Nomoco I

The charming book, 'The Hen Who dreamed She Could Fly' by Sun-Mi Hwang is made even more beautiful by the sensitive delicate whispers of illustrations running through the text by Nomoco a Japanese illustrator who lives and works in London. 

Amy Rice IV

Traveling today and so I thought this wonderful illustration by Amy Rice summed up how I feel though unfortunately I have to use trains planes and automobiles. Amy Rice often uses old letters and envelopes as the base of her illustrations and graphic work, though lately she is also using maps for typography editions.

Amy's work has a lovely light peaceful uality and this she explains with her; 'Be Attitudes' As in, “an attitude you should have, how you should be.”

"My first artist statement for my first art show was:
Grow Flowers
Ride a Bike
Love an Animal
Learn Something New
Find Your Wings
Make Art of it All
It is my own Beatitudes (be attitudes). How I be happy. A decade plus into my art career and I rarely finish a piece of art that doesn’t echo those sentiments." Amy Rice 

Stefan Thompson I

Stefan Thompson makes art as paintings illustration and sculptures. Stefan's work is quite disturbing as a whole. It usually focuses on the wild and wild animals but they often appear damaged through the process of the mixed media he uses, as he likes to experiment and mix lots of techniques and media, but also in the way they are drawn.

Fantasmo III

Big Hug by Fantasmo.

Fantasmo II

Some more magical work from the portfolio of Korean illustrator Fantasmo.

Fantasmo I

There are times when navigating the internet you have so little information and often it means that you end up in a frustrating dead end with one image that you love and no links or information. Not so thankfully with Fantasmo, a Korean illustrator from Seoul who's work is beautifully light and spacious as well as being fun and innovative. 

Alice Ferrow

Alice Ferrow often peppers her work with collections, beautifully illustrated and placed, almost like surface decoration, wonderful gatherings of thoughts and objects.

Juliet Docherty I

I am looking forward to seeing many more degree shows over the coming weeks and degree shows that I do not usually get the opportunity to see. 
This is the work of Juliet Docherty who completed her MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge in the spring this year. The graduation show was at the Ruskin Gallery in February. 
I particularly like the soft layers of colour in these illustrations. 

Emily Lang II

 A second post about Emily Lang's work in the ECA Illustration degree show. 

"Everything in the show was inspired by the textiles worn by the fishing communities in East Lothian and Fife. 

Dreg songs were sung by the fishermen as they dredged for oysters to keep time as they worked. The knitting patterns are based on patterns used for the gansey jumpers worn by the fishermen and the pale yellow patterns were inspired by the outfits worn by the fishwives, so the prints are meant to represent a collaboration between the men and women. 

I drew the knitting patterns in a circle because the jumpers were knitted in the round and the female patterns are rectangle shaped to represent the skirts. I used dreg song lyrics to title the prints because I wanted to get across the repetition and rhythm of the work which was emulated in the repetitive patterns in the textiles." Emily Lang 

Emily Lang I

Fisherman's Iron by Emily Lang is a beautiful collection of illustrated knitting the patterns and stitches beautifully woven together across the pages of her hand printed and bound book. Emily's work is rooted in history, tradition and storytelling. As I viewed her show, by her seat was a half made wool sock, so this tiny corner of the ECA degree show had it's own story and glimmer of the creator of this detailed work. 

Sorcha Fitzgerald II

Some more wonderful monoprints by Sorcha Fitzgerald graduating in Illustration from ECA.

Sorcha Fitzgerald I

Sorcha Fitzgerald's degree show was almost completely monotype, drawn through from the back of the paper. Because she had focused on this media it held the show together as one very strong collection. Two of Sorcha's pieces were amazing memory boxes with many monoprints wonderfully drawn and displayed. I am really hoping to be able to return before the show finishes on Sunday.

Charlotte Nash

Resembling sea slugs, coral, or strange party balloons, these are the works of Charlotte Nash who's final degree show in Sculpture at ECA was bizarre and wonderful. The oddest shapes and textures created by pumping expanding foam through patterned tights. 

Cameron Orr

"My work is primarily concerned with notions of mystery and the unknown. Through working as intuitively as possible in various mediums, I navigate paranormal ideologies and metaphysical theories in a process which is far more of an exploration than it is an investigation. I am fascinated by the concept of incomprehension and so choose to engage purposefully in subjects to which we have no answers. Themes such as mysticism, the paranormal, metaphysics, dualism, folklore, the altered"                              
Cameron Orr has just graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone in fine art, though it is sculptural and illustrational, like so many artists he moves fluently across genres.