The Libraries in a Year virtual exhibition is now live!
You can visit the exhibition in person and look around at your leisure here.
Here’s a demo video showing inside the virtual exhibition space.
I started on this project in October 2019 and since then I’ve produced over 200 drawings, carved over 90 print blocks, created 13 library relief prints and one giant multistory library digital tapestry print! And that whilst we’ve all been through one global pandemic and several lockdowns…phew!
I am very excited to say that my debut book Selfie was published on 1st September 2020!
Selfie is all about Sylvie the Squirrel’s obsession with selfies. Selfies can be fun, but Sylvie likes selfies a bit TOO much. But that’s ok isn’t it? What could possibly go wrong…?!
You’ll have to read the book to find out, no spoilers here!
https://vimeo.com/sandyhorsley/pausepopupbysandyhorsley
My pop-up book P A U S E was put into (sort of) mass production as I had to prepare an additional three copies to take to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in March 2017.
Re-creating the main chaos pop-up and the pylon pop-up three more times was certainly a challenge! But I got there in the end, phew 🙂
The brief was to propose, develop and execute a completed visual sequence for a children’s picture book as part of my MA studies.
I wanted to show through illustration, printmaking and pop-ups how our obsession with digital gadgets can mean we miss out on the beauty that’s all around us.
Switch off that phone and go out for a walk!
I’m very excited to be attending the 2017 Bologna Children’s Book Fair for the first time this year.
My work will be on display at the Cambridge School of Art stand along with the work of my fellow students.
Here’s a sneaky peek of one of the pop-up pages in my book PAUSE.