Inspiration from Sallis Benney Theatre Wednesday Professional Practice Lectures

After seeing Lizzie Finn’s presentation in the Sallis Benney Theatre, I was inspired by the original way of working she had. I think when most people think of ‘illustration’ they can very quickly and easily refine it to just drawing, with a pen or a pencil. When really the spectrum of what you can do with illustration is so large.

I’ve always had a particular interest in collage and like to use collage when it comes to my own work, but I have never really thought to try it with textiles.

I found it really interesting how Lizzie incorporated the 2 subjects together, and love her use of stitch for lines.

I think another reason I loved Lizzie’s work was a similarity in subject matter/ I can see that she uses a lot of lines and also a lot of shapes where I also like to work in a linear and abstract way.

In a recent project, looking at composition and cropping, I used Lizzie as a reference where I both explored abstract shapes and marks, linear drawn things but I also had to use a form of ‘processed typography.’

I wasn’t sure if hand stitch counted for a type of ‘processed’ typography but I decided to play about with a needle some thread and some paper to create words.

Another thing I liked about stitching drawings/lines/words into paper, was not only the effect it made on the upper side, but also what was left at the bottom, almost the little scraps and the mess, where this sometimes actually created a more interesting composition than the clean cut one.