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Category: Design and Illustration
Join #PickleOnTour with Kate McLelland
Posted on 18/06/18 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Guest posts, Kate McLelland
It’s official – our favourite Shetland pony is back! Today is the first stop on Kate McLelland’s blog tour, which is celebrating the return of Isla an …
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#FlorisDesign meets Melanie Mitchell
Posted on 15/06/18 in Design and Illustration, Guest posts, Illustrators
Sung throughout Scottish homes up and down the country, classic rhymes and traditional tunes make for fun, interactive stoytime sessions. Some of them …
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#FlorisDesign meets Sandra Klaassen
Posted on 26/04/18 in Design and Illustration, Illustrators
A leopard may never change his spots, but a cover can change many times in the lifetime of a book. At Kelpies HQ our Kelpies Classics collection have …
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#FlorisDesign meets Nataša Ilinčić
Posted on 01/04/18 in Design and Illustration
There have been enough stories, claimed sightings and tall tales about the Loch Ness Monster to fill the famous loch itself. But as an illustrator how …
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Illustrating Children’s Crime Fiction
Posted on 16/10/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Guest posts, Illustrators
In our latest #FlorisDesign interview we spoke to Spanish illustrator, Laura Aviñó, about illustrating children’s crime fiction in David MacPhail’s ne …
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#FlorisDesign meets Susana Gurrea
Posted on 15/08/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
In our latest #FlorisDesign interview we spoke to Spanish illustrator, Susana Gurrea, about her experience of illustrating the first ever Kelpies stic …
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#FlorisDesign meets Kathryn Selbert
Posted on 01/08/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Illustrators, Traditional Scottish Tunes
To many Scots, the Coulter’s Candy tune is often sung yet rarely seen. Floris Books is changing that with a new board book inspired by the quintessent …
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#FlorisDesign meets Nastasha Rimmington
Posted on 30/06/17 in Design and Illustration
#FlorisDesign got chatting to Stirling-based illustrator, Natasha Rimmington, the artist behind our new Picture Kelpie Max and Zap at the Museum. Duri …
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#FlorisDesign meets Kate McLelland
Posted on 19/06/17 in Design and Illustration, Kate McLelland
From wee lassies to midgies and nessies, Kate McLelland has illustrated many Kelpies books. Now she’s launching a new picture book series about a chee …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview – Alfredo Belli
Posted on 16/04/17 in Design and Illustration
Today is the 270th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. Based on the famous Skye Boat Song, and with stunning illustrations by Alfredo Belli, new pi …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview – Vanya Nastanlieva
Posted on 05/04/17 in Design and Illustration
The Island and the Bear by Louise Greig is one of our latest Picture Kelpies published this Spring. The book is inspired by a true story that has sinc …
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‘My First Scottish…’ – from brainwave to book
Posted on 07/03/17 in Design and Illustration, Kate McLelland
Have you ever wondered how a board book is created? Perhaps not! After all, it can’t be that difficult to make a board book, can it? We caught up with …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Yuliya Somina
Posted on 08/02/17 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Today #FlorisDesign is talking to Yuliya Somina, illustrator of our new Young Kelpies series, Porridge the Tartan Cat, penned by Alan Dapre. Featuring …
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Floris Design: Behind the Scenes with Thorfinn the Nicest Viking
Posted on 21/07/16 in Design and Illustration
Today the #FlorisDesign team will be taking a look behind the scenes at some early sketches of Thorfinn-the-Very-VERY-Nice-Indeed. Thorfinn is the pol …
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Creating Characters in Illustrated Children’s Books – #FlorisDesign
Posted on 23/05/16 in Design and Illustration
With wacky expressions, silly quirks and heartfelt encounters, we know that characterisation brings personality to the page. At Floris, we think that …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Philip Longson
Posted on 24/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Lari Don
Illustrator of…For the last three weeks we’ve dedicated our #FlorisDesign take-overs to showcasing our wonderfully talented Traditional Scottish Tal …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Ruchi Mhasane
Posted on 17/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff, Janis Mackay
Illustrator of… Last Wednesday we introduced you to the first of our Traditional Scottish Tales illustrators, Matthew Land – illustrator of Theresa …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Matthew Land
Posted on 10/09/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… With the release date of our stunning Traditional Scottish Tales just around the corner, we thought you might like to meet the illus …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Questionnaire: Astrid Jaekel
Posted on 13/08/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… Last summer Astrid became the very first winner of our very first Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize, and what a winner she was! …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Kirsteen Harris-Jones
Posted on 30/07/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Kirsteen Harris-Jones is the illustrator of… Kirsteen illustrated her first Picture Kelpies book, No Such Thing as Nessie!, back in 2013 for Ch …
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#FlorisDesign Illustrator Interview: Leah McDowell
Posted on 16/07/14 in Design and Illustration, Fun Stuff
Illustrator of… Leah has been illustrating Kelpies for nearly three years now and has stacked up an awesome variety of fun, spooky and sinister cove …
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