my folk lover

sarah mcneil...

What I like today are the drawings of Sarah McNeil...

 

She also makes quite lovely paper bird brooches.

never been...

Never Been by Stuart Kolakovic is wonderful!

Click here:

Never Been

Wait until the above image appears and click enter to go on a magnificent, dreamy little journey...

papercut hearts...

Today I had an exciting ebay print gocco adventure. I mean I bought a print gocco off ebay. Now I'm really excited. I hope it arrives by the end of the week because the first thing I want to do is make some Valentine's Day cards for the My Folk Lover shop. I have Rob Ryan in mind for inspiration, so I wonder what will happen...

treasure...

If you are a fan of early twentieth century children's book illustrations you may already know about this site:

www.nocloo.com

In case you don't it is well worth a look. In fact I can't believe the amount of amazing work that has been collected (many Arthur Rackham images, but also my favourites Jessie M King and Jessie Wilcox Smith). Now don't get me wrong, I don't usually buy into the whole 'I like your old stuff better than your new stuff' argument and I know there is some great contemporary book illustration about the place but... I think I like the old stuff better than most of the new stuff. There is so much complexity and depth in these old images and they have a subtle darkness that manages to create the right amount of tension to leave you with a tiny spook. Something that I think always helps to open a few more of the little doors in your imagination. Here are some examples that could give me enough inspiration to last a whole year...

Arthur Rackham


Jessie M King


Adrienne Segur

tim walker...

Today I discovered the work of Tim Walker (another favourite to add to my very long list)...

Lots more lovely things to look at over here.

boys...

Today all my favourite artists are... boys!


A J Fosik


Tim Vagg


Andy Kehoe