Alternative Person I admire: Jane Ray

Because the person I set out to contact in previous post appears very difficult to contact and is not really part of the design world in any way, i thought it may be productive to also look into contacting someone else I admire at the same time so that my chance of success are increased.

The person I have chosen is the illustrator Jane Ray. I have been aware of her for avery long time and even did a project inspired by her at A-level. Her work interests me because of its detail and the care and respect with which it is clear each illustration is created.

I found the most effective way to try and contact Jane Ray seemed to be trough a message system on her website.

The questions I would like to ask are as follows:

-How do you go about planning each illustration to suit the the of each book?

-Do you set out to embrue each illustration with as much meaning as possible or do you define one theme or concept you want to convey?

-What is your critical process like? Who's opinion do you ask to get constructive criticism?

- I believe you originally specialised in ceramics, what made you decide to try illustration?

-How do you deal with the pressure of designing to a deadline? I have to admit this is something I am struggling with at the moment and your advice would be most welcome.