Su Blackwell

The Baron in the Trees

This is just an example of Su Blackwell’s work. She works with books and paper crafting, creating beautiful and often melancholy scenes based on fairy tales and legends. The example above shows the amount of intricate detail that Blackwell puts into every image. She uses thin wire and cardboard to help the pieces stand up, apart from that everything is made from paper. The delicacy and fragility of the paper appeals to Blackwell as she feels that the stories she tries to depict are often surreal and with a dream like quality shown best with a fragile material.

The use of lighting and arrangement is also carefully considered. Sometimes the orange glow of a bulb will add a warmth to the scene and throw interesting shadows.

I highly recommend anyone to look at her website at http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/

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Just thought i would draw your attention to this beautiful artwork! i will hopefully be looking into it a bit more soon 🙂

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Anne Bachelier

I found this French artist and Illustrator whilst doing some research for another project. I had never heard of her before but her work is well known especially in France. The piece above is just one of the many beautiful examples I found. Her subject matter is often transformation and metamorphosis which is illustrated in a slightly surrealist style. The use of colour and light, particularly in the background, shows the mood of the piece to great effect. I also love the way the hair is painted- it looks almost soft to touch.

I will definitely be looking into her work more! Some really beautiful images 🙂

Sara Fanelli

A book spread from “Pinocchio” 2003

Whilst researching some illustrators and graphic designers for my visual communications project I came across Sara Fanelli. She is quite a well known illustrator and I have fallen in love with her work!

The piece above is a book spread from “Pinocchio” which she was commissioned to do in 2003. The longer you look at this piece the more detail you see. The background shows a 19th century pastoral scene that looks as if it is from some sort of engraving. Its a good example of how Fanelli uses a lot of collage in her work. I think it is very effective as it adds more tone and depth, whereas her characters are quite flat in contrast to the background. I love the way the characters are portrayed- the fox seems almost sly in the way he is positioned and the shape of his face, he seems to be leading the cat along.

Compared to other work by Fanelli, the colours are quite muted. Often she uses a lot of bright colours to show the mood and atmosphere of what she is illustrating. I hope you like her work as much as I do, definitely worth a look in!

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