Wildlife takes flight from empty boxes

A move to the countryside reignited a love of wildlife for artist Kate Kato, who creates exquisite, lifelike sculptures of the flora and fauna growing in her garden and beyond

Whooshing trees, clattering fish, fizzing reed piles: at the National Trust’s Wicken Fen Nature Reserve, a new trail conceived by audio-visual sculptor Kathy Hinde gives voice to the life that hides under or around the surface of ponds and ditches

EMILY PONSONBY’S PAINTINGS STRIP AWAY everything but the essentials: skin, scars and the stories they carry. Using beeswax and oil, she sculpts figures that feel weathered and alive, sometimes faceles

I have always enjoyed painting street scenes and would mimic some of my favourite artists who painted this subject matter. I’d see how they dealt with figures, the play of light, busy traffic or if ev

HE’S photographed pumas in Patagonia and was invited to capture birds of paradise in Papa New Guinea, but nothing fascinates Laurie Campbell more than the wildlife of Scotland. In fact, it’s something

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM