Anthony Browne launches The Shape Game
26th July 2010
Authors, illustrators and celebrities have lent their support to
a project launched by Children's Laureate
Anthony Browne.
Quentin Blake,
Ian McEwan,
Jacqueline Wilson and
Sir Andrew Motion are among those who have created original
artworks for The Shape Game, which is based on Browne's 2004
book of
the same name, to raise money for the Rainbow Trust Children's
Charity.
As part of the game, more than 45 writers, artists and other
famous faces had to transform a random shape created by Browne into
a recognisable object. The resultant artworks will now be auctioned
and published in a new book, Play the
Shape Game.
Children's illustrator Blake, who was the first contributor to
join the project and turned his shape into a bird, commented: 'I
jumped at the chance to get involved. Not only was it huge fun
thinking about how I'd like to customise Anthony's shape, but
encouraging creativity is something I feel very strongly
about.'
Sheffield-born Browne has published almost 40 books, which are
known for their use of strong watercolours that combine
near-photographic realism with surrealism. His works include
Gorilla
and Voices
in the Park.