Esther González II

 

Pages from Esther González's diary of March last year trying to make sense of the world. 

Adam Kilian III

 

Last year Donatella Crippa visited Warsaw and photographed these incredible puppets by Adam Killian from the 1958 show “O Zwyrtale muzykancie-Zwyrtala the fiddler”, directed by Jan Wilkowski.  I have had the images saved and wanted to share them because they are just so joyous, I would love to go and see them myself at some point.

Above: woodcut for poster.

Ludvig Holberg

Above engraving by: Johann Benjamin Brühl,

'The Subterranean Voyage of Nicolas Klim' (Nicolai Klimii Iter subterraneum novam) 1741 by Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). This book tells the story of the eponymous Niels Klim, a Norwegian academic who accidentally falls into the centre of the Earth, has various adventures there, and eventually reemerges to the surface. During his travels he spends time with  tree-people and trend-obsessed monkey-people, and sees the various civilisations that make up the Mezendorican Empire, where each job is held by a specific type of animal. I love these roaming tree people illustrations from different versions of this book. 

Nehemiah Grew

Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) "The Father of Plant Anatomy" was the first to depict the inner structures and function of plants in incredible intricacy. ⁠

Currently I am deep in research for a book about a plantsman (nothing to do with Nehemiah Grew) and these illustrations fascinated me . . . including the smiles of stems! But the beauty and detail of the work is sublime 

Tracy Mcguinness-Kelly V

 

The beautiful kaleidoscopic micro world of TracyMcguiness-Kelly.

Beatrice Alemagna XI

 

Detail from the third and new book of 'Pascaline', named ‘ Qui des deux?’ by Beatrice Alemagna published last month in France, Germany and Spain.

Rocio Araya I

 

Rocio Araya's illustrations are delicate layers and I adore this conversation with a snail.

Kirsi Neuvonen

 

Collage using Kirsi Neuvonen's 'Deer in the rose garden'. Images and their origins/ creators are getting more fractured by the day.

David Progran

 

Today I drive away from my life for a couple of weeks or so to reset, it has been a very difficult and exhausting year so far, so I am going to stay with my oldest friend and recuperate.

I leave you with the gentle illustrations of David Progran .

Two Bricks

 

Two bricks from a trip to London that caught my attention, Kid's art is just so wonderful.

Milena Walter II

 

Milena Walter's reversed zoo, with food for thought!.

Ruth Fulknit III

 

The determination of this porcupine is something to behold, illustration by Ruth Fulknit.

Amanda Mijangos

 

Today a sketch from Amanda Mijangos's sketch book.

Alan Howard III

'Crocodile'. Based on a Poem by Kornei Chukousky. Verses by Richard Coe. Illustrated by Alan Howard, published in 1964.