“You’re late, Brother,” she said, hovering outside the weathered cottage near a pebbly beach, indistinguishable from the shadows cast by moonlight that hit the thick hydrangeas. It was late in the evening of a seawind-chilled Thursday in early summer on Block Island. “I miscalculated, Sister, and manifested in Port Judith,” he explained. “So I took […]
When cover artist Bob Eggleton of Warwick first got interested in art and started sketching nightmarish creatures, he recalls, an aunt asked him, “What’s drawing a monster gonna get you in life?” He’s spent the last forty-three years showing her, along with the rest of the world. Between 1994 and 2004, he won the Hugo […]
In his final year at college, cover artist William Schaff truly learned what it was like to work in a studio. “I developed a course of study in general fine arts with one of my professors, who would come see my work a few times a week, and the experience taught me how to work […]
The eggplant piece featured on the cover of Motif is the first completed work in Chenlu Hou’s Garden series, making it a perfect fit for this issue’s theme of Summer. A low-fire terracotta sculpture, airbrushed and hand-painted with underglaze, the work is titled Eggplant braised with long beans, long beans braised with eggplant. Alongside other […]
“Luke, I AM your cocktail” On “May the Fourth be with you” celebrate the day from the dark side with the Darth Vader cocktail. This concoction can be had at makemeacocktail.com. The ingredients are: 1 oz dark rum 1 oz vodka 2 oz coffee liquor Cola Here’s how to make it: Fill a highball glass […]
The tattoo artist who goes by Mish, of Fall River, MA, created this month’s cover. “I got the nickname when I was younger, and it just kinda stuck,” she says. Also, it stirs a little mystery into life. Mish was born in Watertown, NY, and, after graduating high school, attended the University of Rhode Island, […]
Looking for an April Fools’ Day cocktail that pranks you, but in a deliciously fun way? Try the April Fools’ Martini. At first blush, it sounds like vodka mixed with green apple schnapps, aka an Appletini. Only it isn’t. Liquor.com says this cocktail is akin to, appropriately enough, fool’s gold. “Just like how the gold-hued […]
We’ve found the perfect cocktail for you to sip while contemplating the Motif Cannabis cover. It’s called the Bong Water Shot, and recipes can be found at tipsybartender.com. According to the website, this distinctively colored three-tiered concoction “tastes amazing, and packs a fun, 420-themed punch,” the 420 representing the amount of active chemicals in marijuana. […]
Cover artist Elliott Italiano of Jamestown is a self-made glass artist. As a young adult, Italiano’s interests centered on fashion, inspiring thoughts of pursuing a degree in luxury marketing and design. He relates to his past self by being “very particular about how I look,” the artist explains. “I believe that how you present yourself […]
Cover artist Mina Miki of Providence calls her baby blanket her longest friend. “His name is Blankie, but now he looks less like a blanket and more like a piece of tangled silk,” she says. That’s because it’s been with her since the day she was born. “It’s a version of myself as a very […]