I visited Ricky Swallow’s studio in Melbourne, Australia in 1999. I have been a fan of him and his work since then! One of the many surprising and magical qualities of his work is how you think you’re looking at one thing and then upon close examination you realize you’re looking at something else. He takes the thing you thought you knew and gives it new, exciting difference. Here, the first 35 pages of the Ricky Swallow: Components book have illustrations that are added in and not printed directly on the page. The simple act of making the mundane unexpected makes life extraordinary.
