SWRD ⚔️ is an art collective made up of designer Sarah Wang and illustrator Ryan Davis.


Sarah Wang (they/she) is a designer and artist from Austin, TX, currently based in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NYC). She specializes in print & editorial design and is constantly pushing how physicality can prompt comprehensive human experiences. Most recently they founded Tiger Balm Press, a self-publishing press composed of  queer Asian graphic designers.

Ryan Davis (he/him) is an illustrator, designer, and sometimes writer currently based in Norwalk, CT. He is a recent graduate of Washu in St. Louis, receiving a BFA in Communication Design. His work draws inspiration from history, fairy tales and the surreal, using their logic and archetypes to create playful narratives and construct ways of seeing. Themes of intimacy, objecthood, space and the self come up again and again in these narratives.



Publishing, Design, Illustration 

Ramblings on Toy Horses


2025 (Publication)


A book on folk toy horses. The book houses a collection of 50 original drawings based on toy horses found in online museum archives. The drawings are forewarded by an essay examining the visual culture of toy horses and the significance of play. In the back of the book is an index with information about the artifact each drawing referenced.

Perfect Bound
126pg.