An artist-illustrator living on the south-west coast. Victoria recently graduated from Falmouth University after undergoing her MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice.
Recent examples of her written and photography work can be seen here 'Rural Slop: Subverting Notions of Contemporary Rural Art'
https://issuu.com/slop.projects/docs/rural_slop1
My final MA project and research practice involved the production of an illustrated poetry book concerned with rewilding combined with elements of classical myth and fictional imaginings based on the stories the ecological world animates to us. The project included research into animal dreams inspired by the work of James Hillman and Carl Jung and the reemergence and fading presences of animals in the natural world. I also used alchemical processes in connection with the reemergence of animals in the collective human imagination. Working with the animal form in paper mache and clay, I focused on the fragility and porousness of the medium in the animal world due to the unmaking and remaking of ecosystems and habitats. My work also looks at the reclamation of urban spaces and patterns of growth and ecosystem developments in urban, remote areas and edge lands. I also have a particular interest in the mythic imagination.
Victoria has a small shop on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/VictoriaLucyDesigns
Instagram @raised.by.cats
I am part of a small press company, I illustrate the music and the stories.
Bandcamp https://farstarlingpress.bandcamp.com/music
Projects
- Rural Slop: Subverting Notions of Contemporary Rural ArtThis publication challenges and subverts traditional notions of contemporary rural art, featuring 18 fantastic contemporary artists that offer a fresher and more exciting view of the countryside, opposed to the chocolate box depictions of landscape often exhibited. We want this project to act as a catalyst for discussion, bringing artists together from often isolated environments and promoting discussion around opportunity and access in rural regions. Slop is a curatorial project formed in Apri
- Mouth PublicationContributing poet and artist to the publication 'Mouth'. Brush pen drawings and poem titled 'The Eel'. Published by Atlantic Press. 'Mouth, an anthology of illustrated poetry, was launched at the 2018 Falmouth Illustration Forum. Fifteen illustrators whose practices entwine with poetry were invited to contribute pieces in response to Mouth, the forum’s theme. Mouth showcases the relationship between their writing and visual practices; between illustration and poetry.'
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Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Drawing
- Model Making
- Writing
- Book Binding
- Storytelling
- Storyboarding
- Freehand Sketching
- Design
- Creative Research
- Photography
Education
MAFalmouth University
- Falmouth, United Kingdom
2016-2018 MA Illustration: Authorial Practice, Falmouth University, Cornwall, I graduated last September with a distinction for my final project & dissertation essay.