A detail from the “Book of Flowers” (1460) that depicts a griffin, a mythical creature with the body, tail and back legs of a lion and the head, wings and claws of an eagle. The artist is unknown but ...

I started making hybrid animals during the pandemic lockdown as a hobby to do while I was stuck at home. It was inspired in part by Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and by an old film called The ...