Tecknarens Manifest (The Draughtsman's Manifesto) was meant to be a theoretical-practical-philosophical guide to how to succeed with illustration, a summing up of everything I've learned through work and study. All skilled workers carry silent knowledge. Some things one simply knows and it would be fun to let others share it, I thought. But I noticed that it was very difficult to convey this knowledge, so I left it at that.
EXCERPT
›A picture has a guise and plays a part. If one imagines that a picture is a ship, it has a function it must fulfil. It has to have cabins, a captain, perhaps a restaurant, an engine room. It must have passengers, even stowaways, and it has to be able to rescue shipwrecked people. A picture must have space. The most famous ships are perhaps those that sank: the Titanic, Rainbow Warrior, Vasa the man-of-war, the Estonia. Another famous vessel was called the Ark. Noah's Ark was the ship in which the world was saved. It was filled with people and animals and drifted on the seas when the great Flood came. A picture should be like the Ark. It should last for the entire journey, and contain something important.‹
INFO
• In Swedish • 96 pages • Soft cover • Available in two colours • Contains an illustrated appendix, 500 × 700 mm • Edition 450 copies • ISBN 978-91-633-0458-3
AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT
• Akademibokhandeln, Mäster Samuelsgatan 28 • Butiken, Moderna Museet • Hedengrens, Sturegallerian • Söderbokhandeln, Götgatan 37 • Bokus
The Lion Skin of Herakles: Appendix, 500 x 700 mm.