i've been really inspired by the people participating in the collecting series here and as well as the readers response. recently, julia rothman wrote to tell me about the work of lauren nassef who has a series of drawing she did about collectors. she researched interesting collectors and drew their portraits with their collections growing out of their heads. they go so well with the them of collecting and thank you julia for bringing them to my attention. i'll be back next week with more in the collecting series and can hardly wait to share them!