I recently spoke to Helen, A Farmer’s Daughter, about her creative work as a self-employed designer-maker, working from a studio at her family’s dairy farm in the Staffordshire countryside. Her quirky and touching greetings cards bring together a London-trained fine artist’s mind and hand with an independent, rural sensibility. We talked about her creative process, [...]
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30 Days of Drawing #28: Interview with Annching Wang
I’m honoured to introduce you to Annching Wang – fashion designer, aspiring photographer, entrepreneur and blogger – for the final interview in July’s 30 Days of Drawing project. I absolutely admire Annching’s work ethic; her eye for colour and tactility, as seen in her garments for self-founded company Parker & Muse and in her aesthetically [...]
30 Days of Drawing #18: Interview with Carlo Viglianisi
Giancarlo Viglianisi is a marvellous cartoonist, fine artist and energetic co-director of Empty Shop Gallery, Durham, UK. I chatted with him about his relationship to drawing, his take on influence and his award winning cartooning, as well as finding out about an upcoming collaboration between Empty Shop and Durham Art Gallery…
What got you into drawing [...]
30 Days of Drawing #14: Interview with Noah Becker
I recently spoke with multi-talented artist, founder and editor-in-chief of White Hot Magazine, writer and musician Noah Becker. We discussed his views on drawing, art criticism, methods & technique and the artists he is currently watching…
You’re a practicing painter. This might seem like an obvious question, but I reckon everyone’s answer would be a little [...]
30 Days of Drawing #12: Interview with Jeffrey Lewis
The ever-marvelous and hardworking Jeffrey Lewis is a creator of comic books, a musician, freelance illustrator & writer based in New York. Jarvis Cocker called him ‘the best lyricist working in the US today’, NME declared, ‘Jeffrey Lewis’ talents appear without end’ and his ‘low budget documentaries‘ are featured on the History Channel website. Lewis [...]
Interview: Rosalind Davis, artist and Core Gallery manager
I spoke to London-based Royal College of Art graduate, practicing artist and gallery co-manager Rosalind Davis about the highs, lows and intricate details of setting up, administrating and promoting an artist-run space in Deptford. Rosalind very generously answered all of my questions in considerable depth, so I decided not to edit the interview at all. [...]
