The Stuff that Stuff Is Made Of

Jonathan Drori, CBE is a trustee of the Eden Project and Cambridge Science Centre, an Ambassador for the WWF, and was for nine years a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Woodland Trust. He is the author of bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants, which were shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year. He is on the board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Zoological Society of London, and the Royal Geographical Society. He continues to take a keen interest in plants; especially economic botany, ethnopharmacology, and plant genetic resources, and has accompanied several Kew botanical expeditions, making short films about their discoveries. Raxenne Maniquiz is an illustrator and graphic designer based in the Philippines, whose work is often bursting with native botanicals. No matter the subject matter, her skillful handling of deep, painterly strokes, and brilliant contrasting colors always breeds beautiful results. Maniquiz's finely textured illustrations and signature colorful backgrounds have emblazoned branding campaigns, product packaging, apparel, stationery, murals, not to mention lighting up multiple publications. Jiatong Liu is a Chinese-born illustrator who lives in London. He went to Kingston University to study illustration in 2019. After finishing his master's degree, he became a freelance illustrator and teacher in 2021. As a young talent illustrator, he has won several prestigious awards for his illustration work during these two years, including Communication Arts, Young Ones ADC, and a 3X3 award. Liu has developed quite a distinctive style that reflects the visuals of his wildest dreams. His ability to manifest the world from his imagination into these unique pieces makes him a true visionary.