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Clay Play

Kristine Poole

Play and creativity go together hand-in-hand like, well, me and Colin. However, amidst deadline crunches, working with clients, creative problem solving challenges, material disasters and, dare we admit, at times over-the-top, self-imposed pressures to continually bring more to the party, sometimes getting through a piece can feel more like a slog than the expressive rapture that beckoned us into the creative arts in the first place. As our schedules become more and more intense, it's…

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The Life of Chuck

Gregory Manchess

July 18, 2025 - Lately I’ve been illustrating classic novels for special handmade editions. One publishing house I’ve worked with is Arete Editions in the UK. I’ve worked with the publisher, Marcelo Anciano, for twenty years and we love to discuss books and publishing and writing when working together. It’s from one of those conversations that he offered me the chance to illustrate Stephen King’s mild ghost story, The Life of Chuck. Marcelo also works on books and interior designs with master bookbinder, Richard Tong, publisher of Lyra’s Books. Rich and Marcelo had been working on a number of very private commissions for the director Mike Flanagan (an edition of Midnight Mass), when Mike contacted them to make a very special book. But this wasn’t an average assignment at all. King’s story is a unique three-act tale told in…

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