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I like to invent new things: animals, characters, plants, etc. So I like to have a simple structure so that I can focus ...
20/12/2021

I like to invent new things: animals, characters, plants, etc. So I like to have a simple structure so that I can focus on the part of drawing that is most interesting to me.

See below for other covers inspired by embroidery and tapestries:

You are an inveterate freehand doodler, but you also seem to thrive on constraints and uniformity. How do you work betwe...
20/12/2021

You are an inveterate freehand doodler, but you also seem to thrive on constraints and uniformity. How do you work between the two?

Is there a big difference between Christmas in the U.K. and in the U.S.?I like it better in England. The winter is longe...
20/12/2021

Is there a big difference between Christmas in the U.K. and in the U.S.?

I like it better in England. The winter is longer and bleaker there, so Christmas feels much more special by contrast. And the chocolate is better.

According to the description in the museum, the unicorn is happy enough to stay inside the fence. Like the unicorn, I co...
20/12/2021

According to the description in the museum, the unicorn is happy enough to stay inside the fence. Like the unicorn, I could get out of New York if I really wanted to, but I suppose I must like it here.

The unicorn in the tapestry looks like it is corralled behind a gilded fence. You have been unable to travel home to Eng...
20/12/2021

The unicorn in the tapestry looks like it is corralled behind a gilded fence. You have been unable to travel home to England for a number of reasons. Do you feel trapped in New York City right now?

For this image, I had sketched some strange plants and thought that adopting the style of millefleurs tapestries would b...
16/12/2021

For this image, I had sketched some strange plants and thought that adopting the style of millefleurs tapestries would be a good way of arranging lots of them together in one image. The unicorn tapestry, which is an example of this style, includes over a hundred plants and flowers.

I’m not very interested in drawing in perspective, or shading, or any of the stuff many other artists get into. I just w...
16/12/2021

I’m not very interested in drawing in perspective, or shading, or any of the stuff many other artists get into. I just want to get on and draw the thing I’m drawing. That’s why medieval art talks to me. Art from that time is very efficient and direct.

When you first proposed the idea for this cover, you sent us, as an example of the effect you were aiming for, an image ...
16/12/2021

When you first proposed the idea for this cover, you sent us, as an example of the effect you were aiming for, an image of “The Unicorn Rests in a Garden,” a tapestry on display at the Met Cloisters. What do you find so interesting about this textile, which is more than five hundred years old?

The cover for this week’s issue, by Edward Steed, offers a fantastical counterpoint to the drab days of winter. It featu...
16/12/2021

The cover for this week’s issue, by Edward Steed, offers a fantastical counterpoint to the drab days of winter. It features a richly tactile dreamscape populated by a Steedian menagerie of curiosities, with sherbert-colored birds-of-paradise floating amid underwater vegetation that seems to blur the line between plant and animal. We talked to the artist about finding inspiration from medieval textiles and the joys of doodling.

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