Horace the Intergalactic Explorer

In 1998 I wrote a children's story called 'Horace the Intergalactic Explorer'. I envisaged it as a pop-up book but it was a bit half baked and the mechanisms were simplistic.

However at it's heart was a gentle environmental message about conservation.

I decided that the original version wasn't very good but a couple of years ago I decided to rework it with heavily rewritten story and much more sophisticated pop ups. I must admit to owing a huge debt of inspiration to Robert Sabuda, and Matthew Reinhart two artists who have pushed the limits and scope of what was possible in pop up publishing.

This is how it's progressing.