{"id":180831,"date":"2021-07-08T03:52:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T08:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=180831"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:56:20","slug":"olli-rapold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/olli-rapold\/","title":{"rendered":"Olli Rapold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interview with Dan Levenson<\/strong><br \/>\nby Abel Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez G.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which tools did you use for the creation of this piece?<\/strong><br \/>\nA ruler, compass, pencil, paintbrush, and wooden dice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was the creative process behind it, from the beginning until it was finished?<\/strong><br \/>\nI lay out a grid, do the underlying drawing, and then paint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-left\">In the past couple years I&#8217;ve been adding &#8220;chance operations&#8221; to my work. 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