Join us for this weekly conversation between photographer Craig Cutler and illustrator Craig Frazier, whose collaboration is a testament to the unexpected alchemy of creative play. The Two Craigs project consists of one weekly prompt interpreted by the pair for 52 weeks.
Check out the full series as it unfolds.
Go backstage on the Two Craigs website to see how the pair translate the prompt through photography and illustration.
Box
I couldn’t get the idea of opening a box out of my mind. My first two attempts contained odd contents—a figure (holding a box) and a pile of snakes. They were OK but neither felt particularly beautiful. When I get stuck, I just look around my studio. The box was the problem! So I drew a shaker box that was a gift from my daughter filled with beach rocks gathered with my son (also used in 14/52). A literal depiction of the idiom “a box of rocks.” Hopefully not a dumb drawing.
Craig Frazier
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