Laura Mallaghan Illustration

Launch Party/Private View in Collective Collaborations exhibition from 6th March. Here’s me standing next to my artwork. So this is how big it is. Lots of people came which is all good! I am very happy with my artwork in the gallery, even though it was my very first public gallery for my artwork. It's my first ever to have my artwork in public gallery, i had my creative works in gallery only in college.

We have our work put up in display and ready for the launch party (in another name, Private View), then will be in public after it. They're in Collective Collaboration Gallery in Northampton. Here are some photos of my Covert project work. On the brief, we also have to use the 3D element along with main work. I did clay sculptures many time before so i chose to use clay, although i last done the clay sculpture was 4 years ago. But i haven’t lost my skill of clay sculpture, the form of the bird, the blue tit, is much better than i thought it might be. I was meant to have a bird standing, with legs, but unfortunately, it was far to weak to hold onto the body, as it is heavy, so i got rid of the legs and made it lay down/nesting. Pleased with all of them. We have Covert exhibition blog in this link: covert-exhibition.tumblr.com

This project i was getting some ideas for Covert, which then i have to display in exhibition at the end. As my illustration style are nature, am working out to illustrate of covert in nature.  I did some research on illustrations, drawings, designs and materials. I looked at Japanese art, Textile Now book by Drusilla Cole, Landscape Drawing book, Emma Lofstrom, Diana Cooper and Paul Morrison. Then quickly i came up with a idea for my work, show how wild animals lives in a tree, only some British animals. The first concept of what my work could look like. With the tree, these are the materials i am using, a black ink and colour soft pastels onto fabric. Then i added some from my concept, having some genuine  branches onto my work, thought that to makes it out of it as 3D would be. So i experiment it with a branch, however my lecturer wasn't sure if that work well. Then i had another concept, this time without branches and less or no frame. ...