I’m not a fan of the early months of a new year, so I tend to lock myself away from the dark and cold and concentrate on new material.

Being an avid film buff and once having young children, I spent many, many hours before the TV watching the latest animated movie that the Dreamworks studio had produced.

“Can you design an album cover and a 24 printed page booklet for my latest project, Rich?”

It’s not drinking until it’s Calamarian Rum!

“Plop” as if by magic, another Emporium sculpture brief appeared in my inbox. I took a deep breath and opened the PDF. The Librarian? Right. Um . . .

No-one does ‘deadpan’ like Terry Pratchett’s 9ft skeleton, so trying to make it in miniature form was going to be tricky.