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The Daily Heller: Henrik Drescher’s One-of-a-Kinds Keep Him Afloat

May 18, 2020
2 min

The Daily Heller: Henrik Drescher’s One-of-a-Kinds Keep Him Afloat

Henrik Drescher says his illustration career has pretty much disappeared: “I didn’t leave it—it left me (I’m always open to working but I get no offer).” He is, however, publishing some kid’s books, including one titled Thumbshiners, which is being released by a Norwegian publisher. He hopes it will eventually make its way here. “As you probably know I’ve always made non-illustration work (fine art … a term I hate). In fact, my main interest has always been making non-illustr

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Henrik Drescher on Self-Isolation

Mar 27, 2020
1 min

Henrik Drescher on Self-Isolation

I recently received these image-musings about the new world in relation to the old from illustrator and bookmaker Henrik Drescher: “It’s becoming clear to me that self-isolation is my normal mode. I spend most of my days around the house/studio, [and] out of respect to people who toil at a real job I don’t want to call what I do ‘working,’ but I focus on picture-making. It has been my life—pictures have always been my focus and savior, along with my close relationship with my

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Drescher’s Psychadelicios Illustration

Jan 18, 2019
2 min

Drescher’s Psychadelicios Illustration

Henrik Drescher is always trying new approaches to art. This his latest foray into the world of “different.” He calls them “psychadelicios illustration“ and are more related to his love of “Mughal and medieval painting than psychedelics, and I was inspired by the Armenian exhibition at the Met recently.” I asked him to show and tell more. What is this thing you are calling ‘psychadelicios illustration’? It’s me making colorful energized pictures. For years now I’ve drifted aw

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Can You Have Too Much Bliss?

Aug 7, 2013
1 min

Can You Have Too Much Bliss?

According to Henrik Drescher, yes! But bliss has a price. His visually hyperactive letterpress book, Too Much Bliss, turned laser printed paperback, is now available (mailed from China, where Drescher lives and works) for just $80 U.S. Too Much Bliss is a limited edition book that Drescher made with Granary Books in 1992, it is in many important collections including the Getty and the Victoria and Albert. “It was created as a sort of catalogue of everything and to this day I

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