Scrapbook Notebook 3


cover illustration by Patrick Boyer

Issue #3 of our Scrapbook Notebook is available to view and download on http://www.joomag.com/en/newsstand/scrapbook-notebook-scrapbook-3/0513390001402920342" target="_blank">Joomag.

Originally published in 2010, this edition includes Q&A's with some of our fabulous illustrators, and we feature "Our Favourite Cafes" and "The House of Illustration" by Garrick Webster...

 Our Favourite Cafes

Katharine Asher - Tart

16 The Promenade, Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8AE Tel: 0117 924 7628 http://www.lovelytart.com" target="_blank">www.lovelytart.com

Zoe More O'Ferrall - Monmouth



27 Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9EU Tel: 020 7232 3010 http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk" target="_blank">www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk

Jacqueline Bissett - Bill's



56 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, BN7 2AN Tel: 01273 476918 http://www.billsproducestore.co.uk" target="_blank">www.billsproducestore.co.uk

Gail Armstrong - Le Chandelier

 

161 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, London SE22 8HX Tel: 020 82993 3 441 http://www.lechandelier.co.uk" target="_blank">www.lechandelier.co.uk

all cafe illustrations by Zoe More O'Ferrall


The House of Illustration

The creative establishment’s invisible hierarchy may favour fine art, ballet and opera, but illustration will no longer be treated like the ugly duckling thanks to a wonderful new gallery proposed for central London. Garrick Webster reports...

For those in the know, the world of illustration is a fascinating planet to inhabit. Pop-up shows and exhibitions featuring the newest trends and talent go on nearly every week. Recent group shows in the UK have celebrated everything from futurism to fixed wheel bikes. The trouble is you often need to look in the right nooks and crannies to find these intriguing events which usually include free Cobra beer. There isn’t a UK gallery devoted entirely to illustration. The House of Illustration is a project aiming to change all that. If their bold scheme goes through, Autumn 2012 will see the opening of an incredible facility that puts illustration in all its forms at centre stage. “It’s really important because illustration is an art form which is everywhere and it’s part of all of our lives,” says project director Flora Craig. “It’s something that’s very accessible, but it’s also got a very rich history and it’s something that we really want to celebrate.” The proposed site is part of the Kings Cross St Pancras redevelopment – an 1850 building offering about 1000 square metres and appropriately named Regeneration House. Once the offices of Great Northern Railway, it may well be reborn as the UK’s most important gallery of applied art. Just getting the HoI to bricks and mortar stage was no mean feat. The project has been going for eight years and was initiated by the great Quentin Blake and a group of his friends. What was once no more than a mission statement and a web page, soon became a registered charity with a board of trustees. Flora Craig joined in 2007 and now there’s a five-strong team with a very credible outline of what the House of Illustration will be. “Our job has been to turn the project into some kind of reality in terms of making sure that we know exactly what it is going to be, working with architects, getting up to real estate to see early concept designs, finding out what it’s all going to cost and, of course, launching our fund-raising campaign,” says Craig. What we’ll find inside is something the trustees and staff have discussed at length. Quentin Blake has pledged his entire collection to the HoI, covering a career of over 30 years during which he’s illustrated over 250 books and countless magazine and newspaper pieces. However, until the building has been secured, there are no plans to extend the gallery’s holdings. Blake’s work will be complemented by temporary exhibitions. So the HoI isn’t typecast as a place devoted to Blake, or a gallery of picture book work, the content of these other exhibitions will be crucial. Flora Craig puts forward all kinds of suggestions from shows of the greatest advertising illustrations to iPad apps and on to ways of displaying digital work. “You could see something very historic, looking at somebody whose work has been very influential and who might no longer be with us, against a show of young illustrators from Japan,” she says. “The idea is that we’re constantly exploring the notion of what illustration is.” Even without a home, the HoI is already spreading the word via a vibrant education program, and has held several exhibitions hosted in other galleries. With government cuts looming and the economy still in a pinch, fund-raising is a huge challenge. But the HoI has many top names in its corner. Alongside Quentin Blake, illustrators like Sara Fanelli, Gerald Scarfe, Sir Peter Blake and many more have endorsed it. Meanwhile Joanna Lumley is the president of the House of Illustration Founder’s Club, aiming to raise the £6.5 million needed to turn the proposed site at Kings Cross into a home for illustration. To find out more, or to lend your support, visit http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk" target="_blank">www.houseofillustration.org.uk.

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