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A commissioned to illustrate Sonya Harnett's young adult fiction novel 'The Silver Donkey, published by Walker Books UK in 2004. The book is illustrated throughout including dust jacket and flyleaves. The story is about a British World War One soldier who deserts while he is in France. He asks the help of two young sisters who find him. In return he tells them stories of a silver donkey keepsake that he carries with him.
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Cover and 5 internal artworks for the New York Times Magazine April 6, 2008 - illustrating Helene Cooper's memoir 'The Girl I was at Sugar Beach' - the true story of an idyllic childhood growing up in Liberia, until everything changed with a sudden and violent military coup.
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First Day Cover Pack commissioned for the release of 5 Royal Mail Stamps celebrating the 'Sounds of Britain'. The illustrations were used on a DL (letter) shaped fold out presentation pack containing the stamps and information about them.
Creative Director at CDT design company, UK
Mike Dempsey
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Cover and 3 internal artworks for the G2 section of the Guardian Newspaper, May 8, 2006. Article entitled 'The Sins of Our Fathers' by Decca Aitken disclosing the realities for many families affected by violence and sexual abuse, where the Courts still allow visiting rights to abusive fathers and children are forced to see them.
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Sketchbook drawings produced on location during a drawing trip to Tokyo in 2004. A large format limited edition and self published book of the drawings was produced on Laura's return, the book being entitled 'Ten Days in Tokyo'.
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Le Grand Meaulnes (roughly translated as 'The Wanderer') was the only novel written by Frenchman, Alain-Fournier'. First published in 1913, the book is considered a classic of French literature. Through the two main characters of Fran?ois Seurel and Augustin Meaulnes, the work explores the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood. Laura was commissioned in 2007 to produce a binding design and 7 full page, internal artworks for the Folio Society's translation of the novel. The Folio Society are an independent publisher well known for their illustrated books.
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Between January and May 2007 Laura was commissioned to produce one map and one artwork each week, to accompany the serialisation of Michael Chabon's new novel 'Gentlemen of the Road', which appeared in the New York Times Magazine over a 14 week period. The book follows the adventures of Zelikman and Amram, two gentlemen of the road, who make their money by any means available to them as they journey through Khazaria.
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In 2008, children's book illustrator, Quentin Blake, approached 45 people (a mixture of illustrators and people in the public eye) and asked them to play the Victorian parlour game of describing yourself with images of your favourite things - such as favourite book, food, animal etc. Laura chose to give the project a different dimension, making a 3D paper cut rather than sticking to the traditional format of drawing the objects in a grid of compartments. Laura also chose to group her 'loves' and 'hates' together as a further twist to the brief. The work was exhibited at an exhibition entitled 'What Are You Like?' at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (London). A catalogue of the show was published in conjunction with Quentin Blake's new initiative, 'The House of Illustration'.
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Wraparound dust jacket for the hardback edition of 'Closing Time', the memoir of Joe Queenan an eminent American journalist and commentator, born in Philadelphia in 1950. Commissioned by Macmillan book publishers for the UK edition of the book.
