Living not at home

Rose Feather is an illustrator, picture book maker and arts facilitator. A few years ago Rose and me worked together in the Learning Team of a museum in Norwich (the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art). Rose left that job and now works freelance . Last month we had a video call where she told me about her approach to collaboration, about deep listening, and about how drawing and words compete for her attention. Lawrence:  What are you working on at the moment? Rose:  I’ve got a project coming up in Stowmarket this year, making a book with some primary school children, all about the theme of tomorrow. I’m thinking possibly utopia/dystopia. This’ll be my fourth participatory picture book. As I’ve gone on they seem to be more meaningfully collaborative. And my voice gets quieter every time, which I quite like.  L:  How do you begin a collaborative project? R:  Usually I meet the children and the adults together. We never really sit down and say how are we going to ma...