Miffy

we went to the Miffy exhibit at Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth and had a great time. here's a lot of photos :)

she's 70. she's perfect.

it was very much a Miffy exhibit but they did also have some of Dick Bruna's other work which was nice to see. he was so clever with so few lines. i love these bear bookends and that is a perfect drawing of a jacket.

original Miffy pencils! getting to see original drawings irl is always so special and i loved getting to see Miffy pencils and framed examples of the layered pieces with the transparent linework sheets over the colour. obviously Miffy's whole deal is being so clean and simple and getting to see the textures and layers of how she comes together was so interesting.

there's just something about being able to see actual pieces, not just prints. the texture of the pencil, the tiny fraction of a mm of space between the layered pieces. the realness of it. a print in a book is a great thing but getting to see originals does a different kind of special to the brain.

Brother Cadbearl was impressed too.

the hands at the bottom this sketch!

this tent set is one with the layers. a transparent sheet with the line-work and cut out pieces of craft paper underneath for the colour. you could just about see the space between the layers, magic.

these were actual models from the stop motion series. incredible.

a perfect owl and some (probably) bootleg Miffy's down on the seafront.