Rob Ryan

Interview with magma books

www.magmabooks.com/content/newsfeatures/feature.asp?c=NAF&sc=96&fid=30

M: In the last couple of years there seems to have been a tendency for designers and artists to want to return to crafts techniques. Do you consider yourself as part of that trend?
RR: I guess so – but not that much.

M: There is something quite traditional about your themes and imagery. Do you turn to the past for ideas/inspiration?
RR: Not over intentionally. I do tend to lean towards the decorative and I guess I do love post-war pre 60s English illustration so much… So I must have been influenced by that stuff a bit. Eric Gill and those crazy dudes!