BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

Giles' uses a unique technique of "paper relief" to create elaborate collages for children's book illustrations. Every illustration involves drawing, cutting, painting, and gluing. Often, a piece has seven or eight layers. Spacers are placed between each layer to give the final artwork added depth and dimension.

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PARTHENON
From "What's Inside?
Fascinating Structures
Around the World," 2009

TOLEDO
From "What's Inside?
Fascinating Structures
Around the World," 2009

JAGUAR THRONE
From "What's Inside?
Fascinating Structures
Around the World," 2009

MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
From "Down to the Sea
in Ships," 2005

APURIMAC
RIVER BRIDGE
From "Bridges
Are to Cross," 1998

BAPTISTERY
OF PARMA
From "Sacred
Places," 2000

WHEELS RACE
From "What Do
Wheels Do All Day?" 2006

THREE
LAUGHING GULLS
From "Who Sees
the Lighthouse?" 2002