“At first sight this image looks really simple, and it is really simple, but there's a whole range of different materials going on.”

Mark Hearld is an award-winning illustrator, artist and printmaker. He was born in York in 1974 and studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Inspired by the natural world, his work features birds, animals and plants, combining collage, printmaking and bold patterns. His artwork and designs have been used for textiles, wallpaper and book illustration including the bestselling Raucous Invention: The Art of Making.