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One of my favourite artists, Georgia O’Keeffe, decided to paint flowers on such a large scale that we “could not ignore their beauty”. This came to mind in our interview with Woodlucker’s Ann Wood (page 26), whose accurate studies of flowers in paper are so detailed you could say the same. You’ll find your own paper flowers to make on page 18. Elsewhere this issue, Pragya Agarwal examines lullabies and other calming rituals for children. We’ve commissioned an exclusive nursery poster from illustrator Esther Curtis to hang in your child’s space, or to frame and gift to a new baby. Illustrators get lots of love this issue, in fact, from Angie Lewin’s lino-cut studies of pebbles to Ella Masters’ freehand phrases. We encourage you to draw as a form of therapy…