Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

courting frogs




Just look at the lovely quality of this very old childrens book 'A frog he would a wooing go' that I found at Spitalfields market on friday. The pages are actual linen and the dot screen of this early printing looks amazing...reminds me of those magical watercolour colouring pages where you just had to add water to bring the colours to life.

Monday, 8 November 2010

beautiful becassine




Last week for my birthday I received the most beautiful present through the post from Di my soldering chum....she knows how much I love Becassine and she managed to find this amazing edition dated 1919! to think that this book has survived 2 world wars and many children is wonderful.....Becassine chez les Turcs!

Monday, 28 September 2009

Lisbeth Zwerger



Lisbeth Zwerger is one of those illustrators that I love, and I buy them whenever I can! The latest one I bought in Italy and the illustrations have all the usual delicate, beautifully composed, and atmospheric qualities found in her other books....how to capture that some of that magic composition in my own work?

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

great illustrations





some stunning illustrations in this wonderful 50's childrens french dictionary that I bought at a library sale and have used loads for reference and for printing directly to silk for my dollies dresses..