My awesome dad, Phil Lewis, did all the black and white illustrations in this book. (I discovered he wanted to be a book illustrator when he left school after he’d finished them, which was a little teary moment for me – I like that I’ve been able to help him fulfill a little dream). He’s uber talented, which you can see from the pictures below: these were sometimes all I gave him to go on …
This is meant to be a Louis chair
It’s ‘how to sew beads on’, I promise …
And cutting a t-shirt.
See? These became …
He’s a legend, isn’t he?
Wow!
Beautiful line, so deceptively simple. The bead sewing one made me want to do some surface decoration! Thank you.