Project methodology and advanced experimental work with acrylic Think of creating an image like leaving a message inside a bottle: the gesture of a castaway who doesn’t know whether their…
The workshop “Shaping the Labyrinth,” led by Valerio Vidali, invited participants into the hidden pathways of storytelling. Throughout the workshop, artists experienced the transformation of an idea into a visual…
Shaping the Labyrinth An Illustration & Visual Storytelling Workshop About the Workshop: Every story is a labyrinth — not a trap, but a place of mystery, transformation, and truth. "Shaping the Labyrinth" is…
Images from “Your Own Voice”, the workshop we held in October 2024 with one of the pioneers of contemporary illustration, Javier Zabala, and from the exhibition “Processes in Art for…
YOUR OWN VOICE. Face to face 2024 Istanbul Your Voice has to be discovered. This is the first drawing of which I am aware, a row of Egyptian soldiers painted…
About the Workshop: “If someone responds in a new way, that person should be valued. There shouldn’t be a single right answer. This new answer should be appreciated, even if…
In September 2023, Shhhbooks hosted Spanish illustrator and artist Jesús Cisneros in Istanbul for his five-day “Garden and Forest” workshop. Bringing together participants from different backgrounds, the workshop explored intuition,…
The exhibition Poetry Visions, created through the meeting of colour and line by Spanish illustrator and artist Jesús Cisneros and illustrator and artist Merve Erbilgiç — founder of the independent…
Introduction to Jesús Cisneros´s Workshop Garden and Forest We have all ever visited a garden. Maybe even take care of a garden. If we ask ourselves what a garden is,…
Your Own Voice III, third iteration of the 6-week online program led by the Spanish Illustrator Javier Zabala, is an international workshop for young or professional illustrators and anyone interested…