The Folio Society
It was a great privilege to work with The Folio Society to produce eight illustrations, cover included, for ‘As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning’ by Laurie Lee. I was given enough time to slowly read through the book and consider a selection of scenes which gave an overall sense of Lee’s lone journey across Spain in the 1930s. He walked the entire journey and his rich descriptions of landscapes and people offered a wealth of material to work with. You can view a video of the book below which I hope demonstrates the quality of the book's production.
Animated video of the illustrated book.
Two-colour front cover for 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning'.
'I was one of a gang of wheelbarrow-pushers.'
'The beggars I remember as something special to Valladolid, something it had nursed to a peak of malformation and horror.'
'In two teams, trousers rolled, they splashed into the waves and seized each end of the sagging net.'
'When the sun rose next morning Almunecar had transformed itself, with flags fluttering from every rooftop.'