SUSIE PURVIS
(BA Hons) Illustration with Animation
Choosing a graduate from another course was not what I expected to do as I consider my work and inspirations as purely textiles based. However Susie's work is magical, her use of colour and layering of drawing is something that I can see my own work becoming, more effective through these techniques.
Using inspiration from an Illustration course has inspired me to push my drawing skills and test different media and technologies to progress my initial research. Some of her drawings seem to have been created and developed using the Risograph printer, which is something I would like to use to develop drawings as base research to help with ideas for sampling in my third year work, as the transition from drawings to samples is something that I struggle with greatly.
The whimsical characters and simple structures in her work allow it to read easy on the eye, and although there is a mass amount of varied colour within her illustrations, it is still a simple conclusive colour palette. Susie's work could be applied to textiles using digital print or screen print with a careful choice of fabric to help add texture and context, with embroidery for detail.
After viewing Susie's vast amount of Illustrative prints is it easy to see the the concept of her work. However being a textiles student I am confused as to what the context of Susie's work would be, but by imagining these as textiles pieces I realised that Susie's work could be applied to a context similar to that of a textiles student, ie. Urban Outfitters, H&M, The Land of Nod etc.
Susie's work has made me think about the importance and placement of colour and the potential of mixing textures, her mixed media approach works consistently alongside her simplistic approach to prints.
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