Known for her serene underwater portraits of women, artist Barbara Cole has recently explored a different approach by capturing submerged flowers instead. Partly out of curiosity, partly due to not being able to work with people.
Ellice Weaver is a British illustrator and comic artist most recently based in Berlin. She studied illustration at The University of West England and graduated in 2015, going on to work with clients such as Vice, The Daily Telegraph, and Soho House.
Anthony Burrill has collaborated with Oli Bentley of Split, and wood type maker, designer and printer, Thomas Mayo, to experiment with the Brico System and create giant letterpress prints of the alphabet using just four shapes.
The cliche of the American Dream is a dream for a reason, in that it's not entirely real. That well-worn image beloved by writers and artists alike never touches on the complexities of things like democracy and race.
With lockdown back and no sign of it easing, issues of separation, isolation and confinement are as pertinent as ever. They're things that Lebanese-American photographer Rania Matar has been thinking about for a while.
It was the year that we'd gladly erase from memory. But now 2020 is firmly behind us, what can we learn from our collective experience? We've spoken to creatives worldwide to draw out some common themes.
The first lockdown in March made Viktoria Cichon extremely anxious. Jobs for the illustrator and hand-lettering artist were cancelled or rescheduled. Living by herself and not being able to meet others made her feel quite lonely, too.
