Charley Harper I

 

Some spring from the geometric wonder and order of Charley Harper (1922-2007)  

Gareth Lucas III

 Brilliant, bright illustration by Gareth Lucas, to warm and cheer your Sunday. 

Michael Hague II

 

Michael Hague (1948-2026) an incredibly talented illustrator sadly died last week. Michael illustrated over 100 books and created editions of many classic children’s books, including: The Wind in the Willows (previously featured here), The Reluctant Dragon, The Secret Garden, The Hobbit, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, The Night Before Christmas, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. His very accomplished classical style was influenced by admiration for Arthur Rackham and N. C. Wyeth. 

Jemima Blackburn

Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848) - A story of a group of crows, beautifully illustrated by the Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn (1823 – 1909). Jemima (JB) illustrated 27 books, most of her illustrations were watercolours, with some ink work and collage.

Yoshiko Hada X

 

Yoshiko Hada has published her own children's book called ''Where is the Cherry', and it is of course delightful. 

Ilann Vogt

Above: texts for nothing woven from Samuel Beckett.

Some examples of the woven text works of Ilann Vogt, who reinterprets  works of literature by weaving the pages of books into art, sculptures or garments.  

" I try to explore various forms of language that can translate a text into textiles. Even if I haven't necessarily read the book, I have a feeling that allows me to transpose it into the language of visual and textile art ," Ilaan Vogt 

"I have the ability to create very rich draperies and shapes that become supports for provoking a sensation from the material thus intertwined. This allows the reading of a text in a fraction of a second of glance, to read without reading in a way: to each book its own universe ,"Ilann Vogt 

Above: Lettre à un jeune poète. De R M Rilke 

Maya Shleifer

 

A story of friendship, kindness and the beauty of nature; 

"The Giant’s adventures are an allegorical interpretation of my immigration story. While working on this book, I experimented with oil pastels and colours in order to preserve that feeling of spontaneity and frankness." Maya Shleifer

 Thank you Dom

Elif Onat

 

I loved this image, it's space and simplicity, collage by Elif Onat . . . spring is coming.

Hanieh Ghashghaei

Today I share some of the monoprint works of Iranian artist Hanieh Ghashghaei, based in Italy. 

Alan Howard II

As spring progresses apace I am returning to the illustration of Alan Howard, these images are from a 1960's Book of Nursery Rhymes. 

 

Clarke Hutton I

 'Harlequinade' written by Noel Streatfeild illustrated by Clarke Hutton (1898 -1985) Published 1943.

This book was lithographed during wartime, taking two years to complete, and drawn direct to the plate by Hutton at the Chiswick Press, using six different plates. It was the printer he was most comfortable in using and several of his books were auto-lithographed at the press. Given Clarke's background in theatre it was the perfect subject matter.