{"id":29999,"date":"2017-11-10T21:29:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=29999"},"modified":"2017-11-10T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:37:12","slug":"no-one-ever-wants-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;no one ever wants ducks&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30002\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5934358\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Who wants to come to &#8216;Walkyland&#8217; with me today? Yes, I&#8217;m so thrilled to be talking to Swedish born, London based artist and illustrator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkyland.com\/\">Monika Forsberg<\/a>!\u00a0You can listen right under those lovely ducks, or\u00a0you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First up, this link to <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/61014159\"><strong>&#8220;Mummy Needs Gin<\/strong><\/a>&#8220;, a hilarious animation she did for Channel 4 in England. So, so good! Also good&#8230;\u00a0some of Monika&#8217;s pieces I wrote about a few years ago:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg2-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30003\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg2-241x1024.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep, still love &#8217;em!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, we got right into it <em>{well, after talking about dogs and stuff}<\/em>. Here are just a few of the collaborations she&#8217;s done with some very big brands. No.1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropologie.com\/search?q=monika+forsberg\">Anthropology<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30004\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg3-216x1024.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, I love that swan pillow. Next collab&#8230; Monika&#8217;s patterns walking the runway for Australian brand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gormanshop.com.au\/monika-forsberg-gorman-lookbook\">Gorman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30005\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg4-90x300.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg4-306x1024.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYuqD_Yjejh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by monika forsberg (@monika_forsberg)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-09-07T06:02:19+00:00\">Sep 6, 2017 at 11:02pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That would be surreal&#8230; to see your drawings walking down a runway?! Also surreal&#8230; getting a call from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valentino.com\">Valentino<\/a>! Here are a few of the hearts she did for their Hong Kong store:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30006\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg5-92x300.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg5-313x1024.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only was the turn-around time on that project insanely fast, she was also planning her youngest son&#8217;s birthday party over the same few days. And her oven was broken. Mummy needs gin, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>These next whimsical pieces are just a handful of the gems she&#8217;s done for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shop.eeboo.com\/k\/search?q=forsberg\"><em>eeboo<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30007\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg6-60x300.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg6-205x1024.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, it&#8217;s official&#8230; I <em>need<\/em> one of those puzzles for the holidays this winter.<\/p>\n<p>I love what Monika said about starting to make \/ share her patterns. If you want to get certain kinds of jobs that you aren&#8217;t getting, show that you can do it and hopefully the phone will start to ring! I&#8217;d call about these for sure:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30008\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg7-83x300.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those horses. Come on! Next, the cover of the crayon book she illustrated &#8230; and wrote! The writing part came as a bit of surprise apparently ; )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30009\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg8-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course I had to include a few of the dinos we were talking about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30010\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg9-99x300.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg9-338x1024.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No quetzalcoatlus, but that&#8217;s cool. And finally, last but not least&#8230; DUCKS!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30011\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3705\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She was not kidding &#8230; she really does love drawing ducks. She said no one ever calls asking for ducks, but maybe they will now!<\/p>\n<p>So, I always like to end a podcast post with a photo of the artist, but Monika is <em>not<\/em> a fan of selfies. I&#8217;m kinda glad because it forced me to dig until I found this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/10\/no-one-ever-wants-ducks\/monikaforsberg11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30012\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg11.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/monikaforsberg11-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ah!<\/em> Little Monika in Northern Sweden, moments after &#8220;knitting a worm&#8221;. LOVE! Thank you so so so much to Monika for putting her phone anxiety aside for an hour so we could hear her inspiring story; thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a>\u00a0for supporting the episode; and of course thank you so much for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monika_forsberg\/\">Monika on Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/28\/i-sandwich-everything-in-that-stuff\/\">Hollie Chastain episode<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/61014159\">Mummy Needs Gin animation &#8211; for Channel 4<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/presentperfectdept.com\/\">Kate Woodrow, Literary Agent<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbapapa.com\/the-barbapa-family-en\/\">Barbapapa!<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who wants to come to &#8216;Walkyland&#8217; with me today? 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