[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-help-theres-a-jabberwocky-loose-in-the-studio":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I haven't been posting many drawings lately because I've been drawing all day, every day to finish a picture book in time for the Frankfurt book fair deadlines. (And I'm not allowed to show those drawings yet.) But there's been amazing stuff going on around me at the studio! As I was leaving yesterday, I passed this huge, beautiful monster head and had to ask questions. Meet \u003Cb>Sam Wyer\u003C/b>, seconds before he was eaten up by a Jabberwocky:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sam_wyer_jabberwocky_zpsd3a8ae86-11fef36e98.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSam is (or was, before he got et) a theatre designer, puppet maker and illustrator, and he's currently working with friends on the cast of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html\">Jabberwocky poem\u003C/a> to take to a festival. Look at these great mome raths! I didn't take that photo, it's over on his Instagram account (he's \u003Ca href=\"http://instagram.com/auntyrhinum#\">@auntyrhinum\u003C/a>). And you can follow him on Twitter, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Woodenfingers\">@Woodenfingers\u003C/a>. ...Aw, look at that little rath bum!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sam_wyer_momeraths_zpscf8ddbf2-14fa14092d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd I got to meet his partner who, with her assistant Alice, was nearly buried under a mountain of fabric, theatre costume designer \u003Ca hrf=\"http://lauradrakec.tumblr.com/\">Laura Drake Chambers\u003C/a>. (She's \u003Ca href=\"http://instagram.com/LauraDrakeC#\">@LauraDrakeC\u003C/a> on Instagram and \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LauraDrakeC\">@LauraDrakeC\u003C/a> on Twitter.) Oh, and she's children's book illustrator \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/markAchambers\">Mark A Chambers\u003C/a>' sister! Small world.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/laura_dc_mask_zps9cd19afd-6a61ffc2cd.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"1\">\u003Ci>Photo from \u003Ca href=\"http://lauradrakec.tumblr.com/\">Laura's Tumblr page\u003C/a>\u003C/i>\u003C/font>\\r\n\\r\nI'm terrible with names, and I can't recall the name of Sam's friend who's helping him, but here he is with a fine walrus head. I also saw what looked like two ostrich legs sticking out from a shelf, that room's full of incredible handmade stuff.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sam_walrushead_zps08e4d974-c8c766ac7c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSpeaking of making things, \u003Cb>Karen Ball\u003C/b> has just interviewed me about the wig, working with my crafty studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.whodunnknit.com/\">Deadly Knitshade\u003C/a>, creativity in general over on her craft blog, \u003Ca href=\"http://didyoumakethat.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/meeting-makers-the-childrens-book-illustrator/\">Meeting Makers. Go have a peek!\u003C/a> And leave her a nice comment if you get the chance. :)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://didyoumakethat.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/meeting-makers-the-childrens-book-illustrator/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/karenblog_zpsd7c36e3a-b5085ed2d9.jpg\">\u003C/a>","2013-07-30T07:18:00.000Z","help-theres-a-jabberwocky-loose-in-the-studio",[],"help! there's a jabberwocky loose in the studio!",1776628725371]