Robert's Snow ~ Roz Fulcher

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I am honored to be participating in Blogging for the Cure, helping to promote the efforts of

Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure.
Visit the links in my sidebar to see some of the other illustrators and their snowflakes.
Visit Robert's Snow to see ALL the fabulous Snowflakes!

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Let me say that Roz Fulcher is a very dear friend of mine and I am thrilled to be featuring her snowflake! I have watched her from the first day that she began illustrating and as amazed as I was then, my admiration for her as a person and as an artist grows consistently! When I found out she was volunteering her time for Robert's Snow it did not surprise me in the least.
I hope you enjoy your visit!

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Roz's Bio

Roz spent several years learning the craft of children's books, then "cut-out" a niche for herself when she began illustrating with felt. Using felt, fabric,and a variety of embellishments, Roz brings a child's world to life in her charming and lively illustrations.
Roz has happily completed illustration assignments for Reader's Digest, Harcourt, Macmillan/ McGraw Hill, Creative Teaching Press, Perfection Learning, Carus Publishing. Being chosen to illustrate the premiere cover issue of “Highlights High Five Magazine” has been the "highlight" of her career thus far.
Roz currently resides in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada with her military husband, three children,

and her dogs Lily and Valentine, who inspire her daily.

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Interviewing Roz / Making "Sled Penguin"

GTP: You are extremely talented and your illustrations never cease to amaze me.
ROZ: Oh my goodness, thanks so much!

GTP: Can you tell us what inspired your snowflake design?
ROZ: Coming up with the illustration concept was the easy part - I adore penguins so I knew I really wanted to have one in the scene. The challenging part was figuring out how I was going to cover the entire wooden snowflake with felt while making sure the scenes lined up front and back when stitched together.

GTP: Can you tell us a little bit about the process and how long it took from first
sketch to final stitch to make “Sled Penguin”?
ROZ:The sketching of the illustration wasn’t too long, only about half an hour. Since it was just for me, it didn’t have to be very “clean”. The final artwork took about 6 hours from start to finish.
I started by making templates from the initial sketch, then cutting my pieces of felt with those. I built the illustration primarily by gluing the pieces and then adding extra stitches to hold the pieces together and for embellishment.
Making sure that the two sides matched in the end was nerve wracking. Along with that, I also needed to make sure that I had given myself enough felt along the edge to stitch together.
Fortunately, it worked despite my terrible measuring skills!

Illustration Sketch:

A Work In Progress:

Final Product:

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Just for fun info:

Favorite Color: Sage Green. Although purple is really starting to appeal to me.
Favorite Time of the day: BED TIME!
Favorite Flower: Rambling cottage roses.
Favorite Book Children’s: Just one?? Right now, I really enjoy the current series of ‘Bear’ books written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman. I love how perfectly Jane’s creamy acrylic illustrations complement Karma’s melodic rhyming text.
Candy for the eyes and ears.
Favorite Book Adult: Hmm… I’m going to say JK Rowling and her Harry Potter series. I think they are just as entertaining for adults as they are for kids. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Rowling comes up with next!

Visit http://www.rozfulcher.com/ for a peek at more art from her portfolio and check out her blog while you're there!