I am delighted to announce that in February 2024 the Snooks with Books sculpture trail will go live in York, featuring my original character design the Snooks with Books. The trail is run by the team at Make it York who have been busy finding sponsors and generating a fantastic buzz about the project.
The Trail
Over 20 sculptures featuring designs inspired by Yorkshire Authors and Yorkshire stories will be painted by artists in York before being displayed around the city throughout Spring 2024. When the trail ends each sculpture will be sold at auction and profits raised from the sales will be split between St Leonards Hospice and a new fund with Make It York to fund upcoming creative projects in the city.
The Snooks
If you aren’t familiar with the Snooks legend has it that they have resided in York longer than any of the historical structures that the city is famous for, but their penchant for reading in dark corners has kept them well hidden (until now).
Recently sightings of Snooks have skyrocketed, and it looks like these friendly folk have been enjoying some sightseeing around the city walls.
Old habits dye hard though and you aren’t likely to spot a Snook without a book in its’ hands.
It could be a novel, an anthology or a playbook but it might also be a guide to bird spotting, a family photo album, an instruction manual for building a rocket or a travel diary and sketchbook. The Snook is the artists’ canvas and each book is too, each artwork with its own story to tell.
I cannot wait to see the different personalities that each of the Snooks are given once they are paired up with their artist and sponsors, and see what incredible creative talent will be on display. I am absolutely itching to pick up my paintbrush and bring a Snook to life, for the first time painting a sculpture that already feels like an old friend.
I hope that you can all share some of my excitement in meeting the very first of the Snooks and that you are all, as I am, looking forward to seeing these friendly faces on the streets of York in 2024.
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