Family Sunday: Character maquette workshop with James Foley & Sean E Avery

Sun Oct 26 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:00 pm UTC+11:00

State Library of New South Wales | Sydney

State Library of New South Wales, Learning Services
Publisher/HostState Library of New South Wales, Learning Services
Family Sunday: Character maquette workshop with James Foley & Sean E Avery
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Join author-illustrators James Foley and Sean E Avery for this hands-on workshop.
About this Event

Are you ready to learn secrets of character design from two of Australia’s best children’s illustrators? Join James and Sean for a fun workshop where you get to design your own book character, then build them in 3D using colourful clay. 

Suitable for ages 8–12. 

James Foley makes children’s books for children who read books. (If you’re a child and you’re eating his books, you’re doing it wrong.) He is the author and illustrator of many picture books and graphic novels, including Stellarphant, Happy Barry Capybara, Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story, Secret Agent Mole, Brobot and Chickensaurus. Legend says James can grow a beard in an afternoon. He is a massive Marvel movie nerd and comes from a long line of queuing enthusiasts. He lives near Fremantle/Walyalup, Western Australia, with his wife Renae, their 2 kids, and a labrador called Frankie.  

Sean E Avery is a primary art teacher, author-illustrator, graphic designer and public speaker born in South Africa,living in Perth, Western Australia. Nationally, he's best known as the creator of bestselling and critically acclaimed children's picture books All Monkeys Love Bananas and Frank's Red Hat. His latest books are Bob and Dob and Tony the Moany Groany Pony

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State Library of New South Wales, 1 Shakespeare place, Sydney, Australia

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AUD 0.00 to AUD 10.00

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