Play with ideas for an illustrated diary - collaging words, ink mark, mini drawings I made - snapshots/frames of my everyday life in Colombia - looking at another way to show a story/idea about travel in a more interesting way like a zig zag rather than straight linear version - looking also at printing a series of images as zines - printed textiles - literally wear my drawings, it would be wonderful to collaborate with fashion designers on something like this :)
Illustrations for Fundacion Promedio
A wonderful experience to make drawings in situ in Colombia @artesumapaz for @fundacionpromedio green design thinking making this bamboo home - the process, gathering & making with the designers, architects & volunteers is a wonderful example of creative design with nature - beauty & function - more examples on @evakellyillustrations
Fundacion Promedio is an organization from which we experiment, create and develop spaces, objects and actions to restore the Earth while restoring ourselves.
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Decade of Centenaries Artist in Residence Appointed - SDCC
https://www.sdcc.ie/en/news/decade-of-centenaries-artist-in-residence-appointed.html
Over the moon to be selected as Artist in Residence for Decade of Centenaries with South Dublin County Council- a wonderful opportunity to develop my work and importantly share the stories and history of this pivotal time 1921-23 with nationally and internationally. This project is supported by the Decade of Centenaries Programme from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. Such an honour and I’m so excited to start this. I will be posting weekly blogs about the project - new ideas and discoveries as I start this process. This is also another way to document my process and reflect on things here so comments are welcomed- it would be interesting to get other perspectives on things.
The idea of illustration as a visual essay is the focus of the residency, looking at the following themes.
· The Foundation of the State (1922)
· The experiences of women from South Dublin County during the revolutionary period and their changing role in society.
· An examination of specific personalities, (including local civic leaders), events and themes from this period of significance to the history and culture of South Dublin County.
So any comment suggests on the above are very welcome. This is really illustration through research as one informs the other so its an interesting space to work in. The end result will be an illustrated book - at the moment everything is quite looses I start to gather lots of visuals, texts and learn inept about this time in Dublin.
Digital Illustration Workshop @ Rua Red, South Dublin Arts Centre
Starting this new intensive Digital Illustration 2 day course aimed at anyone looking to explore their drawing and digital skills in a fun creative environment. You will learn how to create unique hand drawn illustrations and explore digital drawing techniques including a short GIF animation. Participants must bring their own laptop with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator installed- free trial available at adobe.com. A max of 7 participants ensures lots of individual attention. Email for details and booking!
Process
Drawing is the process of taking a line for a walk… Such a great description, who said that again? In this piece I used lots different line weights,textures and colours to make something that I wanted to look at-the interest has to start with how I am engaged in the piece before I can make it interesting for my client/audience. Its like energy, it has to be something I can work with at the beginning and if I find myself getting bored I scarp it and think of another idea, start again…
