EXCLUSIVE: The Big Sleuth Outlet Window Display

I am so proud to share this huge piece I have been working on for the last 3 weeks.

Today, I visited the finished Big Sleuth window display at the Great Western Arcade.

I have been working closely with Birmingham Children's Hospital to create a window display to celebrate The Big Sleuth in the historic Arcade to help raise funds for an incredible cause.

A scout bear uses his Trail app to hike his way over to find all his bear pals who have migrated to Bearmingham for the Summer.

Bear's sidekick Bee looks on at some shop visitors..

The Big Sleuth Launch Night! 4.7.17

Lovely night at The Big Sleuth Launch Party with a full reveal of all the bears!

Standing with my Bake Off-inspired contribution to this fantastic initiative: Mary Beary's Soggy Bottom!

The Big Sleuth is coming...8 days to go!

I am working on a lovely secret project leading up to the huge public art trail The Big Sleuth, alongside Wild in Art and Birmingham Children's Hospital. Watch this space!

The Big Sleuth learning resource illustrations!

I have been working on a series of illustrations to accompany the learning resource pack for the might Big Sleuth, coming to Birmingham next year! 

Educational illustrations are an area I have been interested in getting more involved with and I can't wait to share the finished illustrations!

More exciting updates to come!

The Big Read Trail Map

So proud to follow up last year's Trail Map cover with the design for this year's sculpture project, celebrating Roald Dahl's centenary with a quiet and whimsical illustration featuring Matilda & Mr Fox!

The Big Read Trail Map illustration

To celebrate Roald Dahl’s Centenary year, the rear side of my book bench for The Core Theatre, Solihull highlights two classic Dahl characters together for the first time in a quiet and whimsical scene. The bird delivering the book is an ode to Solihull’s Home Library Service, enabling less mobile local residents access to enjoy books.

Update: The illustration will also be the official cover illustration for The Big Read Trail Map! I am excited to have my work on the cover of two consecutive Wild in Art Trail Maps in 

The Big Read update!

The Big Read launches in 3 days on Thursday 14th July and here are some sneak peeks of the finished and varnished book bench for Thinktank Birmingham and Millennium Point.

I am so excited for it to go live and hopefully raise money for the Children's Hospital through all the creative and literacy events that will raise money during Summer 2016.

The photograph below is a snapshot from the wall display at Millennium Point which will tell the story of the bench's conception!

Roald Dahl Centenary

To celebrate Roald Dahl’s Centenary year, the rear side of the book bench highlights two classic Dahl characters together for the first time in a quiet and whimsical scene. The bird delivering the book is an ode to Solihull’s Home Library Service, enabling less mobile local residents access to enjoy books.

Working drawings for the illustration of Matilda and Mr Fox

The Big Read Thinktank Bookbench painting progress

I have been doing some long hours and nights at Thinktank's Thinkspace painting our official book bench! Cannot wait to share the finished design.

The Big Read Bookbench at the official launch of The Core at Solihull, 20-21st May 2016

The newly refurbished Core building launched across this weekend and it was great to have The Big Read bookbench project coincide with the launch. 

The Mayor and Mayoress of Solihull

Britain's Got Talent's The Neales cosy up onto my bench, could they feature in the final design?

The Big Read 2016

I have been commissioned to produce the bookbench for ThinkTank Science Museum & Millennium Point, and it will be inspired by the great Ichthyosaur at ThinkTank as well as JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them.

A Nechells-based primary school were invited for a creative session and invented all kinds of fantastical beasts which I am now whittling down and distilling into a final design for the bookbench.

Owl Aboard voted #1 favourite owl of the Big Hoot 2015!

 it was lovely to win Birmingham Mail's public poll of 5,000+ people, who voted Owl Aboard as their favourite design, which CrossCountry Trains have tweeted too.

Owl Aboard raises £5,000 at The Big Hoot Auction!

So blessed to be a part of The Big Hoot 2015! My owls contributed £8,200 to fund rare diseases at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

I'm proud that something as simple as drawing designs onto an owl can contribute to achieving something so significant for a hospital - to the sum of £530,830!