Tag Archives: hats

i made a pillbox hat!

Posted on October 30 2018 by dan fone

I made a real hat! Usually I buy hats in charity shops and add extra stuff, or use pre-made bases. But this time I made the shape myself! It’s not perfect, but I’m very pleased with how it came out. … Continue reading →

dinosaur police: the launch party!

Posted on June 6 2015 by dan fone

Today’s official launch of my new Scholastic UK picture book, Dinosaur Police, involved quite a lot of preparation, but not all of it by me. Deadly Knitshade and her crew of dinosaurs were very busy: And I was BAKING, something … Continue reading →

hats of christmas 2014

Posted on December 21 2014 by dan fone

This has been a Christmas season of hats. If I wasn’t drawing them, I was wearing them. Hats this time of year are fun, because you can bung any old shiny thing on your head and it sort of works. … Continue reading →

cakes in space, the london invasion

Posted on September 14 2014 by dan fone

Yesterday morning we had our Cakes in Space launch! And there were cake hats! Cakes with eyes! Cakes that were ALIVE…. Photo by Rebecca Portsmouth – rebeccalouise.com The previous day, my co-author Philip Reeve and I had signed stock for … Continue reading →

at first I thought, wow, she’s posh

Posted on September 11 2014 by dan fone

Here’s the video of our Summer Reading Challenge visit to Leith Library! Philip Reeve came along and made a very elegant flip-chart stand. I love it when the boy says, At first I thought, wow, she’s posh! She had like, … Continue reading →

gary’s garden launch!

Posted on September 5 2014 by dan fone

Last night the Fleece Station studio was out in force to celebrate the launch of Gary Northfield‘s new comic book, Gary’s Garden! You may recognise Gary’s Garden as a frequent strip in The Phoenix Comic, one of the comics in … Continue reading →

summer reading challenge + a royal reading adventure

Posted on July 16 2014 by dan fone

SELFIE WITH CAMILLA! ^____^ Photo by Sarah Reeve Yesterday the Summer Reading Challenge team took me and the Medusa fascinator to Exeter Library to talk and draw with children from St Leonard’s Primary School …and the Duchess of Cornwall! (Camilla … Continue reading →

sharked!

Posted on January 16 2014 by dan fone

Hey look, it’s my co-author Philip Reeve in The Shark Hat! 😀 He’s given a very nice plug for There’s a Shark in the Bath over on his blog (despite swearing off the Internet for a couple months). I’m hard … Continue reading →

anatomy of a seawig

Posted on July 27 2013 by dan fone

Walking through London as a twelve-foot-tall person with remarkable hair proved to be a life-enhancing experience which I can recommend to anyone. A lot of people have asked about the monster wig I wore to the Oliver and the Seawigs … Continue reading →

wigtastic! seawigs pre-launch party on the golden hinde

Posted on July 25 2013 by dan fone

We had a Seawigs party! On a boat! Even cooler, a replica of Sir Francis Drake’s boat, the Golden Hinde! Dress code was Wigs, optional, but YES, THERE WERE WIGS. …GREAT BIG WIGS. Photo by Blast Photo Oxford University Press … Continue reading →

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