Blown Covers

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“I work at home, and my studio is forty-five feet from the house, so all my thinking is done on those twenty flagstones, walking back and forth all day long. I’m outside in the yard, and a lot of stuff will strike me out there. This cover is the most autobiographical cover that I have ever done. I mean, that’s my life. My head’s always up in the clouds—I’m paid to have my head up in the clouds, so that’s me! Although I’ve never worn a derby in my life.” — Bob Staake, on the cover for this week’s Innovators Issue

“I work at home, and my studio is forty-five feet from the house, so all my thinking is done on those twenty flagstones, walking back and forth all day long. I’m outside in the yard, and a lot of stuff will strike me out there. This cover is the most autobiographical cover that I have ever done. I mean, that’s my life. My head’s always up in the clouds—I’m paid to have my head up in the clouds, so that’s me! Although I’ve never worn a derby in my life.” — Bob Staake, on the cover for this week’s Innovators Issue


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