Birmingham”. It’s going to be an amazing project, and I’m very excited about it.. it’s linked to this year’s national Summer ReadingContinue reading ““The Creepy Library of Birmingham”!”

Hamilton House Doodle Lounge

This was lots of fun! I organised a Doodle Wall complete with live acoustic guitar, Small World TV (some animations I’ve facilitated on my old Emac…) and CAKE to make a Doodle Lounge – it was part of Hamilton House Open day last Sunday. Everyone really seemed to enjoy it, and it kind of (unsurprisinglyContinue reading “Hamilton House Doodle Lounge”

Big Hands in Little Candy Land

I was lucky to be invited to work as the illustrator for a new storytelling and literacy project here in Bristol recently. It’s called The Inventive Inventors’ Inventory and is currently based at the new J3 library in Easton. For the first session (and the opening of the brand-new library) about 12 children came alongContinue reading “Big Hands in Little Candy Land”

Poster Illustration for Coexist

I’ve just finished the artwork for a poster for Coexist, who run Hamilton House where I’ve got my studio. There’s all sorts of artists, filmmakers, writers, social entrepreneurs, charities and craftspeople here, and the Coexist project itself is brilliant. You can find out lots more about it here www.hamiltonhouse.org. The poster is for Hamilton House OpenContinue reading “Poster Illustration for Coexist”

The Inventive Inventors’ Inventory

I’m really excited to be part of a new creative learning initiative in Bristol. It’s linked to the “Ministry of Stories” in London, and is part of a global model (Sydney, Brooklyn NY and San Francisco) for inspiring kids to write and tell stories. Working with professional storytellers and artists, children get to create theirContinue reading “The Inventive Inventors’ Inventory”