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| All images copywright Lauren Child |
I have a little daughter Hettie.
She's not so small but very funny.
She has always loved the books of Lauren Child.
We have most of her books now.
Ms Child's books range from picture books to
detective novels for pre-teens now.
When Ms Child's is in town we love to go and listen to her
because we are inspired by her illustrations
and QUirkY
wriTiNg.
This Saturday we found out a bit more about her way of
working.
Lauren grew up in the 60s and 70s, like me, and her mother
made clothes for Lauren and her 2 sisters.
We were also dressed in clothes my mum made for us.
I feel a connection to Ms Childs and her homemade 70s
childhood.
When Lauren creates her illustrations, she draws,
photocopies fabric, collages and such like.
She likes to use the computer to play around with the fabrics.
One source of fabric for her pics is the scrap stash at her
family home.
She also had a business called Chandeliers for the People -
and has many remnants from that time that
make their
way into her
marvellous illustrations.
Lola's pjs are made from fabric that was used to make a
nightdress for young Lauren.
One small remnant was copied several times and overlaid to
make one larger image.
A patchwork background a bit like this one.
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| All images copywright Lauren Child |
We are now into the 3rd Ruby Redfort book and think Lauren
writes fab books for pre-teens.
In the Q & A I didn't get to ask my question. Boo hoo.
Me: On your slide you were using you whizzed forward to an image of Starsky and Hutch and Hart to Hart - how did they inspire your writing?
Lauren: .........
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