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Treasure map, David Lemm

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Mapeando a Ilha de Eigg com David Lemm

As imagens que você pode ver aqui fazem parte de um projeto de residência da ilha de Eigg onde David Lemm residiu durante um tempo como parte do Life Off the Grid. Esse projeto foi apoiado pela Universidade de Edimburgo e o The Bothy Projecte aconteceu em 2014. Só me deparei com esses mapas de baixa resolução hoje mas achei tão interessante que fui obrigado a dar um espaço para essas imagens por…

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House of Illustration

I recently visited House of Illustration in London, the UK’s only art gallery that is completely dedicated to illustration. I've always wanted to visit this gallery since it opened in 2014, purely because it was founded by one of my favourite illustrators, Sir Quentin Blake. Whilst there, we found out from people that work at the galley, that they will soon be opening a permanent exhibition of Quentin Blake’s work, which is exciting and would be lovely to see!

In the smaller exhibition space is currently a new body of work by David Lemm, called ‘Mapping Kings Cross’. The set of unconventional maps show the King’s Cross area in a new creative light, as it is being renovated. He has created them using a range of different collaged materials, stuck on bits of wood. I really liked the pastel colour scheme that makes his work seem soft. it has actually inspired something I'm currently working on in another module. The interesting shapes and patterns on the paper that he’d decided to use to depict various landmarks around that area on London, contrast really well with the wooden background. I really like them because they don’t look like traditional maps, they are pieces of art in there own right, with a slightly hidden meaning/use. They worked really well in the smaller space, I think that was because they were lots of small pieces, with lots of little bits of detail - the smaller gallery space allowed you to get up close to see all that detail.

The main exhibition displayed comics created by many very talented women. I enjoyed seeing all the varying styles of these illustrators in one place. It was actually interesting to see how differently they all approached a simple comic, and what stories they chose to illustrate. One of my favourite comics was actually part of exhibition, ‘Soppy’ by Philippa Rice (the red and black comic in the pictures). I'm so glad that I have my own copy to look back at; her work continues to be an inspiration to me. She is an illustrator and animator, who experiments with lots of different mediums and ways of working. I just love her fun little knitted characters! Most of her work can be found here. It was great to be able to notice her comic in the exhibition. Another comic that really caught my eye was ‘Greasy’s Guide to Nookie’ by Comic Book Slumber Party. It stood out to me because it focuses on an unusual topic, in an unusual way - each page is illustrated by a different artist with completely different artistic styles, but it all works together to creatively tell the story of the main character, Greasy. It was interesting to see the different ways that each illustrator drew the character, and what elements had to stay the same in order for the audience to recognise her throughout the book. After seeing this book in the exhibition, I went on to research Comic Book Slumber Party, and found that they are a collective of female illustrators that work together to create these amazing comics. They describe themselves as “an international girl gang of comic creators making comics and anthologies as bad ass as we are.” I loved the comic so much that I bought it as soon as I got home, along with another one of their comics, ‘CBSP Fairy Tales for Bad Bitches’. It will also be a good opportunity to see what promotional stuff they send to help with my self promotion brief.

While at the gallery, we were lucky enough to attend a talk by illustrator Merlin Evans on how she established herself in the creative industry and how her career has developed. She works mostly in black and white, sometimes throwing in a dash of colour, using ink to create very detailed, intricate drawings. Although her style is completely different to my own, it was interesting to see the journey she has taken with her career and how that has influenced the way she works. For example, she is currently doing a degree that will help her develop her skills in medical illustration which she is really passionate about, and you can really see where it influences her current work. The presentation ended with some useful tips to help us to break into the creative industry. For me, the one that stuck with me was just to get your work out there. She said that it is really useful to have a website or a blog set up where you can instantly show people (potential employers) your new and best work. This is what I plan to do with my current blog, after assessment.