Chia Hsieh
Page Six - They can laugh, they can cry, and they need love.
Chia Hsieh is a freelance illustrator and independent art educator. She graduated with an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in the UK, specialising in various media. She was selected for The Children-Spectators Illustration Competition at the 2022 Bologna Children's Book Fair and won the 2023 Picture This! Competition in the UK. She has a preference for using materials, with texture being a constant fascination for her. In addition to her proficiency in traditional hand-drawn media such as watercolour, pencil, and charcoal, she also enjoys exploring new creative methods.
Flowers Faces & Changing Weather
What to expect:
A double-page spread will feature three images in total—two smaller ones on the left page and a larger one on the right—of flower characters in changing weather conditions, showing how the weather impacts the flower's moods. The flowers will demonstrate that while our inner forecast is connected to and affected by the world around us, our joy is not solely reliant on external circumstances. Just as the weather changes, so do we. So we can learn to welcome change, for it is inevitable, and all experiences can contribute to our holistic well-being.