October 2011  David Shrigley   David Shrigley has supplied
drawings and directed music videos for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and
Blur. He has also released spoken-word albums of his own. He
makes scary and funny and smart drawings. The subjects of his
art have included taxidermied animals and salt-and-pepper
shakers. Mr. Shrigley’s work is in the collections of major
museums. A lot of people have tattoos of his images. His
materials have included teeth, paper, spray paint, bronze, and
crushed ladders. We conducted this interview over the internet
in the summer of 2011.  —Jason Polan  THE BELIEVER: Do you make
drawings every day?  DAVID SHRIGLEY: I don’t draw every day. I
tend to draw intensely during certain periods of time. I draw to
amuse myself on occasion, when I am bored and drawing is the
only fun to be had.  BLVR: What is the set-up where you make
work?  DS: I have a drawing board in my studio in my house.
BLVR: How do you edit what you make and what people see?  DS: I
discard the bad drawings and keep the