I’m A.W. Ford, aka @CuriousCurator on Flipboard, curating 50+ topical magazines covering hundreds of subjects.
I’m excited to extend my wings beyond curation and to write about many of the topics I cover while throwing in a few personal anecdotes & stories along the way.
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Much of my initial clipart collection that will be released this way are recreations of illustrations from old Victorian-era books and advertisements.
Currently, none of this clipart is available or licensed anywhere else, so they are both rare and unique to this newsletter!
I love recreating clipart illustrations from Victorian era naturalist journals. There’s something about that vintage art style that adapts well.
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