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Jessica Dance transforms Jon Burgerman's characterful illustrations into 3D woollen sculptures

Artist Jessica Dance and illustrator Jon Burgerman have teamed up to collaborate on a new project where we see Burgerman’s iconic characterful illustrations brought into the third dimension through Dance’s trademark woollen sculptures.

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All images courtesy of Jessica Dance

All images courtesy of Jessica Dance

Dance was inspired by Burgerman’s characters: "They have such charm and characterful expression that I felt the illustrations could step right off the page and into my wooly world of creations."

Crafted with 100% lambswool, the quirky characters have also been animated to bring them more to life. All photography is by Jonathan Minster. Find out more about the project at jessicadance.com. Or follow Dance over on Instagram.

Woolly sculpture of a cheerful clown character with a red nose and hat, wearing a blue shirt labelled "Soya milky way", with one arm raised against a red background
Woolly sculptured character with grey body, large googly eyes, black patch, red feet and coloured buttons on its arm, against a pale blue background
A cheerful yellow woolly character with raised arms wearing a red and white striped party hat, smiling against an orange background
Woolly character with white frosting-topped head, red cherry, blue knitted wrapper body and red feet, designed by Jon Burgerman and crafted by Jessica Dance
Four cartoon characters illustrated by Jon Burgerman: a cupcake with a cherry on top, a milk carton with a rocket, a game controller with a face, and a yellow party hat character with raised arms
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